Comments on: Version Cue CS3 Disables Mac Firewalls

By: new face

new face — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:06 +0000

I reinstalled creative suite cs2 on a macbook pro 10.4.11
and all went well except version cue. I tried to turn it on but it won’t and reinstalled it fresh but still no luck. Now the version icon has an ‘x’ showing on my top right desktop and clicked turn on but doesn’t work.
Note: It was fine till I had to reinstall OSX and then reinstall the suite.
Anyone help!

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:37:41 +0000

I’ll bet Bill Gates is having a good laugh over this one.

By: vectorbabe

vectorbabe — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:29:32 +0000

I also had to turn my Firewall back on.

Without Jay’s alert I would have been left very vulnerable.

Fortunately, though, all you need to do is turn the Firewall back on. Not one of the worst security lapses.

By: Steve Werner

Steve Werner — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:52:42 +0000

You’re quite right, Branislav.

On the two Macs where I installed the Adobe Creative Suite 3 (one iMac G5 and one MacBook Pro), the installer DID turn off the firewall during installation. However, the Version Cue CS3 server is turned off by default, as you say.

By: Branislav Milic

Branislav Milic — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:32:41 +0000

Yes Steve, it’s installed, but it’s not enabled by default as it was in CS2 !

By: Steve Werner

Steve Werner — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:57:11 +0000

Fritz,

That would probably be hard to say. It is a good utility, particularly for workgroups, who want to manage files. Its biggest advantage is that it is built into the Creative Suite, and can be used either by a workgroup or individuals.

Here’s a link to a review published just this week at MacWorld:

http://www.macworld.com/2007/05/reviews/versioncuecs3/index.php

The point of the posting, however, is that it is installed by default with Adobe Creative Suite 3, whether you’re using it or not.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:10:48 +0000

How many people use version cue?