Adobe does not support APFS case sensitive??

[high heaven]

I just bought a plan but Im not able to download Adobe software just because I have APFS CS format! They just saying that I need to format my computer to APFS. What kind of software is that? Am I the only one having compatible issue?

 

[chrfr]

I just bought a plan but Im not able to download Adobe software just because I have APFS CS format! They just saying that I need to format my computer to APFS. What kind of software is that? Am I the only one having compatible issue?

You’ll likely find other apps that don’t support case-sensitive APFS as well. There’s really no good reason to use a case sensitive file system on a Mac.

 

[OreoCookie]

This is an age-old Adobe problem, and it is surprising that they haven’t fixed it by now. Modern Mac apps don’t suffer from this at all, only some apps with a large legacy code base.

 

[MCAsan]

I am running APFS on the iMac boot SSD plus my external RAID array. No problem on Mojave. You might to make sure you have a good TM backup, and then boot from recovery, format the boot drive with basic APFS, and then restore from the TM backup.

• APFS: Uses the APFS format, recommended for volumes using macOS 10.13 or later.
  
  
• APFS (Encrypted): Uses the APFS format and encrypts the partition.
  
  
• APFS (Case-sensitive): Uses the APFS format and is case-sensitive to file and folder names. For example, folders named “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders.
  
  
• APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted): Uses the APFS format, is case-sensitive to file and folder names, and encrypts the partition. For example, folders named “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders.
  
  
• Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Uses the Mac format (Journaled HFS Plus) to protect the integrity of the hierarchical file system.
  
  
• Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, requires a password, and encrypts the partition.
  
  
• Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled): Uses the Mac format and is case-sensitive to folder names. For example, folders named “Homework” and “HOMEWORK” are two different folders.
  
  
• Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted): Uses the Mac format, is case-sensitive to folder names, requires a password, and encrypts the partition.
  
  
• MS-DOS (FAT): Use for Windows volumes that are 32 GB or less.
  
  
• ExFAT: Use for Windows volumes that are over 32 GB.
  

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote:
"I just bought a plan but Im not able to download Adobe software just because I have APFS CS format! They just saying that I need to format my computer to APFS."

Sometimes, things "are what they are".
In practical terms, that means "you gotta do, what you gotta do".

So....
What it looks like "you gotta do" is:
1. Back up your internal drive (I'd suggest CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, either is free to download and use for 30 days)
2. Boot from the bootable cloned backup that these apps create
3. ERASE the internal drive to "APFS Case INsensitive"
4. Restore from the cloned backup by RE-CLONING it back to the internal drive.

It will take some time, but I believe the process will go smoothly and accomplish what needs to be done.

 

[high heaven]

Gosh... this is Adobe's problem and I had to format my computer again...

 

[OreoCookie]

Yup, and since Apple did not move to case-sensitive by default with APFS, I see no chance of that improving. Adobe has had almost 20 years to get used to this novel concept, and I can’t imagine it is that difficult to go through its source code and make sure that FiLe.lib is changed to file.lib throughout. It is not as if this is an esoteric, Apple-specific quirk.