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From: iMarkG4 on 30 Mar 2008 11:38
I just migrated from an older iMac G4 to a newer iMac 2GHz Intel Core Duo. To
my chagrin I then discovered that Director MX 2004 would not work on an Intel
machine. So... I upgraded to Director 11. After all the hassle of proving (once
again) that I am an academic, I received the confirmation and link so that I
could download and install the new version. Alas...! When I run the installer,
it says: "This software cannot be installed because the file system of the OS
volume is not supported." WHAT? Director 11 won't install on Mac OS 10.5.2
(Leopard), but it will on Win-doze Vista??? :shocked;

HELP! I need Director! It is the prime piece of software that I use to create
programs for my classes!

From: Doc Raman on 30 Mar 2008 15:01
Both MX2004 and Dir 11 run on OSX 10.4 and 10.5 (at least on the three macs in
my office). Did you migrate your "user" of the old computer to your new
computer? That can cause a wealth of issues with all the Adobe apps.

I suggest doing an uninstall of Director using the uninstaller at Applications
> Utilities > Adobe Installers.

From: iMarkG4 on 30 Mar 2008 16:15
Doc Raman: Thanks for posting a suggestion. You are correct that I migrated my
"user" to the iMac Intel. Since Apple asks whether or not to do this when
booting up a new machine for the first time, I figured that this would be the
wisest thing to do.

Unfortunately... there IS nothing on my machine titled: Applications >
Utilities > Adobe Installers. I assume from your suggestion that the "file
system" the installer is referring to might be the old registration files or
preferences or frameworks from Director MX 2004...? And that I might have to
remove all said files by hand...? If so, any idea what and where they are...?
Or is it possible to download a copy of those "Adobe Installers"?

Please advise!

From: SujaiS on 31 Mar 2008 04:22
The Director MX2004 can be un-installed using the installer. There is a drop
down with the option "uninstall" in the installer.

Ensure that you don't have the following files after un-installation.
1)Macromedia Director MX2004 in your Applications folder
2)com.macromedia.DirectorMX2004.plist under /library/Preferences folder

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