The Orchard Software Centre now offers the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application. Installing, updating and uninstalling creative cloud apps are now controlled through the single Creative Cloud desktop application.
Adobe Creative Cloud licensing is rather complex and offers multiple ways to license their product. All our supported licenses are subscription based. Licenses can be either for the full suite or an individual application.
Shared device licenses are only offered in a lab or training environment with multiple macs, they are not offered in a single use scenario.
Named user licenses allow the software only be activated multiple devices(typically two devices), they only activate the software for that specific user on a device. Other users will either have to active the product themselves. Personal Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are named user licenses and can be activated by signing in with an Adobe ID. Departments might also decide to issue individuals with named licenses which will also require an Adobe ID.
Users should contact their IT department to attain a license. The Orchard team can provide both types of licenses to departments. The license management document describes the procedures and costs.
Instead of using the Orchard Software Centre application to install any of the Creative Cloud applications, all installations, updates and uninstalls will be done via the Creative Cloud application. To install the desktop application open Orchard Software Centre and install.
The application is located in your /Applications folder, alternatively Choose Go > Applications > Adobe Creative Cloud > Adobe Creative Cloud.
Once launched, the app will reside in the top menu bar. If you are unable to locate the application please notify your relevant support team Support
To gain functionality, you must have a Adobe ID and most importantly have internet access.
Once signed in, you will have full control to the Creative Cloud app experience dependent on the licence you have, full suite or single app. Please note there is no administrative restrictions to install, update or uninstall any apps via the desktop app, which means you can have the latest versions as soon they are released from Adobe.
The Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application will check for updates periodically and will notify you whenever one of your installed apps has an update available. Should you wish to do this manually you can also do this by clicking on the three vertical dots icon at the upper-right in the Creative Cloud desktop app and choose Check for App Updates.
Ensure you are viewing the Apps tab, find the Application you would like to install and select Install. If you click the down arrow / manage you can install previous versions. Any Creative Cloud Application will install locally in the /Applications folder and is accessed in the normal manner.
We welcome the reporting of any errors experienced. Please ensure that the following troubleshooting steps are taken prior to contacting your IT Support team Support
Please refer to the Adobe Creative Cloud User Guide
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/creative-cloud/user-guide.html
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