#BACKUP ARTSTUDIO SERIAL#

There was option to instead just enter my CS6 serial numbers, which made it impossible to launch any of my CS6 apps. Unable to validate my CC subscription, the CC app prompted me to enter a new subscription or quit. “Oh well,” I thought foolishly, “I’ll just switch over to my CS6 apps.” But to my astonishment, every time I tried to launch a CS6 app, the Creative Cloud app launched as well. While I was in the middle of a full work day, my cloud tether snapped. Deciding that I’d just switch to CS6 until I had time to work things out, I continued to press-on with my current tasks. I’d been swamped with work and life, and felt unable to add even one more task to my queue when the email notified me that my CC subscription was expiring in a few days. Alas, I recently discovered that my foolproof backup plan to “just switch” to CS6, doesn’t quite work as smoothly as I’d assumed.

While we keep pleading and wishing that Adobe would give users a way to permanently “earn” current versions of an app, I had always felt a bit safer knowing that if I save my files correctly, in an emergency I would be able to switch over to my perpetually-licensed CS6 Design Premium. In some cases, this means that if you save files in CC and end your subscription, you can lose access to your own files.

We all know that you cannot keep using CC apps if your subscription is cancelled or expired. However, I recently discovered how completely disabling it can be if your Creative Cloud subscription is interrupted. That’s a big reason why the range of tools available via the Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) feels so empowering. As a digital artist, my digital art studio is only as powerful as the applications I have properly installed. As an artist, if you give me some paper and something to draw with, and I can start working.

Backup artstudio