Re: Case sensitivity and Adobe stuff...

Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:50:17 -0800
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I feel your pain. Currently the only "recommended" way I know of to do =
this is the painful way: backing up & reformatting & restoring.

I once wrote an on-disk format modification utility (not for APFS, =
unfortunately). It would seem to me a relatively straightforward process =
to convert APFS from case-sensitive to insensitive, in place and in real =
time, without the need for backups, etc., since only file index metadata =
need be modified. =20

However, no such tool currently exists for APFS. Perhaps submit a =
feature request for Disk Utility into Apple. There should be no reason =
for them to turn down such a feasible request.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8590512 =
<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8590512>
https://itectec.com/askdifferent/change-apfs-volume-to-case-sensitive/ =
<https://itectec.com/askdifferent/change-apfs-volume-to-case-sensitive/>

-Carl


> On Dec 22, 2021, at 2:17 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary =
<jean.christophe.helary-QgsHSxYFCUK3byy5ozDitmD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>=20
> For some reason, I had to format an SSD as APFS/case sensitive (only =
the "Data" part it seems) and since it did not occur to me that Adobe =
was still in the 20th century I'm stuck without my Adobe apps...
>=20
> I'm on BigSur and looking for a way to fix that without having to =
backup/reformat the disk/reinstall everything.
>=20
> Is there a way ?
>=20
> --=20
> Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune
> https://mac4translators.blogspot.com
> https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">I =
feel your pain. Currently the only "recommended" way I know of to do =
this is the painful way: backing up &amp; reformatting &amp; =
restoring.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I once =
wrote an on-disk format modification utility (not for APFS, =
unfortunately). It would seem to me a relatively straightforward process =
to convert APFS from case-sensitive to insensitive, in place and in real =
time, without the need for backups, etc., since only file index metadata =
need be modified. &nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">However, no such tool currently exists for APFS. Perhaps =
submit a feature request for Disk Utility into Apple. There should be no =
reason for them to turn down such a feasible request.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8590512" =
class=3D"">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8590512</a></div><div =
class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://itectec.com/askdifferent/change-apfs-volume-to-case-sensit=
ive/" =
class=3D"">https://itectec.com/askdifferent/change-apfs-volume-to-case-sen=
sitive/</a></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">-Carl</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Dec =
22, 2021, at 2:17 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jean.christophe.helary-QgsHSxYFCUK3byy5ozDitmD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org" =
class=3D"">jean.christophe.helary-QgsHSxYFCUK3byy5ozDitmD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">For some reason, I had to format an SSD as APFS/case =
sensitive (only the "Data" part it seems) and since it did not occur to =
me that Adobe was still in the 20th century I'm stuck without my Adobe =
apps...<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I'm on BigSur and looking for a way =
to fix that without having to backup/reformat the disk/reinstall =
everything.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Is there a way ?<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">-- <br class=3D"">Jean-Christophe Helary =
@brandelune<br class=3D""><a href=3D"https://mac4translators.blogspot.com"=
 class=3D"">https://mac4translators.blogspot.com</a><br =
class=3D"">https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">_______________________________________________<br =
class=3D"">MacOSX-talk mailing list<br =
class=3D"">[email protected]<br =
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