P: PS 26.5 Droplets Could not complete the Create Droplet command because the file was not found.

Droplets fill a particular niche in our workflows that batching in Bridge or Photoshop simply doesn't replace. In my case, I've used Automator to open print PDFs with a droplet to make a JPG proof, now I use the Shortcuts app to do the same. And I have several other droplets I use daily to convert images via drag and drop. Yes, there's workarounds, but they're not as efficient and involve extra manual steps.

But as far as Adobe's responsibilities here, they have a widely used feature that has been broken in macOS for months now. Nothing has been added to the Known Issues page, no one from Adobe has replied in this thread other than Sameer K back in April. Adobe is ignoring our needs here, not acknowledging the problem and not telling us if they're going to be able to fix it or not, so it's incredibly frustrating all around.

My bad, ive assumed your "Contents" folder actually had stuff like Droplet.8BDR etc in it and the app just wasnt packed into .app. Not sure how it happened exactly but I kinda feel like it happened to me before literally like 2-3 weeks ago when I've also learned the hard way about the gatekeeper thing but for me it that's the main issue, it creates droplets for me just fine. Also .exe droplets on Windows are working without any issues/permissions/approvals

Would you mind zipping that folder it created for you (droplet with some basic action for testing) and uploading it here? Or is just totally empty folder/subfolders?

I don't accept this answer at all. It's not lost on me that this is due to OS changes with Apple, but Adobe is one of the largest SW mnufacturers in the world. Adobe and Apple developers work together on many issues. It's up to Adobe to see that this gets resolved. I don't want to hear the two 900 lb gorillas in the room blame each other. I want them to work together to resolve issues like this. Period.

As @ExUSA said, this doesn't work. But to expand, you can turn the folder into what appears to be a droplet by changing the extension. You then would have to view package contents and put everything into a folder named contents. However the new droplet is missing the "Droplet.8BDR" file which appears to be the acual code for the droplet. If you steal that file from the contents of an existing droplet, it will now simply be a copy of the other droplet, not the new one you were hoping to create. Close but no cigar, sorry!

This doesn't work.

For Mac users, if for some reason Photoshop creates folder with another "Contents" folder inside, just add ".app" extension to the first folder name and Mac OS is going to treat it as "executable" which you can then just double-click/drag images onto (of course once the app is allowed in gatekeeper)

There are two problems. One is a permissions/gatekeeper issue with existing droplets, the other is a failure to properly create a new droplet.

The best workaround is to run batch operations from Bridge.

@M-H It’s a wrong answer! The Problem is about creating a droplet not about the using! 

"Cant open because.. its damaged" is a Mac OS alert and has nothing to do with Adobe/Photoshop.

Its also a false alert and  you can thank Apple for that - its MacOS Gatekeeper, software which prevents you from opening/running ANY .app which was not codesigned with Apple Developer Certificate. (i.e. apps just downloaded from online or created locally, i.e. droplet)

So the .app is totally fine you just dont have permision to run - you can allow it via Settings->Security & Privacy or via "Open" from right click menu (google for detailed steps how to do it)

PS Not 100% sure, but system admin account might be needed for it

Adobe is busy working on new broken AI features that don't work so they can't fix the things we professionals actually use. It's super frustrating to see.