I HAD THE TRIAL VERSION ON MY NEW MAC I GOT For CHRISTMAS, THEN PURCHASED THE PROGRAM, IT TOOK 1 AND 1/2 HOURS TO LOAD, AND WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT, IT TAKES 5 TO 15 MINTUES! ANY IDEAS??

You need a better version of Photoshop to solve this. I recommend you buy Photoshop CS4 Extended. You can buy Photoshop CS4 Extended a great price of $100.00 at http://www.directsoftwareconnection.com

You need a better version of Photoshop to solve this. I recommend you buy Photoshop CS4 Extended. You can buy Photoshop CS4 Extended a great price of $100.00 at http://www.directsoftwareconnection.com

Have you uninstalled the trial version? Usually if you have a trial version, when you buy the program you don't have to re-download. You just get a serial number to boost the trial to the regular version. You might want to join Yahoo Photoshop Elements group. There are a lot of Mac users there....and there are expert Elements users with lots of experience.

Oh, if you post on the Yahoo Elements group, be sure to include your OS version and the version of Elements you're using.