After upgrading my Mac OS to Lion, I realized I just shot myself in the foot when I tried to open Photoshop CS2… and it failed to open. I had tried to figure a way to get my CS2 working on Lion, but finally I just gave in and decided to upgrade to CS5.

Once I upgraded and Photoshop was working again, I wanted to scan something in. But when I went to Import from my scanner, the option to Import wasn’t listed in the menu. I couldn’t believe it!

I figured I just needed to update my drivers for my Canon MP470 and it would return. But after upgrading the software, it still didn’t show up. Soon, I saw a reference in a forum posting mentioning that Photoshop may be running in x64-bit mode.

To make Photoshop run in 32-bit mode:

1. Highlight the application in Finder (located in your Applications/ folder)
2. Get Info (Command-I)
3. Check the box “Open in 32-bit mode”
4. Then re-start Photoshop.

That did the trick for me… Now, back in business!

1. Download Gimp or another GNU PDF viewer-type of application.
2. Open the PDF document. (I usually like to import as layers)
3. Then Print. (You have to hide each layer to display the next so you can print each one.)