4 Replies Latest reply: Jun 17, 2011 2:41 PM by Pharther Phurther RSS

    CS5.5 Master Collection on Case-Sensitive File System

    simmonsjeffrey Community Member

      Hello,

       

      The first thing I'll say is that I already know it's not possible to install on a case-sensitive file system.

       

      So, on to my question.  I have been tasked to find out a way to get this installed on our 30-35 Macs with case-sensitive file systems (required for other courses/tasks, so not an option to format.)  I was trying to think of a work-around that would let me install and use the CS5.5 Master Collection, but have not been successful yet.  Please note, I am not looking for a hack or extensive renaming of a bunch of files or other half-solutions I've found.


      Basically, what I was wondering is, if I go into Disk Utility and create a 35GB "Disk Image", mount that, and then try to install, why doesn't that work?  I mean, I am technically trying to install to a case-insensitive file system at that point, but CS5.5 still pops up with an error.  Has anyone gotten this type of solution to work, or any other for that matter?  Luckily my college hasn't bought the licenses for all these systems yet, but when a solution is found, they're jumping on it right away.  The main reason I don't want a "hacky" solution is that being deployed on 30-35 systems, this has to be a simple solution, not something that takes hours per system.

       

      Any insight is greatly appreciated.

       

      Jeffrey Simmons

        • 1. Re: CS5.5 Master Collection on Case-Sensitive File System
          BobLevine CommunityMVP

          I know of no solution other than NOT using a case-sensitive file system.

           

          Bob

          • 2. Re: CS5.5 Master Collection on Case-Sensitive File System
            Community Member

            You are not installing to just that disk image. Photoshop might install the program to whatever drive you want but some elements must be installed on the system drive and that is where you find the problem.

             

            Googling for "photoshop case sensitive" brings up others that have had some success.

             

            Aternatively, you could install a Windows version of Photoshop on a Windows virtual machine on the Mac or as a dual boot option on a partitioned drive. The Windows system does not appear to be affected by this case sensitive stuff.

            • 3. Re: CS5.5 Master Collection on Case-Sensitive File System
              simmonsjeffrey Community Member

              Thank you for the information, I had a hunch it was installing stuff elsewhere too, but wasn't 100% sure.  As for the problem, I ended up just converting to a case-insensitive boot partition.  To others who may want to do this, I used iPartition without a problem.  The only catch is, you can't just run it from the OS drive, you either have to burn a iPartition Boot DVD (requires you have your OS dvd as well), or do what I did and just install OSX to an external drive, install iPartition, then convert the file system on the regular OS drive.  A bit of a hassle, but you don't have to format your system. 

               

              CS5.5 Master Collection then installed fine, with no problems.  Unfortunately, Photoshop keeps repeatedly crashing.  It's fine for hours, then crashes 4+ times within an hour.  Repeats this over and over unfortunately.  Adobe support hasn't been helpful at all, so I'm just going to return this software and continue using Gimp.  It has always done everything I wanted, but I wanted the "name brand" software.  In the end, it's not worth the hassle, and definitely not worth losing my work over and over, so back to the store it goes.  Thanks again for taking the time to help out though.

               

              Jeffrey Simmons

              • 4. Re: CS5.5 Master Collection on Case-Sensitive File System
                Pharther Phurther Community Member

                There is also problems with filenames in AE and Encore .. be wary.

                 

                Beware of numbers and odd characters ...

                 

                I have lost TONS of work because of such. Not happy and not kidding.

                 

                I will update as I find out more.