CS4 + 10.6.5 - Delete Photoshop Settings file?

I'm not using any of the software most people are mentioning...no Wacom Tablet...the only app I'm using that has been mentioned is PopChar.

This is making it impossible to work. Is it related to the last Apple update? From 11/16/10, Mac OS X Update 10.6.5. I seem to remember it starting about the time I updated from Software update. Has anyone else noticed this coincidence?

Help this is becoming a very BIG issue for me.

Same issue.

Have disabled X-gestures and text-expander. No changes.

I also run drop box, growl, and growl mail which has stopped working since the update (does that with every update)

I also run font explorer-X, and had thought it seemed like a font corrupt issue of some kind, but I don't think it's that.

I use a magic trackpad which requires additional Apple software to be installed once purchased and connected. Anyone else?

It does seem like the command key is pressed down at all times.

Also, i have a Mac Pro.

I've been having similar problems. Specifically, it's as if the Command key is being held down in both Photoshop and Illustrator. InDesign appears to be fine. I don't have Typinator or TextExpander installed. I do have a Wacom Bamboo tablet with the latest driver. Applications running in the background include: Dropbox, Growl, Default Folder, Alfred, iStat Menus, Bowtie, Slink, LogMeIn, Sidenote, and Notify.

Ok, I think I've narrowed it down to Typinator because it hasn't been happening ever since I disabled it (yet). I'd like everyone to disable their TextExpander / Typinator / similar program and see if there is any difference. I'd also like to see a list of the Startup Items for people who are experiencing this issue, but don't have those Typing-Helper programs installed.

I have the exact same issue as described since 10.6.5. I have a Wacom tablet and use Spaces, but I tried disabling all these things but the problem still appears during the day. The only thing that I changed recently apart from installing 10.6.5 is that I am now running the kernel in 64 bit mode (on a 2008 Mac Pro) since it's supposed to be somewhat faster — I really can't believe that would make a difference to a user space program like photoshop. Hope there's a solution soon as it's really annoying to say the least.

I also have this problem. It just came out of the blue on my Mac Pro 8-core. After a while Photoshop and Indesign are having issues withe the preferences file. Illustrator doesn't seem to be infected. Restarting the mac or logging out and back in does fix the problem for a while. At first I was thinking about a bad font. After intensive testing this wasn't the issue. After that I reinstalled by Mac Pro completely with only the Adobe applications. After a while I got the same issue.

Next thing I was thing was een bad hard disk. I checked the HD, even bought a new one to be sure and reinstalled everything. Clean install, clean preferences. And ... the same problem. I have tried to reoccur the problem but I cannot find it. On one hand I'm glad that it's not my sole problem but on the other hand ot's really frustrating. Do you guys all use a Mac Pro?

If anyone has a solution, ...

Ps: I do not run spaces or use a Wacom tablet -:-)

I'm looking into what appears to be a related issue. You mentioned that you have a Wacom tablet installed. What happens if you completely remove the tablet driver and restart your system? Do you still have the same problem?

Yesterday Photoshop worked flawlessly, but right now the error reocurred again.

I can't see any suspicious logs in the windowserver log.

I unplugged the keyboard and started Photoshop again. Doesn't work. It still asks me if I wanted to delete the settings file (as if I was holding down the alt key).

Possible difference between yesterday (Photoshop working correctly) and today (Photoshop misbehaving): I was working on different InDesign documents. I don't know if that makes any sense, though However, Photoshop worked while working on InDesign document A. Now that I'm working on InDesign document B again, Photoshop shows this weird error. If this is only coincidence or if Photoshop stopped working in the very moment I opened InDesign doc B I cannot say. As a matter of fact, while working on this document, I saw error logs like this every now and then:

[71] kCGErrorFailure: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "InDesign" for over 1 second. Server has re-enabled them.

But there have never been any Photoshop-related entries around the same time.

I've even turned off all instances of Spaces and it still occurs.

I am getting the following message in Console after launching PS and selecting "No" on the Delete Photoshop Settings error:

11/18/10 9:32:29 AM    SIMBL Agent[170]    warning: failed to get scripting definition from (null); it may not be scriptable.

May be nothing, but thought it could possibly help.

Same problem with button stuck on CS3 as well as CS5, the only error containing string "photoshop" in windowserver.log I get is:

Nov 17 10:11:35  [95] kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGXSetWindowListTags: Operation on a window 0x6 not owned by caller Photoshop

Software/hardware concurrently running:

Safari 5.0.2

iTunes 10.1

Jitouch

Wacom Intuos4

Dropbox

Hope that helps find a solution!