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

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MacOS Sequoia 15

Photoshop 2024 and Photoshop (Beta)

Top menu not working after opening camera raw filter from Photoshop, making an edit and going back to Photoshop.

Steps to reproduce
Open an image in Photoshop, make edits as usual

Select Filter > Camera Raw Filter

Make an edit, like adding a Vignette
Click OK to go back to image
Click on any item in the top menu - nothing is clickable

Must force quit application and reopen for menu items to be clickable again

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daniellem92080305

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Just adding that I'm using the most up to date 2025 version of photoshop

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daniellem92080305

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Hi, having the same issue where the menu freezes after using liquify but navigating away from photoshop and then back doesn't seem to fix it. Restarting photoshop is the only fix I've found.

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AD0999

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Bonjour,

J'ai un enorme problème qui m'empêche de travailler correctement. Sur photoshop.

J'ai fais toutes les MAJ et j'ai ce problème sur la normal et la Beta.
A partir d'un moment sans savoir pourquoi, il devient impossible pour moi de cliquer sur la barre de menu et d'accèder aux options.
Tout la partie de l'heure etc affiché a droite disparait, ça en soit, c'est rien. Mais c'est surtout que lorsque ça devient comme ça, le menu devient innacessible. J'ai desinstaller et re installer le logiciel rien n'y fais. Aidez moi svp

Je suis sur MAC.

Merci

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Jeff Arola

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Sounds like this bug:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-work-after-using-camera-raw-filter-intel-macs/idi-p/14870909

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TomP2025

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If it helps with diagnosis, I find I can open one image in Camera Raw and return to Photoshop without menus freezing but a second image will freeze the menus every time. It makes no difference whether I complete the edit in Camera Raw with 'open' 'done' or 'cancel'.

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TomP2025

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Starting Bridge unfreezes Photoshop but editing one image in Camera Raw immediately freezes the Photoshop menus again here.

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Jeff Arola

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Try starting another Adobe application like Adobe Bridge, then go back to Photoshop and see if the Menu bar works.

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TomP2025

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The suggested workaround of shifting focus to another application via cmd-tab does not work here.

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Miden5357

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Hi everyone,

I think I solved this issue in uninstalling completely all my Adobe suite except Creative cloud, I even uninstalled the ongoing settings and then clean up my Mac with CleanmyMac from Macpaw, to be sure to remove also the leftovers. Then I have reinstalled the complete updated suite fron creative cloud. I did that on November 24 and Photoshop is working correctly so far !

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TomP2025

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I am having the same problem. Menus become unresponsive after using Camera Raw. Photoshop 26.1.0. - Sequoia 15.1.1.

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anthonya92978577

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Having this issue still in November 2024 almost December. It's very interuptive to editing workflow.

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