Adobe Creative Suite is the most comprehensive bundle of pro apps available for the Mac, so a new release is always big news. This time it’s even bigger. Not only does Creative Suite 6 bring substantial updates to almost all the major components, but it comes with a new way to buy your essential software: Creative Cloud.

To get all the apps in Adobe’s Master Collection – covering print, web, interactive and video – would normally set you back over £2500. But you can now subscribe to Creative Cloud instead for just under £47 a month. Does it work out cheaper? That depends on which apps you actually use, and whether you already own a version to upgrade from, and how often you plan to upgrade, and which way the wind is blowing – we’ll help you with the calculations in our article. But it means anyone who works in the creative industries for a living, even part-time, can now afford to invest in a whole range of the very best tools.

So whatever your digital discipline, don’t miss our 28-page review of Creative Suite 6 in MacUser Vol 28 No 10, on sale now.