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December 2, 2015

P: Why was sync settings removed?

  • December 2, 2015
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Why sync settings in PS CC 2015.1 was removed?
I like this idea. Are technical problems with it?

70 replies

Participating Frequently
December 8, 2015
My only guess is that there were SO MANY BUGS when on OS X El Captian they just NEEDED to get the update out and plan on adding the syncing back in at a later date. ???
Known Participant
December 8, 2015
No, they just ignore us, as usual
Participating Frequently
December 8, 2015
Anybody have a WHY on this?
Participating Frequently
December 3, 2015
I have an existing support ticket for CC 2015 sync settings because it wouldn't sync my brushes or tool presets. And most importantly I want to sync my workspace, as there is no other way to export/import these.The solution to this issue was to just remove it all together?! I was really looking forward to this working as I work from two computers. And there is ZERO documentation about this! What is going on?

edit: There is a cumbersome way of exporting and importing workspaces using Edit>Presets>Migrate Presets. I still don't understand scrapping a cloud service for a cloud product with "Cloud" in the name.
Participating Frequently
December 3, 2015
So not only did they HIDE or DELETE syncing with Photoshop and Illustrator, syncing does not work at all with Premiere and AE. I just get tons of errors. Does Adobe even test this stuff before they release new versions to the world? This is really bad business.

Thank god the recent update fixes the other 100 issues i was having though.
Participating Frequently
December 3, 2015

Inspiring
December 3, 2015
I'll have to ask about what replacement you have? It worked perfectly especially after a Preferences reset. By downloading my settings I would get my custom presets and even Preferences back saving the trouble of having to set them all up again.

It was a great feature and taken away without notice.
Known Participant
December 2, 2015


One of the main and most important features of PS CC for me was to synchronize my preferences (brushes, actions, shortcuts etc) with the cloud.
Now, with the latest update you just delete this feature.
I can't understand this.
I do not find any sentences about why.
For me this is Anti-Cloud!
Inspiring
December 2, 2015
Exactly.
Garconis
Known Participant
December 2, 2015
Sync Settings has been removed in Photoshop CC 2015.1. The existing service in Photoshop CC and CC 2014 will become unavailable in the near future.

I am really going to miss this. I use PS on two PCs, and often make UI changes that I want to have updated on both installs.