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TiagoRocha
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April 14, 2022
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Actions are gone... [SOLVED]

  • April 14, 2022
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UPDATE: I was able to go back to one of my backup disks and find the Actions Palette.psp file and replace the old one.

Anyone facing the same issue, if you're on a Mac, this is where the file is (hopefully you have a backup disk and you are able to retrieve the old file):

~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop 2020 Settings/Actions Palette.psp (of course this last folder's name might change depending on your version of Photoshop).

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Today I was working on some AppleScript stuff and I couldn't make one of them work with Photoshop so I just tried renaming the original app file and even moving it out of the original Adobe Photoshop 2020 folder.

After running some tests, I put it back with the original name.

Now when I opened PS, my actions are gone...

It only shows the default ones. I have some old ones saved, that I saved manually, but some of them weren't.

Anyone knows what could have happened and how to recover them?

I'm on a Mac btw.

 

Thank you so much for any tips you can share!

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Correct answer TiagoRocha

Thanks for the reply Stephen.

While waiting for a reply, I kept doing some research and I found another thread where someone mentioned the Actions Palette.psp file.

Luckily, as paranoid as I am with backups (I have 3 disks that I use daily, several times a day), I was able to go back and retrieve that file that was updated this morning, before I messed up with the app.

Now everything is back, already created manual copies and will create backups of them weekly, just in case 😉

 

Thanks for the tip anyway!!

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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April 14, 2022

Info here, however, unless you have saved them as .atn files or have a Time Machine or other backup, you may have lost them:

 

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/01/photoshop-custom-action-file-backup.html

 

Good luck!

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    TiagoRochaAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    April 14, 2022

    Thanks for the reply Stephen.

    While waiting for a reply, I kept doing some research and I found another thread where someone mentioned the Actions Palette.psp file.

    Luckily, as paranoid as I am with backups (I have 3 disks that I use daily, several times a day), I was able to go back and retrieve that file that was updated this morning, before I messed up with the app.

    Now everything is back, already created manual copies and will create backups of them weekly, just in case 😉

     

    Thanks for the tip anyway!!

      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 14, 2022

      Don't rely on the .psp always working, they can get corrupted... Always save actions to .atn files!!!

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