Hey Gregory, try the newer update to Illustrator and see if that works better for you. All the Adobe updates here are cumulative, meaning the newer ones include everything in the older ones.

If you are still having any trouble, then please post the exact text of the error message you receive (or google it) – thanks!

There have not yet been any updates for Photoshop CC 2015 yet – the current and latest release for Adobe Photoshop remains at 2015.0.0 (16.0.0) at this time.

There have been updates for the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in (which is included with Photoshop), and the direct download links for those are given above.

A great help, thank you again!

Thanks everyone for the heads-ups and patience – all the latest CC 2015 updates have now been added to the links table above, and the list is current and up-to-date again.

Yes, it’s already right there above, at the very top of the table!

And don’t forget that all the updates given here are cumulative (meaning the newer ones include the older ones) – so if you want the latest version, then you only need the latest (last) update/patch.

In fact, there have not yet been any updates for the Photoshop CC 2015 program yet – the current and latest release for Adobe Photoshop remains at 2015.0.0 (16.0.0) at this time.

There have been updates for the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in (which is included with Photoshop), and the direct download links for those are given above.

(That’s what you are getting through the Creative Cloud Desktop app when you see an “Update” for Photoshop.)

Hey there, you only need the last (or most recent) update if you want the latest version, because all the updates are cumulative. What exact message did you get? Try googling that, or posting it here and we can help further.

Thanks Yury – the table now includes the direct download link to the new Photoshop CC 2015 update!

Both updates for Photoshop (including the small Export Assets update) have been added above. Thanks for your feedback!

Great, thanks Miqviq!

No, not yet Farid!

OK thanks, we’ve got it… You should see it above now.

There have now been 3 different/separate updates to Photoshop CC 2015 in the last two days – a large update for the main program, and two smaller updates for the Export Assets and Adobe Preview CC components within Photoshop.

We don’t know why Adobe has started to unbundle the Photoshop CC updates into smaller pieces (different components of the program), but we are trying to find out.

You’re right, that’s true – but it makes more work for the rest of us, including customers who need to do more updating… ;)

Also the two smaller Photoshop updates this week are really tiny, less than 2MB each – so if they’re part of the Photoshop program (only), there seems limited benefit in splitting them out.

By contrast is the Camera Raw plugin, which is quite large and used (and updated) by several major Adobe tools independently whenever a new ACR version is released.

What’s more, some people are seeing multiple updates on consecutive days for the same application and assuming “there was a bug in the 1st update”… like this guy here. So frequent updates can inadvertently give an incorrect impression to customers.

Not sure Serge, no one else has reported any problems so perhaps it’s just a temporary thing for you.

Hey Darryl, Muse is a bit different from the rest of the updates – you have to follow these download instructions first in order to access it (mentioned in the table footnote above), otherwise you’ll get that message coming from Adobe’s servers instead.

Hi, it sounds like you are getting an “Update Failed / Updates could not be applied. This patch is not applicable for you” message, which does happen sometimes. Here is the advice we offered earlier with the older CC 2014 patches… The same general tips apply here with the new CC 2015 version.

Often this error indicates an issue with your product activation or licensing that requires subscription validation or assistance directly from Adobe Support Chat. Other possibilities are given below.

Please let us know how it goes – if this helps and/or how you make out!

First off, these are the CC 2015 updates so they will only work on the CC 2015 release. Be sure that you’re are applying your updates on the right release, and in the right order. You cannot, for instance, apply a 2015.1 patch on top of a 2015.2 version. You can only apply a 2015.1 patch over an earlier 2015 product release.

[You can check the version you’re running by selecting Help menu > About or System Info. If you need to revert or roll back to the base (2015.0) application installers, they are here. Note that all patches are cumulative.]

The next step, if you’re still getting that same message: Please ensure that you’re running the downloaded Adobe­Patch­Installer executable with full Administrator privileges on your machine, and that you are properly licensed for your software.

Before trying to apply the patches, make sure to actually install and run the application first (let it fully start up). The program will sign you in (or ask you to sign in with your Adobe ID), which importantly will fully activate the software. Then reboot your computer, and apply the appropriate update that you down­loaded here. [Note that when you actually run the patch installer itself, that particular application cannot still be running, or else there will be a conflict.]

If you’ve already been running the application, then sign out of and then back in to Creative Cloud to refresh the activation state. In other words, sign out of the CC Desktop App manager or from the Help menu of any tool, reboot your machine, then start it up and log back in again. That will force it to scan your Adobe products (it apparently only scans once a day otherwise).

If you’re still having difficulties after that, then try uninstalling the particular app(s) entirely via your operating system, rebooting your machine, and then reinstalling the app(s) and patch(es) from scratch.

If still no luck, then try downloading and running Adobe’s special CC Cleaner Tool to remove all traces of the app(s), rebooting your system, and then reinstalling and reactivat­ing the apps/updates per the above instructions.

If you are an enterprise, team, or group/volume customer, then please check with your Admin if he or she has suppressed or disabled Adobe updates. If so, you can delete the AdobeUpdaterAdminPrefs.dat file to re-enable updates on your machine.

Hopefully that will fix it for you. Otherwise, if you still can’t get the updates installed, then there may be some sort of activation or licensing issue happening on your computer that requires exceptional assistance and you would need to contact Adobe directly about it.

Not sure Rafael – which Adobe product, what type/version of system do you have, and did you try with another browser or computer?

It may be that there’s something unusual on your computer that’s giving you problems… perhaps your antivirus or another third-party add-on. We’ve had some readers recently reporting issues when using Kaspersky.

Make sure you’re not blocking or filtering anything with your browsers (like cookies, downloads, or any sites or URLs), or are running any utilities that might restrict your web surfing (like Ghostery or AdBlock). Or possibly check your firewall, antivirus program (esp. Kaspersky), or other third-party security software.

Most people have no problem at all, but occasionally some folks have difficulty because of over-aggressive software or utilities like these. To be clear, Adobe recommends temporarily turning those things off for downloads.

Good luck!

We had thought that “Error 21” was a problem when using the CC Desktop App – and that if you used the direct links instead, it wasn’t an issue… Did you try this?

Adobe CC 2015 Direct Download Links

If that doesn’t work, then see this help page:

Solution: Error 21 or DW021 while installing Photoshop CC 2015

And please let us know how it works out for you!

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing that.

Hello Mitch – no, CC is not available with a perpetual license… and the only direct download links are here.

Are you certain the details with your CC subscription are correct and up-to-date with your payment? Check your online Adobe account if you have any doubts.

As one idea to address that error message, you might try signing out of your Creative Cloud app and then signing back in again… You can sign out from the Account section within the CC Desktop App preferences.

See the full directions here:

Sign In and Sign Out to Activate Creative Cloud Applications

Sorry, Flash Professional CC 2015 is a native 64-bit only program!

And you don’t need to enter a license or serial number to activate the CC applications – they are subscription-based on your Adobe ID login (and not perpetual).

Hi Christian, to solve that please see the previous comment here.