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October 29, 2013

P: CS6 / CC Keyboard shortcuts not responding Mavericks/Yosemite MacOS 10.9; 10.10

  • October 29, 2013
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Since Installing Mavericks on my mac pro, the keyboard shortcuts, such as zooming in/out, undo etc, intermittently do not respond.
I have to click on another tool in the tool bar to get the keyboard to respond again.
The problem returns intermittently and seemingly not as a result of the Auto Save function.
My mac pro 15" has 8gb of ram which is more than enough for the type of work I do.I am an illustrator who primarily works around the brush tool.
Have tried disabling Graphics Processor and restarting, but this does not resolve the issue.

Any help would be most appreciated.

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Ben Halicki
Participating Frequently
February 21, 2014
I bet the focus would shift if we all cancelled our CC subscriptions.

I don't mind where it sits in the priority queue, I would however like to see more transparent communication around how it is progressing. I don't feel comfortable being told to sit tight and wait in hope...
Inspiring
February 21, 2014
We've been working with Apple to try and find the cause, without much luck.
Unfortunately we've had to shift focus to other, more urgent, bugs introduced in MacOS 10.9.
Participating Frequently
February 21, 2014
Any update on this Adobe? This makes photoshop incredibly frustrating to work with. It seems the bug was reproduced on your side 4 months ago, please give us a heads up.
Inspiring
February 19, 2014
Hey Joley / Nhat Anh,

It sounds like you're experiencing a different bug than others in this thread. I believe yours is related to non-english languages and keyboard input in PS, and I've seen a few similar fixes around the apple forums.

I run photoshop with a US english keyboard, and unfortunately these fixes do not fix the intermittent keyboard communication cutouts myself and others are experiencing.
Inspiring
February 17, 2014
Another small nugget of info.

As part of a separate troubleshooting exercise for a different issue (with Fontbook) I reinstalled OSX.

Just in case anybody is thinking of trying it, don't bother, the keyboard problem is still there.
Inspiring
February 17, 2014
I also tried it. Doesn't work for me either. :(
Still can't figure out why they stop working. It's just random. Must be a pain to debug.
Known Participant
February 17, 2014
As crazy as it sounds I did it, it doesn't work.
Inspiring
February 17, 2014
Has anyone else tried Joley's fix?
Inspiring
February 14, 2014
HEY GUYS,

PROBLEM IS RESOLVED FOR ME !!! IM SO RELIEVED !!!

THIS IS MY FIRST POST BECAUSE AFTER I SUCCEED FIXING THE PROBLEM I COME STRAIGHT HERE TO SHARE!!!

THIS IS WHAT I DID:

QUIT PHOTOSHOP -> OPEN FINDER -> TYPE TO SEARCH : Default Keyboard Shortcuts.kys -> RUN THE FILE , IT WILL OPEN PHOTOSHOP AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THE CURRENT SHORTCUTS, CLICK DON'T SAVE -> VOILA !!!

I'VE QUIT AND OPENED PHOTOSHOP SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE SURE. AND IM USING VIETNAMESE KEYBOARD INPUT, NO PROBLEM AT ALL SWITCHING TO OTHERS.

THE SHORTCUTS ARE TRULY BACK !!!

BUT I HAVENT TRIED TO RESET THE PC.

SO DO THE SAME AND LET ME KNOW IF IT WORKS FOR YOU !!!
HOPE THIS HELPS XOXO

NHAT ANH TRAN
Known Participant
February 14, 2014
Although this may be an OS X issue, Adobe is the only company willing to work out bugs like this. Apple most likely won't do anything. If there's anything Adobe can do to work around it, just like the amazing plugin they released to fix the white menu glitch, that would be great.

I have to stress that this keyboard bug is worse than the white menu bug, as that one only occurred 2-3 times a day, but this one occurs probably hundreds of times a day if not more.

There's got to be a solution, it's been going on for a very long time now, and I simply can't believe that from now on Photoshop will be like this...