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October 2, 2025

P: Photoshop Splash Screen is showing up on Mission Control even after app is fully opened

  • October 2, 2025
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When I launch Photoshop, the Splash Screen shows up. Then the app opens and the Splash Screen still shows on Mission Control as an active window. If I click it, it does nothing. If Photoshop window is not minimized, it shows two Photoshop instances. This is driving me nuts! Video attached for reference. 

 

Photoshop version 26.11.00
MacOS Tahoe 26.0.1

16 Antworten

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2026

@andrewe81959005   There are two people reporting similar issues in a new thread today.

 

Participating Frequently
April 2, 2026

thanks for the info but apparently that issue wasn’t solved either. also it wasn’t really a similar issue- their issue was that the update broke their workspace by opening all tool menus and not being able to close them causing  clutter on the monitor.

Known Participant
April 1, 2026

This happened to me as well… macOS 26.4.

Srishti_Bali
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 1, 2026

Hi ​@AKS666 

 

Apologies for this experience with the latest release. To help the team investigate this further, could you please share a bit more detail?

  • System info from PS Help Menu (Help> System Info, Copy and paste the whole text here)
  • A screenshot or short screen recording showing the issue.

This will help us better understand the issue and help you accordingly. 

 

Regards,

Srishti

Inspiring
April 1, 2026

As mentioned I fixed it with closing and placing all windows again. Before there was no possibility to minimize windows… 

 

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GPUForce:              0
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GPUName:               Apple M1 Pro
GPUVendor:             APPLE
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  Required GPU accessible RAM:        1,500 MB
UseGraphicsProcessorChecked:   1
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Anzeige: 1   Displaygrenzen: (0, 0) -> (2560, 1440)   Anzeigeskalierung: 1   Hauptanzeige   Anzeigetyp: SDR Anzeige: 2   Displaygrenzen: (5120, 780) -> (8144, 2744)   Anzeigeskalierung: 2   Monitor mit hoher DPI-Rate   Anzeigetyp: HDR  ------- Sniffer output
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  /Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2026/Adobe Photoshop 2026.app/Contents/MacOS/sniffer -baseTimeMS=2756529 -comment=Photoshop Version: Adobe Photoshop 27.5.0 20260323.r.13 dee573e arm64

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  Start sniffer 2026-04-01 08:47:45
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  {123 ms}
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[323 ms]
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[334 ms]
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AxelMatt
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2026

@AKS666 

Try to reset your current workspace. Goto “Window - Workspace” and the “Reset name of the workspace”  

 

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
Inspiring
April 1, 2026

Tried that many times of course. Doesn’t change anything. 

Completely setting up everything window I use from the scratch was the only thing that worked….

Inspiring
April 1, 2026

Update “destroyed” my workspace. All tool windows are open now, there is no possibility any more to minimize them. That means half of the monitor is now cluttered with tool windows...

mglush
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 31, 2026

Hi Andrew!

Have you tried resetting your preferences? Here is a helpful video to walk you through the steps: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/video/preferences-video.html

Let us know if that helps, or if you are still having the issue?

Michelle

Participating Frequently
April 1, 2026

I tried it and that invisible window is still there 

Participating Frequently
March 26, 2026
when opening PS normally - appears an invisible window
when opening photoshop using the cmd+opt held for the “reset scratch disks” panel - this changes my adjustments panel into this but the invisible window doesnt appear.

 

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2026

Hi Andrew.  How many screens are you using?  If just the one, try setting the Workspace (of choice), and then going back in and resetting that same workspace. If not already maximised, then do that.  Close and reopen Photoshop and the workspace should fill the screen with (enabled) panels available.

I’m an occasional Mac user, so guessing here, but we can see the ‘Application Frame’ behind your workspace.  Go Window > Application Frame, and toggling to the other state.

I’m thinking about your ‘resetting scratch disks’ comment. A good while back there was a Permissions issue with Mac systems and Photoshop, but it was fixed years ago, and that does not look like an old version.  Bottom line, Photoshop should reopen in the same state it was closed.

We have had more recent, and repeating, issues with icons not showing in some panels. Mainly the Toolbar and Adjustments.  It’s wee while since we last saw that, but does it fit what you are seeing?

If still stuck, hit us with as much information as you can think of.  I am sure it is fixable.

Participating Frequently
April 2, 2026

so i tried your suggestion and that didnt work either. just to clarify you suggested i reset my preferred workspace then closing and reopening photoshop to then reset the same workspace. 

also i am using the application frame in the screenshot, i have the option checked in the Window  Menu. but that window is still there. 

as for more info, its the latest PS version, 27.4.0, i have one plugin app thats is in the filters menu, when i open PS with third party plugins disabled the window still appears. 

 

As i tried to open photoshop by resetting scratch disk i still get the same invisible window so that issue came back. 
 

Participating Frequently
March 26, 2026

there an invisible window in mac os “spaces” for photoshop. it goes away when opening using the “reset scratch disks” panel, but then my adjustments panel is reverted back to the classic view without the option to turn it back.

Known Participant
March 11, 2026

A easy to fix bug like that not fixed after 5 months. This is Adobe. 

Known Participant
October 30, 2025

thanks for the reply. I will also point out that the issue is still happening even after updating to the version 27.

Claire H.
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 19, 2025

Thanks for letting us know! We will update here if the team has any questions or if there's a fix we would like to test. Please feel free to add any other updates to this thread. Thanks again for reporting this bug! ^CH