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July 22, 2020

P: Save command hangs if hard drive is disconnected

  • July 22, 2020
  • 11 replies
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A few times now I've opened a file from an external hard drive, disconnected the drive, and then accidentally select "Save" instead of "Save As." I get an error message that the file can't be saved, but then the document shows "Saving 0%" and I can't do anything to it until it completes. Any time I try to Save As, Close the doc, or Quit Photoshop, I'm told that I can't do so until the document finishes saving (which it won't, even if I reconnect the drive it was expecting to save to.

Luckily I can duplicate the document and save that without losing work, but it's still an annoying bug to encounter.

11 replies

Participating Frequently
July 22, 2020
Bug?  Did you disconnect the drive and then hit SAVE as you stated?  That is not a bug, that is operator error.