How to Install Adobe Acrobat Pro DC using Creative Cloud

Follow the instructions below to download & install the Adobe Creative Cloud application which will help you install Acrobat Pro and automatically keep it up to date. These instructions are based off OIT's here.

• Details about Adobe licensing, including who is covered
  • Campus employees have a license for Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • The full Creative Cloud suite is an additional cost.

Faculty and Staff have licenses assigned already. You only need to do this if you are upgrading to Creative Cloud.

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Go to https://creativecloud.adobe.com, click “Sign in” in the top-right corner, then enter just @uci.edu as your email address and click Continue.

If you entered your full email address, then you will be prompted to select “Company or School Account”.

You will then be taken to the UCI Webauth page. Enter you UCInetID and password to continue, followed by Duo authentication, if prompted.

On the right under the “Quick Links” heading, select Install Creative Cloud app.

The Creative Cloud setup file will download. Double-click to run it and follow the prompts to install the Adobe Creative Cloud app.

When you run Creative Cloud, you hopefully see the app “Acrobat DC” listed on the main screen, and you can click the “Install” button as seen here:

Otherwise, you should use the search bar at the top to look for “acrobat dc” and click on the search result “Acrobat DC (Desktop)”

And then on the Acrobat DC app details page, click the Install button in the top-right corner

You can verify if you are using an Apple or Intel processor by:

1. Click the Apple  menu
2. Select “About This Mac”
3. Look for the “Chip” detail and see if it says Apple or Intel

If your Mac is using an Apple chip, then you should follow the steps at the site below to enable “native OS mode”:

• https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/apple-silicon-m1-processor-support.html