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anders f
anders f
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November 16, 2020
Question

Sync settings between several computers using Photoshop CC 2021 . Still not possible?

  • November 16, 2020
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Hej, 

 

is it really still not possible to sync settings and presets between several computers using photoshop cc 2021?

 

I have a macBook and a workstation (Win 10) and need to sync all settings and presets (brushes, actions, colour settings and shortcuts). Some year ago I remember this was possible using Adobe Cloud, but now I learned Adobe cancelled this opportunity 2015(?). 

 

2015 is 5 years back in time, is there still no way to automatically sync presets? Can’t believe Adobe pushed Photoshop in to the cloud without giving its users an efficient way to sync. 

 

Whats would be the most efficient way share presets (actions, brusches, shortcut color settings etc.) between computers today? 

 

Thank You!

Anders 

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    lblanton
    Participant
    November 16, 2023

    Why on Earth did you guys remove settings sync? In this day and age where everything is in the cloud - including the Adobe Cloud - we can't sync our settings? This is just dumb, and I'd like to know a good reason why that feature was removed.

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      Alastair L
      Inspiring
      November 23, 2023

      poosibly because their code base is so legacy and so buggy syncing acorss major versions got broken, but honestly who knows with Adobe these days, the blind leading the blind far as I can tell.

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        lblanton
        Participant
        November 23, 2023

        You're probably right. When they let go all of their best engineers several years ago, some of who were friends of mine, things started going downhill. Yet Adobe was more than happy to convert to the subscription model because you know piracy and all, but not follow through on continuing to deliver a state of the art product. No wonder they bought FIgma; they can't keep up.

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          Alastair L
          Inspiring
          July 14, 2021

          No, one touch syncing even across the same platform still cannot be done in 2021. Adboe takes our money, outsources software development and support to the cheapest labor hire providers in the gloabl south and laughs in our face. Even such obvious features as this are too much bother for them, be thankful for synced libraries, that took a decade from feature request to acutality. Did I mnetion Affinity products?

            pets
            pets
            Inspiring
            December 12, 2020

            is there a method to sync all settings, actions, brushes of photoshop CC 2021 on mac? 10.15 or big sur

            i am using photoshop professionally on different macs and at different office locations, so it would be just super-nice to not set up everything from scratch in 2021. thanks!

              JJMack
              Community Expert
              JJMackCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              December 12, 2020

              You can copy your Photoshop preferences to each install on your machines and you can copy or share your photoshop assets via network shares and also via Adobe Cloud and Cloud libraries. Mac OS changes and M1 present some problens check Adobe posted issues.

              JJMack
              NicoleJeanne
              NicoleJeanne
              Participant
              December 15, 2020

              Can you explain this further?  You mention Adobe cloud, which I think would automatically keep machines synced when signed in under the same account.  

               

              Am I able to use Adobe Cloud to do this for all settings, presets, actions, brushes, fonts, etc?  If so, how do I set this up?  I have various items- gradients, overlays... in my Photoshop "library."  How would I include actions, settings, etc. here?  Is it possible?  If no-what other options do you suggest?

               

              Specs: 

              • Adobe CC 2021
              • Photoshop 2021 (22.1.0),
              • Lightroom Classic 10.1 (also have Lightroom CC installed, in HOPES of it being the key to syncing, but don't use otherwise)
              • Mac OS, desktop running Catalina 10.15.7
              • MacBook Pro running Big Sur (current)

              Plus (if it makes any difference) I use an External SSD for images, Dropbox for Backup and storage of Presets/Actions, plus overlays, backgrounds, etc. (could Dropbox somehow work to keep any of this synced ?)

               

              I really feel like there HAS to be a way... 

               

              Thanks so much

              Nicole

              JJMack
              Community Expert
              JJMackCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              November 16, 2020

              It should be easy to copy user application files between  machines if  your  install Photoshop versions into Adobe's default locations.  On windows  user application data dpe Adoneapllpication are off  "C:\Users\jjmac\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\"

              JJMack
                anders f
                anders fAuthor
                Participant
                November 16, 2020

                OK, thank you!

                 

                I was hoping there would be a more efficient way to do this. Your method works for synchronising once in a while, but not for continuously.

                 

                Have a nice day, and thank you for the screen shot,

                Anders

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