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

ok, I think I found a trick to unlock photoshop menus. After opening camera raw and going back, I clicked on the "library" item in the right panel and the menus magically unlocked... or before starting camera raw go to "library" and once you go back the menus work

Hello,

I would like to report a persistent bug in Photoshop that has been present across several versions.

Currently, I am using Adobe Photoshop (Beta) version 26.3.0, but I have also experienced this issue in the stable release of Adobe Photoshop.

Here are my system details:

• Computer: MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 6-core)
• Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5300M (4 GB) and Intel UHD Graphics 630 (1536 MB)
• Memory: 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
• Operating System: macOS Sonoma, version 14.6.1

Description of the issue:
After using the AI feature for background extension, the main Photoshop text menu (File | Edit | Image | Layer, etc.) becomes unresponsive. Clicking the menu does not display any submenu options, rendering it unusable.

Please let me know if further information is needed.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I'm starting to wonder if there isn't an agreement between Adobe and Apple to encourage owners of Macs with Intel chips to switch to a Mac with Apple chips!

This is starting to look more like a standoff between Adobe and Apple.

And yet another update today to 26.2 with no fix.

It's becoming ridiculous that three months and several updates to Photoshop later we are still left with a bug which renders Photoshop unuseable for anything more than a single image at a time. I've used Photoshop since the introduction of layers and have never known anything as bad as this.

I went through all the steps to wipe out all thing Adobe and reinstall which did fix the problem but then they updated Camera Raw.  Now it's back to not allowing me to use the Photoshop menu bar after being in Camera Raw.  Removing preferences DOES NOT fix this problem.

Please find a viable solution as this is beyond irritating to have to CTRL S to save then completely close Photoshop.

That doesn't work.

Quick Fix:

Simply press Command + Shift + A to reopen the Camera Raw Filter. Once it opens, close it by clicking Cancel or OK.

The top menu will now work again without needing to force quit Photoshop.