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March 17, 2021
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P: Bring Quick Share back to Photoshop (removed from 23.3)

  • March 17, 2021
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Adobe, bring back the Quick Share button that was at the top right of Photoshop (it was just removed with the April release of Photoshop 23.3)

The reasoning for removing it is stated as "due to low usage, desire to simplify the options bar UI, and redundant functionality to other export functions."

But there is no other export function (that I am aware of) that allows you to send an image directly to another device via AirDrop -- This was extremely convenient as I didnt have to save/export a file onto my HDD everytime I wanted to send something to my phone or tablet.
Please bring it back and tuck it away somwhere if you have to.

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Participant
March 17, 2021

What's happened to the share button in the option bar in the top right, since the most recent update it has seemed to of dissapeared.

 

Cheers

Conrad_C
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Community Expert
March 17, 2021

UPDATE – 24 April 2022: This reply was marked correct, but things have changed. Since I originally posted this reply, Adobe has updated their help article for Quick Share to say:

 

Goodbye, Quick Share!
With the April release of Photoshop 23.3, Quick Share will be removed due to low usage, desire to simplify the options bar UI, and redundant functionality to other export functions.

 

So it looks like Adobe may be removing this feature permanently.

 

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My original reply from 16 March 2021:

 

I still see the Share button in the latest version on my Mac, but I think I saw some posts where it seems to be missing in the new M1 native version for Apple Silicon Macs. Are you using an Intel or Apple Silicon Mac, and which version of macOS?

 

If you are on an M1 Mac, the official Adobe help document for Photoshop for Apple Silicon says one of the currently missing features is “Share an image button / Quick Share.” Those missing features were available when running the non-M1 (Intel) version under Rosetta translation. 

 

The Adobe help document doesn’t say whether those features are permanently gone, but some were restored between the beta and official releases, so more of them will probably come back in later updates. If you must use the Share button now, you could set Photoshop to open in Rosetta translation, but would lose the speed benefits of M1 optimization.

Participant
May 1, 2021

Same problem in using Photoshop 2021. The quick share button in upper right corner is non-functional. It's there, it just doesn't work. I restarted my MacBook Pro 15-inch (Mid-2015) running Big Sur. It worked just prior to the latest update of Photoshop 2021 but not since. Updated to Latest version of Big Sur as well (OS 11.3)