color settings reset again up on update

Convert to working has not been default in the time I've used Photoshop. But if I recall correctly, one or two of the presets you can choose, have this setting. Same argument: These are legacy and outdated settings.

In any case, the only sensible thing is to set the status bar to show document profile. Then you know instantly, at a glance.

One more thing: Rendering intent was mentioned above. The fact is that in the standard RGB color spaces, rendering intents are not supported. Or rather, relative colorimetric is hard-wired. Whatever you choose, relative colorimetric is what you get. That goes for monitor profiles as well. CMYK and printer profiles usually do support it, though.

Having worked in a professional print studio for the last 12 years, I can tell you that these settings are important, and when they change without your knowledge, it can cause problems. At one point a few years back, Photoshop's default policy was "convert to working RGB", and the default RGB was sRGB, so it just converted everything to sRGB, which is not great for photography.

@cstevens32395438lk60 

While I agree that color settings should be preserved (and it always has here), the importance of it is overrated.

The only important setting in Color Settings is "Color Management Policies". This should always be set to "Preserve Embedded Profiles", which means that the embedded document profile will always override the working space. This is how modern color management is intended to work, and this is the default setting. The other two settings are legacy settings that work against proper color management. They just cause damage and should IMO be removed.

The working space really doesn't matter, and it certainly has nothing to do with fine tuning colors to "match your artistic vision". You choose the document profile on document creation, irrespective of working space, and that profile is then preserved  from that point, ensuring consistency.

Which color space you choose for the document is determined by other considerations. Every color space has about an equal amount of advantages and disadvantages, none of them are "better" than others, and your priorities depend on a number of practical factors.

Make sure it is checked and relaunch PS. Whats happening is the application doesnt have permissions to read/write the system folder location where these settings are stored.

Thanks for responding. The Color Settings -> Working Spaces, Color Management Policies, and Conversion Options were all reset to the defaults (sRGB, Preserve Embedded Profiles, Relative Colormetric respectively). In the System Settings, Photoshop is listed there but not checked. However the 2024 version installed automatically (and made itself the default application for relevant file formats) without any kind of prompting with regard to full disk access.

Hi @stevel76387034 what is being reset specifically? Confirm that Apple System Settings/Security and Privacy/Full Disk Access has PS listed and active