This week, Apple is released macOS Catalina (10.15), which fully ends support for 32-bit apps like InDesign CS6. So if you’re one of the folks holding on to CS6 (or any earlier version of InDesign) to avoid becoming a Creative Cloud subscriber, it’s essential that you do not upgrade to Catalina. Also, Adobe InDesign application now supports the latest macOS Catalina for any Apple products. It is no wonder that many professionals around the world use Adobe InDesign as their most preferred software. In the latest update, Adobe ensures its users that this.
With macOS 10.14 or previous versions, when you edit a JavaScript using the Scripts panel in InDesign (Window > Utilities > Scripts), the ExtendScript Toolkit is displayed. This toolkit is a 32-bit application. However, with macOS 10.15 (Catalina), which supports only 64-bit applications, the ExtendScript Toolkit does not open.
The ExtendScript Toolkit has been replaced by ExtendScript Debugger 1.1.0.
To edit and debug JavaScripts in macOS 10.15 or higher versions:
- Download and install Visual Studio Code in /Applications folder.
- Install the ExtendScript Extension (ESTK) available under Extensions in the Visual Studio Code application.
In macOS 10.15, quarantined plug-ins will return one of the following errors:
- InDesign: File not found error
- OS: Plug-in can't be opened because the developer cannot be verified
This happens with plug-ins that are not notarized that are downloaded from the web or installed by other methods such as drag & drop.
- Customers that have plug-ins already installed and then update to macOS 10.15 should not see this issue.
- Customers that upgrade to macOS 10.15 and then try to download and install a plug-in may see failures.
Solution
Obtain updated plug-ins from third-party developers that are notarized for macOS 10.15. InDesign will load plug-ins that have been notarized by Apple.
Workaround
For older plug-ins that are not notarized, customers with Admin user privileges can remove the quarantine flag by using the following command if the plug-in is installed in the InDesign application plug-ins folder:
Determining whether a plug-in is quarantined
Customers can determine whether or not a plug-in is quarantined by using the Terminal.
Example if plug-in is in the Indesign application plug-ins folder:
Note: replace <plug-in-name> with the actual name of the plug-in you need to correct
Which returns the following result:
'com.apple.quarantine 22' means that the plug-in is quarantined.
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Development and debugging of third-party plugins are not supported on macOS 10.15 (Catalina). To develop plugins with macOS, you should meet the following system requirements:
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- Xcode 9.2
- macOS 10.13 or 10.14