Photoshop CS4 problem

Hello.
I am trying to download images using Photoshop CS4. My system is a Mac with OS 10.8.6. This is a new system. The camera is a Leica D-Lux4.
When trying to download images I get a grey box with EXEC at the top in Bridge. I am not getting any thumbnail images. I have uploaded images from my Leica M9 and had not had this problem.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark.

What do you mean by "download images"? Aren't you just copying them over from the card reader to your Mac?
Or are you using some third party software to transfer your images that may be damaging your files?
What you describe, "a grey box with EXEC at the top", is typical of files that lack the appropriate three-letter extension at the end of their file name. I'm not sure what that 3-letter extension is in the case of the files from your Leica camera. Try adding the correct extension to the file name and see if that makes a difference or not. You may have to rebuild the Bridge cache after you rename the files.
Your camera model has been supported ever since ACR version 5.2.
CS4 installs with the obsolete ACR 5.0 version and the ACR plug-in has to be updated. Don't rely solely on the Adobe auto updater in the Help menu because in older Photoshop versions, including CS4, the auto updater is most unreliable.
You can check your version of ACR in About Plug-in… in the Photoshop menu (Mac).
With CS4, you should be running ACR 5.7, so go look for and download that plug-in and install it manually following the installation instructions to the letter.
Note that the correct part starts with your ROOT Library, not your Home or username Library.
The screen shot below is over 4-years old, so it shows ACR 5.2, but the path is the correct one for ACR 5.7 too.
WARNING: very wide image. Control-click on the preview to open the screen shot in a new window and use the cursor to view it at 100%.

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