Installing CC programs on a Mac on an external drive?

Question

Hi there, forgive me if this is a topic that has been talked about before, but I'm trying to install my various CC programs (premiere, photoshop, etc...) on my external SSD and I keep getting the message: "Unable to install at this location."

Is it not possible to install the programs on an external drive? Unfortunately my Mac has a very small internal hard drive so I really need to save space by having some of these bigger programs on the external drive if at all possible.

Thanks in advance for any help!

kglad · Answer

correct. you must install on the non-root and an internal drive.

in addition, even when you install on non-c drive, 1 to 5 gb are taken by each adobe app installed and by the cc desktop app on the c drive. so you need a fair amount of free space on the c drive, just to install.

then to use the apps, you need more c drive space, so you have to comfortably fit cc apps on your computer and have room to spare on your c drive.

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