P: PS 25.12 on MacOS 15 Menu Buttons freeze after using Camera Raw/Liquify (Intel Macs)

Almost 5 months now and still no real solution? 😞 

Hola tengo ele problema que la barra de arriba no funciona como que se congela y no hace ningúna reaccion, tengo que cerrar todo photoshpo y volver a reiniarlo para poder utilizar las opciones, si alguien pudieera ayudarme Gracias.

I DON'T SEE that the problem has been solved... even with version 26.3 you have to go through the "libraries" shortcut after using camera raw

I am often unable to access and use the Photoshop menu bar on the majority of occasions especially if working with multiple images or layers and raw images. It doesn't make any difference how PS is called and images opened.

The editing feature work in the sidebar and the sub-menu bar within the editor but the main top bar menu simply doesn't respond. As a consequence am unable to use any File, Edit, Image, Layer etc functions. Shortcuts still work - but you have to remember them all to do so. Impossible.

The problem occurs 100% every time when more than one raw image is opened through Camera Raw 17.1 irrespective of if any Raw adjustments are made although it locks up on other occasions too. The first image opened seems fine, but PS becomes unusable when a second is opened.

Editing other formats (eg TIFFs exported from LrC) is fine although I believe I have had the occasional problem there too.

Environment details :

Photoshop 26.3.0

MacOS  15.1.1
MPB 2019 Core i9 16GB Ram

This problem has also occured a while ago on previous versions of PS.

There are no RAM issues - still 3GB+ ram available and no memory pressure indicated.

I stopped using PS because of this but want to get back to the additional capabilities that PS offers and do more creative editing. That at the moment is zero!

I thought I should include that, after installing Photoshop v26.3.0 on my MacBook Pro 2019 (Sequoia 15.3), Photoshop is operating normally.

Mike

Jeff, I must have missed something the first time I tried your solution so went back and tried, again.  This time, it worked.  The GPU had been temorarily disabled by a little text file.  Many thanks, sir!

Mike

Thank you, Jeff.  I just followed those steps you provided and, again, no joy.

Mike

michaelgc,

Try here under

6. Check and delete the TempDisableGPU3 or TempDisableGPU2 files

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html

I updated Photoshop (v26.3.0) and as soon as I opened Filters > Camera Raw Filter, I got the message

I opened Photoshop Preferances and saw this:

I messed with recommended solutions for a couple of hours.  No joy.  Any recommendations?

Mike 

I have had a problem with the taskbar for a long time. During post-production, the top bar disappears. I have to close the program and restart it. After post-production of several photos, the problem appears again and again. Very tiring, delaying work.

macOS 15.1.1 
Photoshop 2025