Photoshop 21.0.2 Starting to get a Disk Error with Linked Objects (Mac/GDFS) macOS Catalina 10.15.2

I have been dealing with similar problems with smart objects and I suspect its primarily Catalina with all their changed security updates that's creating the problem. Any time I work with a PSD file that links to smart objects on our servers it gives me error messages like "cannot replace smart objects" or "cannot complete image size command"... "because of a disk error".

What I have to do currently is relink my smart objects in the file - sometimes just relinking one is enough. Sometimes I have to relink several. And the real pain is that I have to relink each item TWICE because it errors out on me the first time I try to relink.

I don't know if this is something Adobe can work to circumvent with new updates working around how Catalina functions within networks. It would be nice.

Note - I do have my MacOS security settings set to allow my Adobe programs full disk access, but I imagine that "full disk access" relates to the individual computer's hard drive - not necessarily network drives. 😕😕

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about the disk error, we recommend using Photoshop and Adobe Bridge on a local hard disk. It's difficult to re-create or accurately identify network- and peripheral-configuration problems. When you save and open files across a network or from removable media, many variables affect application performance. Therefore, some problems occur more frequently when you work across a network or from removable media than from a local hard disk. (Network-related problems include damaged files, denied access, or slow performance.)

Please have a look at this article for more information. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/networks-removable-media-photoshop.html

Regards,
Sahil