#arrgh!

I got my new computer (woohoo!) and am slowly getting into learning the new operating system.

I also had to add Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C  and USB 3 to my vocabulary.

Why?

Because my Cintiq predates this technology. >.<

Had to do research, buy an adapter, try to connect it, and eventually had to download a new driver instead of use the old one - which I couldn’t  (more on this later).

After crossing every finger I had, I finally got it working with the new system.

Huzzah!

Now for the additional kicker of getting a new iMac.

No DVDRW drive (told you I would get back to this) and apparently High Sierra is the death knell for any older art programs. More revelations from my online research.

So yeah. Even if I connected a DVDRW drive to the new system and manually loaded the old art software in I would get errors and crashes that can’t be predicted or avoided.

Why?

Didn’t the programmers of the OS and art programs make patches or implement fixes?

Apparently it was not worth the efforts after High Sierra borked a whole load of applets and libraries and Apple just flipped developers a big middle finger wrapped in cash.

Manga Studio (now Clip Studio) predictably went to the next incarnation of their software and Adobe implemented a subscription-based PS deal.

I am now trying to decide if I should invest in a new Photoshop subscription, bite the bullet and buy a copy of the newest version of Clip Studio, or consider maybe experimenting with a new art program.

It is so frustrating.