Yes, our software is now fully Illustrator 2025 compatible.
How do I update?
With the release of Illustrator 2025, the Astute Manager now automatically recognizes if this latest version is installed, and allows all new builds of every Astute Graphics plugin to be added, so there is no need to download and reinstall your Astute Manager.
So to update, simply install 2025 in your Adobe Illustrator, then run and quit it.
Once you have done this, quit the Astute Manager (using the ☒ Quit option at the bottom of the left-hand menu in the Astute Manager window) and restart. If Illustrator 2025 has been installed, it will be auto-detected and available for plugin installation.
Full step by step guidance on how to detect new versions of Illustrator in the Astute Manager can be found here.
What's new in this release?
Access to latest plugin updates, which are now all Illustrator 2025 ready. All technical updates listed here.
I'm having problems updating, what should I do?
If you are seeing a Host application error, please see Host Application error in Astute Manager.
If you have updated and you are not seeing your plugins, please see Detecting and adding plugins to new installations of Illustrator.
The above guides will resolve these issues however, if you continue to experience problems, please Contact us and one of the team will be happy to help.
End of support for Illustrator CC2019
With the introduction of support for Illustrator 2025, we have ended support for Illustrator 2019. If you still have Astute Graphics plugins installed in Illustrator 2019, you will be notified in the Astute Manager that these are now orphaned. For further information on this, please see What are Orphaned plugins? for guidance on this.
macOS 15 (Sequoia) ready
The latest plugins and Astute Manager have now been tested to be fully compatible with macOS 15. No further updates to the software are required for users of this latest Apple operating system.
End of support for macOS 10.x
With the introduction of support for macOS 15, we have ended support for macOS 10.x.
If you are still using older versions of Adobe Illustrator, such as Illustrator 2020, on higher versions of macOS 10.x, such as macOS 10.15, it’s likely to function correctly. However, Astute Graphics can no longer guarantee this, and we are not able to provide technical support for pre macOS 11 operating systems.
InkQuest plugin End-of-Life
InkQuest is one of Astute Graphics' earliest plugins. For the past year we have been monitoring use and user feedback relating to InkQuest and we have concluded that its unusual fit within the overall SaaS focus is reflected in the minimal usage figures. Due to this and the deep technical issues that the latest Adobe Illustrator releases are presenting to InkQuest's maintenance requirements, it has been decided that this plugin is now end-of-life.
We intend to remove the InkQuest plugin from the Astute Manager in the near future, at which point it will be made freely available as a manually-installed and unmanaged plugin for the pre-press community.
For full information, please see InkQuest plugin End-of-Life.
Full compatibility information can be found here.