What is Adobe Creative Cloud on Mac?
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Adobe's Creative Cloud app, used to install, update and sign in to Adobe apps.
The Creative Cloud desktop app manages your Adobe apps: installs, updates, fonts, libraries and sign-in. It comes with several background processes (such as Adobe Desktop Service, CCXProcess, CCLibrary, AdobeIPCBroker and Core Sync) that can keep running even when no Adobe app is open, which is normal behaviour.
- Category
- Third-party
- Made by
- Adobe
- Safe to quit:
- Yes
Shown in Activity Monitor as Creative Cloud
Why is Adobe Creative Cloud using so much CPU or memory?
- Installing or updating Adobe apps
- Syncing libraries, fonts or files
- Signing in or checking your licence
What to do
- 1Let installs and updates finish
- 2Turn off features you don't use (file sync, font sync, launch at login) in Creative Cloud preferences
- 3Quit Creative Cloud from its menu bar icon when not using Adobe apps
- 4Update Creative Cloud
Safe to quit? Yes.
Safe to quit; syncing and updates pause, and Adobe apps start it again when needed.
Related processes
- CCXProcessAdobe's Creative Cloud Experience process: in-app content like tutorials and templates.
- Adobe Desktop ServiceCreative Cloud's core background service for sign-in, licensing, installs and updates.
- AdobeIPCBrokerLets Adobe apps and Creative Cloud background services talk to each other.
- Core Sync (Adobe Content Synchronizer)Adobe's file and asset sync process for Creative Cloud.
- CCLibrarySyncs your Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries (colours, graphics, assets) across apps.
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