- Sep 19, 2018 Here’s how to uninstall the Creative Cloud app and the individual Creative Cloud applications in macOS. Uninstall Creative Cloud App. From your Mac desktop, make sure that Finder is the active application and choose Go Utilities from the menu bar at the top of the screen. This will launch a new Finder window and display the Utilities folder.
- Creative Cloud for desktop is a great place to start any creative project. Quickly launch and update your desktop apps; manage and share your assets stored in Creative Cloud; download fonts from Adobe Typekit or high-quality royalty-free assets right within the app; and showcase and discover creative work on Behance.
Get hundreds of all-new features. Keep your entire creative world in sync: files, feedback from team members, fonts, settings, and updates. And, as always, your applications live on your desktop, not in a browser and not in the cloud. With Creative Cloud, your entire creative world is synced and organized for you across multiple devices.
Your Adobe Creative Cloud account comes with online storage so that your assets are available to you anywhere and on any device or computer. You can preview many creative asset types directly in a web browser on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. These asset types include: PSD, AI, INDD, JPG, PDF, GIF, PNG, Photoshop Touch, and many others.
The Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application keeps all the assets in sync. Any additions, modifications, or deletions are reflected on all connected computers and devices. For example, if you upload
Your Work includes files synced with your desktop, assets created using Creative Cloud–enabled mobile apps, and Creative Cloud libraries. You can browse all of these assets using Your Work, which organizes assets as follows:
- Files: Shows all your source files categorized into the following tabs:
- Synced Files: Shows assets synced with the Creative Cloud Files directory on your desktop.
- Cloud Documents: Shows your XD cloud documents.
- Mobile Creations: Shows assets created using Creative Cloud enabled mobile apps.
- Libraries: Shows design libraries created by you.
- Published: Shows artifacts of your source files - prototypes and design specs created in Adobe XD, and 3D scenes created in Adobe Dimension.
- Shared with You: Shows the folders, and prototypes and design specs shared with you.
- Deleted: Shows your deleted Creative Cloud synced files.
When you click an asset category, you can sort your assets by filename or date modified.
The Search box is displayed at the top of the window. Type your search term or keyword in the box and press Enter.
Note:
To search for all synced files with a particular extension, such as .txt or .png, type the extension in the boxand then press the Enter key.
The Search Results display matching synced files from all the folders and sub-folders of your assets.
To sync assets from your computer, do one of the following:
- Copy, paste, or move assets to the Creative Cloud Files directory on your desktop.
- In an app, choose File > Save or File > Save As and navigate to the Creative Cloud Files directory.
Note:
To open the Creative Cloud Files directory from the Creative Cloud desktop app, select Files and click Open Folder.
Filenames that contain special characters such as |, ', ?, <, >, /, *, or : are not synced. Neither do files with reserved names, such as AUX or Com1. If you receive an error, rename the asset filename to sync it to Creative Cloud. For more information, see Error: 'Unable to sync assets.'
Also, you can upload assets directly to Your Work using any of the following methods.
Upload and manage your assets on Creative Cloud using the Upload Files button.
Drag and drop assets from your desktop to the Your Work page.
(Applicable only to files) Uploading a file again creates a version of it and replaces the existing file with a new one. Creative Cloud keeps a copy of every change you make to a file.
To replace a file in Your Work, do the following:
Do one of the following:
- From the in-context menu for the asset, select Upload New Version.
- Select the file,
click , and choose Upload New Version. - Open the file for viewing. Then,
click and choose Replace.
For information on versioning, see Versioning FAQs.
In Your Work, navigate to the file or folder that you want to rename.
Do one of the following:
- From the in-context menu for the asset, select Rename.
- Select an asset and click the Rename icon .
In Your Work, select the files or folders that you want to move to a different folder.
In the contextual dialog box that appears, do one of the following:
- Choose the desired folder and click Move Here.
- To create a folder, click in the lower-left corner. Then, specify a name for the folder and click Create New Folder.
- Choose the desired folder and click Move Here.
In Your Work, select the files or folders that you want to copy.
In the contextual dialog box that appears, do one of the following:
- Choose the desired folder and click Copy Here.
- To create a folder,
click in the lower-left corner. Then, specify a name for the folder and click Create New Folder.
Deleting a file, library element, or mobile creation is a two-step process. You first delete it temporarily and then permanently from the Deleted folder for its category from Your Work.
You can delete files on your desktop, from within Your Work, and from a Creative Cloud-enabled mobile app. You can even use OS commands to delete assets from the Creative Cloud Files directory on your desktop.
All asset deletions are synced with your Creative Cloud account. Deleted assets continue to occupy online storage. Permanently deleting the assets frees up your storage quota.
In Your Work, navigate to the file that you want to archive.
Do one of the following:
- From the in-context menu for the asset, select Delete.
- Select one or more assets and click the Delete icon .
Creative Cloud moves the asset to the Deleted folder.
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Do one of the following:
- From the in-context menu for the asset, select Permanently Delete.
- Select the assets that you want to delete forever and click the Permanently Delete icon .
When prompted to confirm, click Permanently Delete again.
Do one of the following:
- From the in-context menu for the asset, select Restore.
- Select the assets that you want to restore. Then click the Restore icon .
- From the in-context menu for the asset, select Restore.
In Your Work, select the file you want to replace with a new version.
Select the file, and click Open. To overwrite and replace the file with the new version, click Continue.
A confirmation message is displayed at the bottom of the window.
In Your Work, select the file you want to restore to a previous version.
From the list, select the version to restore and then click Revert.
Note:
If there are no previous versions listed, you will not be able to restore the file back to an earlier date.
A confirmation message is displayed at the bottom of the window.
By default, new documents in Adobe XD are saved as cloud documents in your Creative Cloud space. You can easily access the cloud documents across devices.
To view your cloud documents, in Your Work, select Files > Cloud Documents. From the Cloud Documents tab, you can:
- View metadata of your cloud documents.
- Delete the XD cloud documents you own; you can permanently delete or restore your deleted cloud documents.
- Search for XD cloud documents you own.
For more information, see Manage and work with cloud documents.
The storage quota depends on your Creative Cloud membership.
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| Membership plan | Free storage quota |
|---|---|
| Free | 2GB |
| Creative Cloud (Photography) | 20GB |
| Creative Cloud (Single App and All Apps) | 100GB |
| Creative Cloud for teams | 100GB |
You can view your storage status in the lower-left corner of Your Work.
Creative Cloud syncs up to 1GB of overflow from any device. After that, the Creative Cloud desktop app stops syncing new assets and notifies you that you are over quota. A red exclamation point marks any assets that are unable to upload. You can still move, rename, or delete assets. To continue to sync assets, permanently delete other assets to free up space.
Note:
A small portion of storage is used for administrative purposes. Therefore, the actual storage space is slightly less than allocated. It varies from 100 KB to 500 KB based on the number of user assets.
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With each passing year, the line between mobile and desktop continues to blur. No longer limited to content consumption alone, smartphones and tablets have become powerful tools capable of liberating artists and designers from having to create their best work while chained to a computer.
Adobe’s Creative Cloud pulls these disparate worlds closer together, with a major update announced Tuesday to bring faster performance and new tools across more platforms than ever.
Between two worlds
Anyone who’s started reading a Kindle ebook on one device and picked up right where they left off on another is familiar with Whispersync, the technology Amazon uses to silently sync metadata in the background. Adobe has implemented their own version dubbed CreativeSync, which can be used to start a design or illustration on mobile and finish up on the desktop (or vice versa).
CreativeSync marks the first time Adobe has branded the service, which now covers all files, design assets, fonts, settings, and other content used in a particular workflow. Creative Cloud has been moving gradually toward this type of universal sync for several years now, and the introduction of CC Libraries last fall provided a way for designers to access commonly used elements from key desktop applications.
Now this feature has expanded to more places, including Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, and a number of mobile solutions. The news will be particularly welcome for Android users, now that existing Adobe Photoshop Mix, Brush CC, Color CC, and Shape CC apps are finally making the leap from iOS to Google’s mobile platform.
Premiere Pro CC users also gain an entirely new app on their mobile tool belt with the introduction of Hue, allowing videomakers to capture lighting themes and “looks” on a smartphone and intelligently apply them to creations edited on the desktop or using the companion Premiere Clip app.
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Despite Adobe’s renewed push into mobile, the software maker continues to refine the Mac and PC applications they’re best known for, and this year’s updates—15 new versions in total—bring plenty of new features and performance enhancements to the table. For starters, Illustrator CC and InDesign CC have a number of under the hood enhancements resulting in big performance gains over CS6 (up to 10x), along with the ability to create custom charts, graphs, and infographics.
Photoshop CC 2015 can now add or remove haze from photos, a feature first previewed during last year’s MAX conference, and now present in Lightroom CC as well. Existing Healing Brush and Path tools have also been supercharged up to 120 times faster, along with the option to add noise to Blur Gallery effects and combine photos with different exposures into a single HDR image.
App designers will love Photoshop’s new ability to create multiple artboards within a single document—a feature borrowed from Illustrator—along with a more intuitive method for creating and exporting assets in just a few clicks. Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign assets can now be linked to CC Libraries with the option to update whenever changes are made, and publishing documents online is now easier than ever.
Last but not least, Premiere CC video editors will be able to smooth out jump cuts between sound bites and take advantage of easier color workflows, while After Effects promises interruption-free previews and the ability to animate 2D characters using a webcam.
Taking stock
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Although the features outlined above are free to paying Creative Cloud members, one product making its debut actually requires a separate purchase—despite being integrated deeply across the CC lineup. Late last year, Adobe acquired stock photo and video service Fotolia, and that purchase now powers Adobe Stock, an all-new product offering royalty-free content for an affordable, flat-rate price of $10 each (Adobe is quick to point out this is well below industry standard).
Monthly subscription pricing is also available for 10 images at $50 per month, but this price is reduced to $30 per month for Creative Cloud members—and yes, that includes those on the cheapest $10 per month Photography plan. (Businesses can also grab up to 750 images every four weeks for $200 per month.)
Adobe Stock content is accessed directly from a separate library within Creative Cloud apps, where low-resolution placeholders can be dragged and dropped into a workflow to get a sense of how content will look before committing to buy. The real killer feature? Unused credits roll over indefinitely, so you’ll always get what you pay for.
Adobe encourages its community of creative users to contribute to the growing Stock catalog, which the company expects to cater to millions of professionals in the marketing and creative fields. (Worth noting: Adobe Stock is an entirely different animal than the former Adobe Stock Photos service introduced a decade ago with Creative Suite 2 and later discontinued with the arrival of CS4.)
Now available
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Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 is now available for download from the Creative Cloud Desktop app for Mac or Windows; mobile apps can be installed directly from the App Store or Google Play. All updates are free for existing Creative Cloud members with a paid subscription, and mobile apps work with free accounts as well.