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

It's a right PIA that the creation of new Droplets with the .app extension is still broken with Sequioa 15.5

However, you can get existing droplets working using the following workaround I got running this afternoon after some terminal fiddling.

1. Open terminal

2. Copy in: 

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine

3. Add a space then drag your droplet onto terminal so it copies over the address

4. Which should be like this xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Users/Username/Filename

5. Hit enter

6. Open System Settings > Go to Privacy & Security - See the Security Menu where it says Allows Applications From - keep this open

7. Open your Droplet - when you get the ...is damaged and can't be opened message hit Cancel

8. Your droplet name should now appear in the Security window with an "Open Anyway" button - click it

9. Your droplet should work

In previous versions of Sequoia this button used to come up as soon as you hit cancel, in 15.5 it is now buried deeper so you need the terminal entry per droplet first. Sigh.

At least you can get existing Droplets to work. Had a mare of day trying to get our product studio back up after an OS update.

"There's always summat..." as we say in Nottingham.

@Aaron Tipton this is what happens when I drag-n-dropped .exe on top of Photoshop.app:

@M-H  yes I'm aware of that. I quoted those instructions about conversion from Windows to Mac from the Photoshop User Guide, just asking if someone can test to see if it still works.

@Aaron Tipton you cant just "convert" .exe to .app, the two are fundamentally different container formats (Windows executables vs. macOS bundles)

@Scott_BFAR what other parameters you can set only in droplet other than save path? Bridge has also Image Processor where you can specifiy destination path quite easily "per batch". Personally I'd create save step in JavaScript with paths either in the code or sourced from an external txt file. ChatGPT/Github Copilot spits out scripts like that in seconds. If you cant be asked Im happy to create one for you.

@Christopher3440329747o5 Photoshop droplets are working fine on Windows 10/11 and are also working fine on Mac OS 15.3 or earlier, how do you read that as Photoshop issue and not something wrong with latest Mac OS? Also no one is forcing you to a paid subscription, if you prefer other free solutions just go for it! Try how good Gimp's droplets are...

Question for Mac OS 15.4 users, is the issue aftecting each version of Photoshop or just 26.x? Have you tried using older 25.x or 22.x versions?

Hey @Scott_BFAR could you test this Windows workaround for us then? Make the Droplet in Windows then try this and see if it runs. The guide entry says some file naming actions or settings might not work right, so this might still be too limited for some.

After moving a droplet created in Windows to Mac OS, you must drag the droplet onto the Photoshop icon on your desktop. Photoshop updates the droplet for use in Mac OS.

It's a Mac issue. Our office does have one windows machine because one of our editors really likes windows. So it is a Mac issue. On windows you'll get permissions issues but you can still give droplets the needed permissions to run. 

Or...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

ADOBE CAN DO THEIR JOB THAT WE PAY THEM FOR AND FIX THESE ISSUES!

Or if you have an Intel mac you could go through the trouble of creating a BootCamp partition and install Windows there. But I haven't tested this workaround so I'm not sure the Win to Mac conversion would even work. It could run into the same issue for all I know. If anyone has a both set up to try it we'd love to hear the results.

That's GREAT!

So now I need to go get a PC. HAHA!

This might be an ACTUAL WORKAROUND for some of you that I found in the User Guide if you have access to a Windows PC. Apparently you can create a Droplet in Windows and convert it to use on a Mac with a few exceptions…

Tips for cross-platform droplets

When creating droplets for both Windows and Mac OS, keep the following compatibility issues in mind:

After moving a droplet created in Windows to Mac OS, you must drag the droplet onto the Photoshop icon on your desktop. Photoshop updates the droplet for use in Mac OS.

When creating a droplet in Mac OS, use the .exe extension to make droplets compatible with both Windows and Mac OS.

References to filenames are not supported between operating systems. If an action step references a file or folder name (such as an Open command, Save As command, or adjustment command that loads its settings from a file), execution pauses and the user is prompted for a filename.