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

Fair enough @ron53 , you're right and I think this thread has covered every possible angle at this point. I would still say this is worth adding to the known issues page as it's a broken feature vs just a bug. That would save a lot of people time when they start run into the problem for the first time.

I cannot agree more. Adobe has acknowledged the problem. There must be something preventing it from being an easy fix. Constant complaining about does little to get the fix sooner. Everyone who uses droplets is 1) aware that there's a problem, 2) just as anxious as the next person for a fix, 3) is helpless to do anything other than complain about Adobe.

If you don't like Adobe, or feel your workflow cannot exist without droplets, then look for an alternative. Otherwise, be cool and wait for Adobe to fix the issue.  

An Adobe employee acknowledged this. Most bugs are not on the known issues page. Continued whining isn't going to get it fixed any faster. Just keeping it real.

Interesting side note. As I was searching Adobe Support once again for anything else discussing or acknowleding this issue, I discovered that you can make a Preflight Droplet from Acrobat. So I tried it to see if that was still working and it is. The difference could be that the Acrobat Droplet doesn't have the same .8BDR file that Photoshop fails to create when saving the Droplet. Perhaps it's just this one file that Apple started blocking?

@ExUSA you said "Adobe knows. Its a bug." but do they really?  Other than the one reply from Sameer K; "We're able to recreate this on macOS v15.4. I've shared it with the team for review & comment." but it's been crickets ever since. A lot of the anger here is because there has been no other acknowledgement or reples since April 11, 2025. It's still not on the known issues page. We still don't know if Adobe is working to fix it or has given up on Droplets all together. So yes, we're gonna keep our angry ranting up with every new update that doesn't address the issue.

Bugs - that's all Adobe has. This has been an issue for a long time and still not fixed? Why do we pay for these APPS that don't work? Someone needs to be fired over there and get competent people who know what they are doing!

Or just remove the feature so no one wastes time researching why it doesn't work!

I could not agree more. Tired of always feeling like the beta tester with Adobe. Let's stop with the capitalism and go back to making top-tier creative tools. I was in such an amazing creative mood this morning, and now it's all gone. I've been "researching" this bug for an hour with no resolve. We're not all hobbyists who enjoy finding these workarounds. There's enough of that on set. 

It's a few months later, and I can't create a droplet either. Latest versions of everything. Thankfully I still have a PS 2020 from 5 years ago on my machine. Never have any problems with that version.

On a separate note, I switched to DaVinci a few years back for video. I spend so much less time deep in forums... everything just works. 

What purpose does continued angry ranting serve? Adobe knows. Its a bug. I'm not sure what else there is.

I get that there is a need for workarounds until it's fixed, but neither bridge or batch processing is a long term answer to droplets not working. And it's not about "hurting our feelings", it's about being, again, rude and snarky. It's unnecessary. You weren't just providing a workaround, you were telling people that if they have a problem with using Bridge or other workarounds it's that they don't know how to use PS, which is condescending and unnecessary. It does not promote community here with that kind of attitude. 

Droplets need to be fixed. Adobe needs to respond. Neither of those things is happening, so I am going to persist. Why is this long standing function broken? Is Adobe looking at a fix? If droplets are going away, what is the answer? Currently you can't save templates in "batch" so anything you do that requires a save as or specific folder etc needs to be done manually every single time, and that is not an answer. We here would like answers and real solutions. Thanks