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by AlEinstein 2560 days ago
Unfortunately for people who never switched to the subscription model, the CS6 updates stopped at 13.0.6.

You need 13.1 to launch in 64-bit, which is only available to CC subscription holders.

Edit: it seems that at one time it was possible for non-CC license holders to upgrade to 13.1 but it doesn't work anymore.

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The linked source is directly from Adobe and directly contradicts the claim that "you need 13.1 to launch in 64-bit."

The source says:

> Photoshop CS6 and CC only install a 64-bit version on Mac OS.

Further, it says:

> Photoshop CS5 installs a version that can launch in either 32 bit or 64 bit when you install on a 64-bit version of Mac OS (Mac OS X 10.5 or later).

If CS5 install can launch in 64-bit, it wouldn't make sense for CS6 to be 32-bit only from the first version.

Even further, I know from personal experience that your claim is highly unlikely. This is a screenshot of Photoshop CS5 (12.0.4) running in 64-bit on my machine (High Sierra). Noticed it says "12.0.4 x64."

https://imgur.com/a/nCTghcy

I am not sure of the source of your information, but it's simply incorrect.

Edit: This is another article directly from Adobe.

It says:

> On Windows, both Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended have the option to run natively in either 32-bit or 64-bit editions. On Macintosh, only a 64-bit edition is available.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/release-note/release-notes...

I don’t know what to tell you. Every time I launch CS6 on my Mac it tells me that it won’t run on Catalina.

I have no reason to believe that’s not true.

I think it’s quite possible that when Adobe says “64-bit” they’re not saying exactly the same thing that Apple means. I’m no expert with macho binaries and MacOS library linking.