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Anonymous
November 15, 2010
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CS4 + 10.6.5 - Delete Photoshop Settings file?

  • November 15, 2010
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I'm having major issues when starting Photoshop CS4 on an iMac running OS X 10.6.5.  My keyboard almost becomes "stuck" and invokes strange actions.  I am using Spaces and using the Option key + arrow key to move between Spaces.

Tried opening up Fireworks immediately after closing Photoshop and it works properly without any issues.

Any ideas?

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    georgecoghill
    georgecoghill
    Participating Frequently
    February 4, 2011

    Seeing the same issues here on 10.6.6 & CS5, the Bache app does not fix things for me. At first I thought it was an issue with my mouse, because it doesn't affect the Wacom Intuos4 (which is my primary input device).

    The only fix I've found was to reboot, which completely sucks. I couldn't tell from this thread if anyone has found a definitive trigger for this, so we can avoid that action.

    I also have Things & Dropbox running here.

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
    Legend
    February 4, 2011

    I couldn't tell from this thread if anyone has found a definitive trigger for this, so we can avoid that action.

    Yes, Jesper explained the OS bug.

    Apple is working on a fix.

    georgecoghill
    georgecoghill
    Participating Frequently
    February 4, 2011

    I was wondering if we knew the specific key combo, or software, that triggers this situation. I realize this is Apple's bug.

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    Althanis_underscores
    Participant
    February 1, 2011

    This fix also worked for me. I'd like to add that as soon as I use the three finger tap on my trackpad to open a tab in a new window using Jitouch the bug comes back again, until I run the little app again. Thanks a lot!

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    blackdog667
    Participant
    March 25, 2011

    Thank you. I was losing my mind over this one. Have been for a couple of months and I lost the plot not knowing what to look for.

    This might be the answer I have been looking for....

    Best regards,

    C.

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    henni77
    Participant
    January 7, 2011

    Hack worked fine with PSE 8.

    Thanks!

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    Anonymous
    December 15, 2010

    The hack is great Jasper, a little tedious to use repetitively, but amazing that you found it.  Many thanks, I was about to toss my mac off of a tall rock...

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    Anonymous
    December 1, 2010

    I have not seen any discussion in these threads about Kubota Image Tools Dashboard application.  I run CS4 Extended and Dashboard 2.0 and when I try to start PhotoShop CS4, it tries to open, and then quits unexpectedly.  I don't get a message about the Settings file.  But the timing of the quitting seems to correspond to the moment that Dashboard is starting up.

    I have contacted Kubota Image Tools but have not received an answer.

    I am dead in the water on both machines running this combination with OSX 10.6.5

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
    Legend
    December 1, 2010

    DFG - you haven't seen anything about that in this topic, because that is a completely unrelated issue.

    In several other topics you can find discussions about Kubota's crashing plugins.

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    IgnacioGaldames
    Known Participant
    November 26, 2010

    i have the same problem but when i start photoshp i cant use it. i dont have ANY of the apps mentioned before. and im on a iMac intel 21" with 10.6.5

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    SylvainLemire
    Participant
    November 24, 2010

    I had this exact problem, also in Illustrator after upgrading to 10.6.5.

    I solved it by trying a lot of stuff, but the problem kept coming back, sometimes sooner after a restart, sometimes hours after.

    The final solution that worked for me is by deselecting the "Enable access for assistive devices" in the Universal Access preference pane.

    You need to restart or log out for this to work.

    I have Typinator that will not work anymore. A small price to pay for such a nuisance solved.

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    Evil_Lair
    Participating Frequently
    November 24, 2010

    I wonder if this could be related to the problem I have with Firefox which happens several times a week. If I have Firefox open in the background Photoshop will no longer have the space, command, control or option keys work anymore until I quit Firefox. This only affects PS5 in my experience, and not older versions or the other Adobe programs.

    10.6.4, Firefox 4.07b (happened with earlier versions too), PS 12.0.1.

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    pfultz
    Participant
    November 24, 2010

    moveAddict...that's what was causing it on my computer...removed it from my auto login and now CS is all good and the problem I was having with Filemaker as well.

    Clearly this is a OSX 10.6.5 issue.

    Thank you all for figuring this out...I've been crippled for over a week. Now I'm good to go.

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    filipvanreeth
    Participating Frequently
    November 24, 2010

    In my case it's Things, even if I change the default shortcuts. If I quit Photoshop and open it again it gives the problem. As long as I do not use the Things shortcuts it works flawless. I'll inform Cultured Code of this bug. Anyone else having the same issue. If everyone sends an email to Cultured Code they they will see its quite important to take action on this bug.

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