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How to fix adobe products crashes on AMD Hackintosh

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To fix adobe products crashes on AMD Hackintosh

___ADOBE CRASH FIX BY XLNC___

USAGE : Open terminal and run the below commands as required.

NOTE: File path changes in each version release. So if the file is not found you can find the specified file manually and replace the path in the below commands.
      You can also use this command to find the location of a specific adobe file :
      eg:- if you want to search for MMXCore then run this command :
               find /Applications/Adobe* -type f -name "MMXCore" | sed 's/ /\\ /g'

Photoshop crash fix :-
#PS2018
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x5A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2018/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2018.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Extensions/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x5A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2018/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2018.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Extensions/FastCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/FastCore
#PS2019
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2019/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2019.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Extensions/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2019/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2019.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Extensions/FastCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/FastCore
#PS2020
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ 2020/Adobe\ Photoshop\ 2020.app/Contents/PlugIns/Required/Extensions/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore 
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ 2020/Adobe\ Photoshop\ 2020.app/Contents/PlugIns/Required/Extensions/FastCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/FastCore

Photoshop Font crash fix :-
#PS2018
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2018/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2018.app/Contents/Required/Deep_Font
#PS2019
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2019/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CC\ 2019.app/Contents/Required/Deep_Font
#PS2020
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ 2020/Adobe\ Photoshop\ 2020.app/Contents/Required/Deep_Font

Photoshop image open , drag-n-drop and image size change crash fix :-
sudo rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin
~OR~
Use Camera Raw 9.12.1
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/cameraraw/mac/9.x/CameraRaw_9_12_1_mac.zip
~OR~
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x1A\x00|sg' /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File\ Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Camera\ Raw
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x5A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File\ Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Camera\ Raw

Illustrator crash fix :-
#AI2018
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x5A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2018/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2018.app/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2018/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2018.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Text\ Filters/TextModel.aip
#AI2019
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2019/Adobe\ Illustrator.app/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2019/Adobe\ Illustrator.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Text\ Filters/TextModel.aip
#AI2020
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ 2020/Adobe\ Illustrator.app/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ 2020/Adobe\ Illustrator.app/Contents/Required/Plug-ins/Text\ Filters/TextModel.aip

#InDesign crash fix:-
Run the app binary with MKL_DEBUG_CPU_TYPE=5 flag from terminal.
Example:
 MKL_DEBUG_CPU_TYPE=5 /Applications/Adobe\ InDesign\ 2020/Adobe\ InDesign\ 2020.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ InDesign\ 2020
NOTE: 
 For FX and lower CPU's , you will need to use MKL_DEBUG_CPU_TYPE=4 flag.

Bridge crash fix :-
#BR2018
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Bridge\ CC\ 2018/Adobe\ Bridge\ CC\ 2018.app/Contents/Plug-ins/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
#BR2019
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Bridge\ CC\ 2019/Adobe\ Bridge\ 2019.app/Contents/Plug-Ins/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore
#BR2020
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x6A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Bridge\ 2020/Adobe\ Bridge\ 2020.app/Contents/Plug-Ins/MMXCore.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MMXCore

After Effects crash fix :- 
sudo rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin
~OR~
Use Camera Raw 9.12.1
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/cameraraw/mac/9.x/CameraRaw_9_12_1_mac.zip
~OR~
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x1A\x00|sg' /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File\ Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Camera\ Raw
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x5A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File\ Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Camera\ Raw

Lightroom Classic crash fix :-
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x5A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Lightroom\ Classic/Adobe\ Lightroom\ Classic.app/Contents/Frameworks/CameraRaw.lrtoolkit/CameraRaw
sudo perl -i -pe 's|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x3A\x00|\x90\x90\x90\x90\x56\xE8\x1A\x00|sg' /Applications/Adobe\ Lightroom\ Classic/Adobe\ Lightroom\ Classic.app/Contents/Frameworks/CameraRaw.lrtoolkit/CameraRaw

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