April 23, 2025

How to disable Adobe Genuine Service Alert on Mac?

disable adibe genuine service

disable adibe genuine service

If you use adobe photoshopadobe illustratoradobe acrobat proadobe premiere, and adobe after effects on MacBook, then you have probably seen this error messages: –
– a popup of Adobe genuine software integrity service
– This unlicensed Adobe app will be disabled soon.
– Unlicensed apps may contain malware that exposes your files and personal data to security risks.
– Adobe provides a 10-day grace period to resolve this issue with exclusive discounts on replacement apps. 

Following the appearance of this error message, the application will become unresponsive, necessitating termination via the task manager. Any unsaved work will be lost.

NOTE- Don’t forget that you can renew the license of the app or buy a new version with discount.

Now, let’s address the expired license problem for Adobe applications on MacBook.

A video that describes the process to disable Adobe genuine service alert

Here are the steps to fix / disable Adobe Genuine Service Alert on MAC: –

1- When you see this alert, you have to open the “Activity monitor application” and find an application called: “Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service” as shown in the following image: – 

Note: you can open the “activity monitor app” by opening the applications folder on macOS and find the application. Also, you can find it by searching for the app on spotlight search.

open the "Activity monitor application" and find an application called: "Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service"
open the “Activity monitor application” and find an application called: “Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service”

2- Now double click the application on activity monitor, then press “sample” or “open files and ports” to find the application path as shown in the following images: – 

double click the application on activity monitor, then press "sample" or "open files and ports" to find the application path
double click the application on activity monitor, then press “sample” or “open files and ports” to find the application path
here you can see the path of the application as highlighted
here you can see the path of the application as highlighted

3- open the application path as  following: – 
hard drive name > Library > Application support > Adobe > AdobeGCClient
​as shown in the following image: – 

follow the path to find the application named AdobeGCClient
follow the path to find the application named AdobeGCClient

4- Right click on “AdobeGCClient.app ” and select “show package content”, 
Open the folder named “contents”, then a folder named “macOS” and delete an exec file named “AdobeGCClient”
as shown in the following image: – ​

follow the path to find the application named AdobeGCClient
follow the path to find the application named AdobeGCClient

Now, you can enjoy your adobe applications without this annoying Adobe genuine software integrity service alert 

Note:

you can watch this video in the article that describes the whole steps to remove this error messages: –
– a popup of Adobe genuine software integrity service
– This unlicensed Adobe app will be disabled soon.
– Unlicensed apps may contain malware that exposes your files and personal data to security risks.
– Adobe provides a 10-day grace period to resolve this issue with exclusive discounts on replacement apps.