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Unix .exe

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DeFalcoD

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Apr 8, 2008
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I just got my mac today so i am still getting used to everything about macs. i am trying to install adobe cs2 on my mac but it will not work. i put the disc in and look at the files on it. there is a setup file and an autorun file but both are unix .exe format and they will not do anything. can somebody please help me out?? thanks.


-dan
 
DeFalcoD said:
I just got my mac today so i am still getting used to everything about macs. i am trying to install adobe cs2 on my mac but it will not work. i put the disc in and look at the files on it. there is a setup file and an autorun file but both are unix .exe format and they will not do anything. can somebody please help me out?? thanks.


-dan
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".exe" is a Windows format, not a Unix format.

In fact, your Mac actually runs Unix, and so would run most Unix software if compiled correctly.

You should take the software back to the store and buy the Mac version.
 
when OS X sees a file that it doesnt know how to handle it calls it a unix executable. So when it sees an exe (a windows executable) it says it is an unix executable. likewise if you have a thumbs.db (some pointless windows file) it thinks it's a unix executable too...

so yeah, you need the mac version of the create suite. :)
 
I believe you can just download the Mac trial from adobe, and putting in your license information would work?
 
Me1000 said:
when OS X sees a file that it doesnt know how to handle it calls it a unix executable. So when it sees an exe (a windows executable) it says it is an unix executable. likewise if you have a thumbs.db (some pointless windows file) it thinks it's a unix executable too...

so yeah, you need the mac version of the create suite. :)
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I think it's hilarious that you say thumbs.db is a pointless windows file when mac os x makes those stupid .ds_store files in every folder!

They do the same thing
 
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