Photoshop 2025 Custom Actions working, but cannot see the .atn files in Finder.

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July 9, 2026
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I upgraded to PS 2026, but my custom actions did not migrate from PS 2025 even though I had selected to migrate presets and actions.

The Actions still work in PS 2025, but the corresponding atn files do not show up in the Actions folder in Finder, which is probably why they did not migrate.

I recreated one of these Actions manually in PS 2026, saved it, used it, but it also does not show as an atn file in the Actions folder.

If I try to Save Action from PS 2025 into PS 2026, the the file shows as greyed out.

So it looks as though my custom atn files exist as ghosts ?

Can’t see this specific issue addressed in the Help community, but please advise.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

You can save action sets/groups or actions to .atn file to any location. You can then load the .atn file into the action panel.

More here:

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

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

but the corresponding atn files do not show up in the Actions folder in Finder,

If you are referring to the Actions-Folder in the Presets-Folder in the application-Folder then that is not the default location when saving custom Actions; that would be

~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop 2025/Presets/Actions

and the Library-Folder is by default hidden on Mac but can be selected by pressing the alt-key when selecting the »Go«-menu item in Finder.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

I am not sure I follow.

What is the complete path of the Folder you save the atn-file to in Photoshop 2025 via »Export Actions«?

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