My Photoshop 2025 version picked up some kind of error and I cannot use it so in need options!

I will try that.  Earlier this evening uploaded Photoshop 2026 I fould that my settings did not show a menu that allow for saving both jpeg and tiff files.  I do not remember seeing a checkbox for “migrate” settings however I will try again and pay attention to the the check boxes.

All your settings and preferences are stored in your user account, not in the installed program files. Those two directories are physically and functionally separate. Each version has its own version-specific Settings folder in the user account. 

When Photoshop starts, it loads the full application configuration from this Settings folder.

This is what you need to transfer. You can do that when you update, there’s a checkbox to migrate settings. Also, if you have custom actions and brushes, you should always save them out to .atn and .abr files that you can always easily reload. 

It may in a pinch be possible to copy individual elements from one version’s Settings folder to the other version’s Settings folder, but they might not be entirely compatible, so I would generally not recommend that.

I know you have a Mac, but here’s where it is on Windows just to give you a pointer:

Apolgies!!!!

   I forgot to indicate that I own a MacBook Pro M1 with two terabytes of discspace  update to the most recent version of Apple software.   This issue has been ongoing to it likely has nothing to do with the lastest vesion of software.   Thanks again, all. 

Paul Roisen