Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada
I had one of those days today noodling with Photoshop and not having it be very happy with me… Actually ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard back in September I’ve been having issues… Everything seems to be functioning just fine, then boom, mid-task I’d run into menus being greyed out and unaccessible…
The quick fix was to force quit the program and then restart it, but after six plus months this was getting really old, so today I decided it was time to get to the bottom of the problem… I’m not sure I’m entirely there, but I think I may have figured it out.
The following is a bit geeky and really only relates to those out there using a Mac, so if you’re a Window’s Fan, sorry, this isn’t for you… My blog, my rules and this was a big chunk of today for me so I wanted to get it out there in case anyone else out there has run up against any issues like the ones I described above…
#1 – I trashed the preference files for Photoshop so that they regenerated themselves from scratch. This way, if anything in the preference files were corrupted those issues would be thrown out the window. To do this, I first quit Photoshop then I followed the following path: Hard Drive -> Users-> My User Account -> Library -> Preferences. Once inside the preference folder I trashed the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings Folder. Once I restarted Photoshop I was presented with the default settings and needed to rebuild a few of the actions that I had in the Actions Pallet from scratch. I could have avoided having to rebuild them had I exported the actions before trashing the preference file, but rebuilding the very few actions I had didn’t really take all that long and ensured that I was wiping the slate clean.
#2 – I realized turned off Rosetta compatibility. The only reason for me to have Rosetta active is because I have an old scanner and it’s import plug-in only works under Rosetta. To turn Rosetta functionality on and off, I navigated to the Photoshop Application Icon: Hard Drive -> Applications -> Adobe CS4 Folder -> Adobe Photoshop CS4. Highlight the icon then go to the File Menu and “Get Info.” In the window that pops up there’s a check box for “Open using Rosetta.” I had this checked because I like being able to access my scanner, but decided to turn it off.
With any luck these two tweaks will bring my Photoshop wows to an end… And I’ll be able to get back to the tasks I use the software for as opposed to the task of getting the software to perform like I want it to… Fingers crossed!
