Adobe Systems chief executive Bruce Chizen gave Apple a strong vote of confidence this week, saying his company remained committed to a close relationship with the computer maker.
Mr Chizen said some industry observers had interpreted the time it was taking Adobe to launch new versions of software compliant with the Mac OS X as a weakening in the alliance between the two companies.
But he said Adobe was taking time to ensure only the best products reached store shelves.
'It took time and energy to make the change over to OS X,' he said.
'Over the past year people have questioned our commitment to Apple and OS X, but I think it is clear that Adobe is going to meet its commitment to port its applications over to the new OS.'
Mr Chizen said with so many professional users of Adobe software working on Macs, it was essential that when the new software was issued, it was as bug-free and reliable as possible from the start.
Apple, which attracts many of its customers from the publishing and design sectors, is clearly counting on Adobe to get OS X-compliant versions of widely used software such as Photoshop into stores as soon as possible. The new edition of Photoshop is expected in the second quarter.