none of my actions migrated to 27.8, using macOS Tahoe

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I updated my OS and Ps yesterday and none of my actions migrated to “your” actions.  It’s completely empty

Stephen Marsh · Accepted Answer

One should manually save out each action set "folder" individually to a .atn file using the menu on the upper right of the action panel window.

Loaded .atn files or newly created and unsaved action sets are temporarily stored in the Actions Palette presets file (Actions Palette.psp). This file should be considered temporary and may be subject to corruption or loss, which is why making an explicit save to .atn file for each individual action set is strongly advised.

The Actions Palette.psp file can often be used to migrate the entire panel/palette or to possibly retrieve unsaved actions. This is by no means a replacement for saving each Action Set as an individual .atn file. The location of the Actions Palette.psp file can be found in locations similar to:

Mac:

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 Settings⁩/Actions Palette.psp

Win:

C:\Users\username\appData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Adobe Photoshop 2022 Settings\Actions Palette.psp

(Replace “username” with your user account name and also replace 2022 with your version name/number. The Windows appData or Mac Library directory may be hidden. You can search the web for how to make hidden folders visible for your OS if this is the case).

More at my blog here:

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

D Fosse · Answer

What version did you update from?Unless saved out, actions are just part of the general preferences - the “Adobe Photoshop 202x Settings” folder in your user account, specific to each version.In a minor dot release, the same settings folder is used. So if actions are lost (as well as any other settings), that indicates corrupted preferences, which is usually caused by crashes/irregular shutdowns. It could also be a permissions issue in your user account.

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