[Ken Ramsauer]

I got this from a blog and I will paste this for you after this main body: macOS Gatekeeper may prevent older Adobe installers or software from starting: Gatekeeper is an Apple security feature (added in Mountain Lion) that helps prevent malicious applications from running. If you run Adobe installers or software released before Gatekeeper, you should know what to do if Gatekeeper prevents Adobe software from starting. Adobe covers that in this tech note: Error “has not been signed by a recognized distributor” | Launch Adobe applications | Mac OS. The short answer is to bypass the error by right-clicking the application icon, then choose Open from the context menu. Depending on the Mac you use, instead of right-clicking you can also Control-click, or if you have a trackpad set up for two-finger secondary click you can do it that way instead.

“Installer Failed to Initialize” error, or installer failing to run. Some Adobe installers may fail to launch silently, or with the error “We’ve encountered the following issue. Installer failed to initialize. This could be due to a missing file. Please download Adobe Support Advisor to detect the problem.”

Installer Failed to Initialize” error.

Unfortunately, Adobe Support Advisor no longer exists, but there is an immediate workaround that should get the installer going:

Right-click (or Control-click) the installer and choose Show Package Contents.
In the Install window that opens in the Finder, go to the Contents/MacOS folder, and in there, double-click Install. That will open the Terminal application, some lines of code will automatically run, and the actual Installer should successfully launch.
Make a note of this workaround, because any pre-CC installers are unlikely to be updated.

The error message is documented in an Adobe help page: Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra). But I found that the same workaround helped when the Photoshop CS3 installer silently failed after I double-clicked it.

Taken from and it worked for me … https://blog.conradchavez.com/2017/09/25/macos-10-13-high-sierra-will-adobe-software-work/#preCC

[Ken Ramsauer]

Thank you for that information. I just got a newer iMac i7 4.0ghz with SSD drive. Not enough RAM yet (only 8gb) but I will order more. I try to keep it in RAW 1080p 60fps until it goes to Encore. That is where I tell it to bring it down to SD 16:9 720P 30f with a CBS of 9.0 and when I have time I let it check it twice with a VBS of 5-9 before converting. I don’t mess with the GOP and I usually leave that as Adobe sent it. I do have the maximize on (I can say more when I get there again). My issue is that I just can’t jump back to the dark side …. lol my expression for Windows. I have had too many issues in the past with hacking and stuff. I realize I need a dedicated one that is offline for ever once it works well. But, I am not familiar with transferring from Mac Premiere to a Win Authoring software and hopefully keeping the chapter markers. I will look at Videoworks. I have been hemming and hawing about putting Parallels back in with Win 10. I prefer the Win 7 but its harder to go back and also find good supported software for the older OS. I hope this sheds a little light on my work flow.

[Ken Ramsauer]

I put it into Premiere CS6 (only because I have Encore CS6 for DVD authoring) and keep it in its RAW state from the camera. That would be a .MTS file. When I am done editing I send it to Encore and have it prepare it for a 720P 16:9 Dual Layer DVD. I don’t do interlaced and with the larger flat screens so common the old 4:5 ratio is not used so its best for me to give a solid image frame instead of a intelaced one. Also, with dance and stage movement the interlace images look bad for motion with the dark backgrounds.