Adobe Acrobat in OSX question...

[uoba]

Can someone give me a solid answer to whether Adobe Acrobat is OSX native now (not Reader)... I just realised this maybe the only essential software that'll keep me having Classic on my machine (darn )

[pianophile]

From the Adobe.com web site:

"Because the AdobePS printer driver doesn't offer native support for Mac OS X, you cannot use Adobe Acrobat Distiller in Mac OS X Native mode."

Re: native PS driver for OS X; I would imagine it is in the works, but I haven't heard much about it.

[SCARECROW]

The full version of Acrobat 5 is and has been carbonized..

But Distiller is/had not been...

[cabbage]

SCARECROW is close
Distiller is definitely not native to OS X

Acrobat 5.0 is NOT native to OS X
Acrobat 5.0.5 IS native to OS X

You must get the update
download the update

[SCARECROW]

My bad...

Yes, it is 5.05..

Thanks, cabbage...

[mindbend]

If in six months [when QuickBooks for X comes out] I have to launch Classic only for stupid Distiller, I am going to be very annoyed.

[cabbage]

You save any file that you want as a PDF in OS X. Distiller really isn't a neccesity unless you're in the printing industry and 10.1 pretty much sucks for advanced printing - plus there aren't many ppd's. Hopefully that will change with Jaguar

[mindbend]

Yeah, I'm in the printing industry so OS X's PDF tool doesn't even come close. Great for previews tho.

The real joke is that Adob'e sown technology is all over the place. Exporting a PDF from InDesign isn't truly a properly formatted PDF, you still have to use Distiller to do it correctly to ensure compatibility among printers. It's a joke. Also, I can export PDfs, EPSs and Postscript files, open them in Photoshop/Illustrator and get different results for each one. Adobe should be shot.