


Enter root password (Note: this is probably not the same as the Admin password).Open the Terminal application - the root user needs to be enabled, see Apple's documentation if you don't know how to do this.Until Adobe gets this into their Knowledge Base, here is the fix:

We were forced to completely quit Illustrator, re-start, and repeat this for every save - a royal pain.Īfter 45 minutes on the phone with Adobe's tech support (which was, I might add, very good), the issue was correctly diagnosed and fixed. Illustrator would allow the first save, but do nothing on the second, third, fourth attempt. This has never posed a problem until we needed to use Illustrator's "Save for Web" command more than once. In our design firm, we have most of our computers set up for "limited user" accounts, not "admin user" accounts - for obvisous reasons. Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°.One of the most powerful aspects to UNIX and, therefore, Mac OS X are the permissions - but they can also be the most confusing. Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair. Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts Release Guide (turns it into a regular path) Hold Option while dragging out a new guide Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available) Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces. Hold Cmd, then Spacebar. (This will show the Zoom tool.) Let go of Cmd so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type) Move mesh point along path with Mesh toolĪdd mesh point with Mesh tool without changing colorĬonstrain orientation of polygons, stars, spiralsĪdd/subtract sides, points, spiral segmentsĬreate continuous duplicates along mouse movement Transform pattern without transforming object Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool When finished drawing, hold Option and release mouseĬonnect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool Move anchor point while drawing with Pen toolĬreate closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool To cycle through tools behind column tool To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time
