Case-Sensitive File System?

This is not an external hard drive?
Adobe will support you with a trial. Call them.

guynjoan wrote:
The hard drive is internal. And Adobe tech doesn't work on the weekends. I checked the "get info" on my hd and it said it is case-sensitive,

that's your problem. Lots of apps have problems with case sensitive drives so you should never use case sensitive file system unless you have a compelling reason to do so. Your only recourse now is to move your data to a non case sensitive drive. Clone your hard drive to an external drive, boot from the leopard install DVD, reformat the drive non case sensitive and install leopard on it. then use migration assistant to migrate your data from the external.

So why is my computer case-sensitive then anyways. and I do have a time machine backup already, will that work

Whoever reformatted the HD last specified case-sensitive, that's why. The only way to change it is to reformat, reinstall, and restore data from backup.

guynjoan wrote:
I downloaded the trial for Flash CS4 pro and it won't install on my computer.

It says:

System Requirements Error

This software cannot be installed because the file system of the OS volume is not supported. The OS volume should be local , writable and should have non case-sensitive file system

Is your OS case-sensitive? If so, that explains it all.

Anything I can do to get it to work? I have a MBP running Leopard on an intel processor.

If you are running a case-sensitive OS, change it.

yes, Time machine backup will work. boot from the install DVD and reformat the drive non case sensitive. reinstall leopard and use migration assistant to import your data and user settings from the TM drive.

as to why your file system is case sensitive I can not say. that's a question for you. for some reason it was formatted that way during original installation. unfortunately this is not something you can change without reformatting the drive hence the need to reformat and reinstall.