Clean install of SL, but still problems

[nateeanes]

I've wiped my HD and re-installed SL. It seems faster, although there are still a few issues:

1) iWork (Pages, Numbers) has very weird coloring. All the text looks light blue and/or cyan, and I can't fix it.

2) Although initially Safari worked great, lately it's been going back to its habits of being slow and showing strange things like chopping up the 'Top Sites' view, i.e. rendering it in an off way.

3) Adobe CS3 will not install properly. I get them loaded up, but when I try to launch a program, I get an error that says "licensing for this product has stopped working". I cannot get to the 'activate' page, even though I uninstalled and deactivated CS3.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did restore my home account after clean installing SL-- maybe I should have brought the files over folder by folder rather than bringing back my whole home folder with its settings? I wonder if I accidentally brought over Adobe's FLEXnet folder too.

Also, does anyone know if Adobe CS3 can cause these problems with Safari and other programs? It just seems that the whole machine was slower after installing CS3, even though I wasn't running the programs.

Any help is appreciated.
Nate

 

[Chilbear]

I think that for CS3 to work you must migrate the old computer to SL. Have you tried to get it back from Time Machine rather than the full CS3 install? How about using Migration Assistant as a nother option. This is how I got most of my older programs to work on my Aluminum as they would not load either. They did run fine after migrating.

I do know CS4 install and runs no problem but they have built in some kind of backward non-compatible scheme IMO.

 

[nateeanes]

Thanks for your reply! I definitely agree that an upgrade/install works fine with CS3-- the first time I upgraded from Leo to SL, I did a normal 'upgrade'. But because of problems with the OS, I ended up going for a full clean install of SL, which does seem to make the computer run faster-- but has produced these problems with CS3.

I should note, though, that I've finally been able to get ahold of Adobe and have the problem 'resolved'-- although I do still have some other issues with iWork.

Do you think it's problematic to use Migration Assistant to move my user account to the new installation of SL via a Time Machine disc, as this may bring over some of the legacy problems-- or should I do a folder-by-folder manual copy?

Nate

 

[Chilbear]

I would try the Time Machine restore of the machine. I plan on doing this over the holidays so it is not knowledge but advice given to me by a tech at an Apple store.