↑ Why does Preview save as PDF version 1.3 instead of version 1.7 sometimes? by Lance000, Apple Communities.↑ Mac OS X and PDF by Laurens Leurs, Prepressure.↑ 1.0 1.1 NeXT: Apple’s Right Choice by Jonathan Ploudre, Low End Mac.
īegins transition from 64-bit Intel to Apple processors. Last version to support 32-bit apps ( CS3). Issues with InDesign CS3, Photoshop CC 2015 and earlier. Minimum requirement for first Adobe Creative Cloud app. Last version to support PowerPC apps ( CS2 and earlier). Last version to support classic Mac OS apps.įirst version to fully support 64-bit apps ( CS4 and later). Newer PDF files will either display incorrectly or cause a performance hit as Mac OS X will internally downconvert the document for display. However, as Mac OS X's use of PDF prioritizes speed and compatibility over features and compression, it is limited to PDF 1.3 (or PDF 1.4 for document ' bundles' which contain embedded graphics). This replaced NeXTSTEP's Display PostScript implementation to avoid royalty fees to Adobe Systems. Mac OS X used a PDF-based imaging model called Quartz.
