76dragon at 2010-05-03 20:00 CET: Thanks for the great torrents. CS5 64 bit applications are so fast!

I thought it would be useful to post step by step instructions (in following posts). You will notice that I recommend to "turn off Airport" during installation and to run "sudo dscacheutil -flushcache" after updating the /etc/hosts file. I'm not sure if these steps are necessary but I recommend to do so anyway. Also notice the link to Acrobat 9 Pro at the bottom of the post: REMOVE OLD ADOBE INSTALLATIONS (IF APPLICABLE) BEFORE INSTALLING ADOBE CS5 Remove the following Adobe applications and files before installing the Adobe CS5 Master Collection: /Applications/Adobe? (everything with Adobe) /Library/Application Support/Adobe /Library/Application Support/FLEXnet Publisher /Library/Preferences/com.adobe... (everything with com.adobe) ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat ~/Library/Preferences/Acrobat ~/Library/Preferences/Acrobat Distiller Prefs ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe... (everything with Adobe) ~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe... (everything with com.adobe) 76dragon at 2010-05-03 20:01 CET: INSTALLATION OF ADOBE CS5 Disconnect from network/internet (Turn AirPort Off). Double click "Adobe CS5 Master Collection.dmg" to install the Adobe CS5 Master Collection. Whilst installing CS5, ensure that you choose "Install this product as a trial" and DO NOT enter any serials. If you've already installed CS5 applications using a serial, load any of the installed CS5 applications and select Help > Deactivate. Quit all of the installed CS5 applications. TERMINAL Launch a Terminal window (in /Applications/Utilities) and copy and paste: sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts Hit return and type your admin password. The "hosts" file should automatically open in TextEdit. TEXTEDIT If the following lines are already part of the "hosts" file close it and continue with the "Finish" section. If not hit return (in the opened "hosts" file) and copy and paste following lines: 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

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adobe-dns-2.adobe.com adobe-dns-3.adobe.com ereg.wip3.adobe.com activate-sea.adobe.com wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com activate-sjc0.adobe.com

Save the "hosts" file, DO NOT Save As?. 76dragon at 2010-05-03 20:01 CET: FINALIZE ADOBE CS5 INSTALLATION In Terminal copy and paste: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache Hit return (and type your admin password if asked for it). The Adobe activation servers are now blocked. FINISH ADOBE CS5 INSTALLATION Launch any of the installed CS5 applications and enter one of the following serials: 1325-0617-8365-2331-6662-9349 1325-0621-9125-0765-3648-0614 1325-0365-5929-6118-8817-8422 1325-0150-1163-7532-1626-3430 1325-0178-1927-9019-0123-2254 1325-0702-3693-1544-9166-3515 1325-0549-2240-0071-3409-1342 Connect back to network/internet (Turn AirPort On). You can start using CS5 applications. Run any CS5 application > Help > Updates? multiple times until all installed Adobe CS5 applications are up to date. 76dragon at 2010-05-03 20:02 CET: ADOBE ACROBAT 9 PRO INSTALLATION Download Adobe 9 Pro (not included in the CS5 torrent) from Demonoid Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro can be installed by double clicking "Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.dmg". After installation is finished install the 9.1.0 update by double clicking the "AcroProUpd910_all.dmg" installation package. Launch Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and enter the following serial: 1118-0011-0841-2246-4404-1353 Run Adobe Acrobat > Help > Check for Updates? multiple times until Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro is up to date. 76dragon at 2010-05-03 21:18 CET: I just wanted to add a few extra notes. In my first post (above) I show which applications, folders and files to remove to start with a clean system. A few notes: 1) / is the system root folder (which you can find in Finder by clicking on the hard drive icon at devices) 2) ~ is the User folder (which you can find in finder by clicking on the home icon at places)

3) I strongly recommend to delete the "/Library/Application Support/FLEXnet Publisher" folder if you have old Adobe applications installed. Keeping an old version of this folder can cause a variety of licensing errors. It will automatically be regenerated with the CS5 installation. 4) Obviously, if you're attached to your old Adobe application preferences, don't delete the preferences files in the system and User libraries. There is no harm in doing so, they'll be automatically regenerated but by deleting them you will loose your user preferences. I prefer to start with a clean system but that may not be the case for everybody. 5) Acrobat: If you follow the "removal list" in my first post you will also get rid of Adobe Acrobat. You can get the latest version from Demonoid (on the Demonoid website search for "Acrobat Pro 9.0 + 9.1 Update + SN"). RitchieRich at 2010-05-03 23:59 CET: @76dragon Instead of manually editing the hosts file my torrent has a script that automatically adds the correct entries to the host file. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5528529/Adobe_CS5_Master_Collection_Serials_and_Ac tivation_Blocker-MAC ENJOY!!! 76dragon at 2010-05-04 02:20 CET: One addition to the Removal list of my post above. Also delete the following folder: "/Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher" volvo244ti at 2010-05-04 02:21 CET: I have confirmed that if you just DL from Adobe, run the patch and put in one of these serials, it is the same as what is here...and much faster. 76dragon at 2010-05-04 02:32 CET: @volvo244ti You are right, the installation packages are the same on the Adobe website. However, many of us, including myself, prefer to get it via the torrents. With respect to your download speed claim, the number of seeders keeps growing for a popular torrent like CS5 so it will download at maximum speed that your bandwidth allows within a few days. But feel free to download the package at any location at your convenience. thebarry at 2010-05-04 09:33 CET: Just a heads up. I downloaded just the script blocker from another torrent on here which took about 15 seconds and then downloaded the entire master collection trial pack from adobe.com. Much easier and at a decent speed (150+ kbps). Just throwing that out there in case seeding sucks on this torrent (which it did for me initially). nofil at 2010-05-04 10:31 CET: what about www.wip4.adobe.com? should i block that on little snitch or allow? 76dragon at 2010-05-04 15:52 CET: @nofil I just manually altered the "etc/hosts" file to block Adobe servers (see my posts above). CS5 applications run great so at this point I see no need to add "www.wip4.adobe.com" to that list. nofil at 2010-05-04 18:31 CET:

@76dragon thanks! andoro84 at 2010-05-04 19:44 CET: Hello guys! I can't find Acrobat Pro in this package, nor in the official trial download from adobe. Is it possible that the CS5 Master Collection doesn't contain Acrobat??? 76dragon at 2010-05-04 20:50 CET: @andoro84 Perhaps it would have helped you if you would have read the other comments first before you commented. See my comments in this thread at 2010-05-03 20:02 & 21:18 CET for an answer to your question.