README.md

Installing Adobe Photoshop CC on case-sensitive drives (Mac OS X)

Well, everybody knows that Adobe are a [censored] company. Their products are the defacto standard for image/video editing and designing, but their codebase really suck. No excuses.

The problem addressed here is that Creative Studio™ refuses to install on a case-sensitive drive on Mac OS X. And it doesn't just refuse to install on a case-sensitive drive, but it also requires to install on your boot drive as well! Srsly?

Well, there's a solution. I've just stumbled upon this, and I'm really anxious to share it. I've forked the code to update it for Photoshop CC.

Prerequisites

1. Xcode

   You can install it from AppStore.

2. Command Line Tools for Xcode.

   You can install it from Xcode's Preferences -> Downloads.

A step-by-step installation instructions

1. Create a .sparsebundle pseudo-image to install CS6:

   mkdir -p ~/Stuff/Adobe
   cd ~/Stuff/Adobe
   hdiutil create -size 15g -type SPARSEBUNDLE -nospotlight -volname 'Adobe Photoshop SparseBundle' -fs 'Journaled HFS+' ~/Stuff/Adobe/Adobe_Photoshop_SparseBundle.sparsebundle

2. Mount the newly created image and create a /Adobe directory inside

   open ~/Stuff/Adobe/Adobe_Photoshop_SparseBundle.sparsebundle
   mkdir -p /Volumes/Adobe\ Photoshop\ SparseBundle/Adobe

3. Symlink the install directory to the pseudo-image

   ln -s /Volumes/Adobe\ Photoshop\ SparseBundle/Adobe /Applications/Adobe

4. Run the Photoshop_Installer.dmg and don't do anything. This step is needed to mount the installer in the system.

5. Get the hack, compile it, and run it

   cd ~/Stuff/Adobe
   git clone git://github.com/nacholibre/photoshop_cc_case_sensitive_install_mac_osx.git
   cd photoshop_cc_case_sensitive_install_mac_osx
   make
   sudo make run

6. Open the installer that we opened in step 4. It should be running, just click the icon in the dock.

7. Follow the installation procedure.

8. That's it, you are done!

Thanks

lokkju, for writing that awesome article and code to start from