(purchased before Adobe ended perpetual licensing in 2017), you may legally create a portable version for personal backup use by manually sandboxing the installed files—though this requires technical skill.
Does "anywhere, anytime" creativity still hold up in 2025? Adobe Illustrator CS6 16.0.0 Portable
In an era dominated by bloated Creative Cloud subscriptions and browser-based design tools, a curious relic continues to thrive on USB sticks and external SSDs: . (purchased before Adobe ended perpetual licensing in 2017),