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pbziegler
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December 6, 2020
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The background in PS no longer appears. The image and all the windows show on the MAC desktop

  • December 6, 2020
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On my Mac I no longer see the grey background on which the image appears. The toolbar and all the open windows--layers, actions, properties and the image show up on my desktop. The grey interface doesn't appear I can get it if I go to screen mode and hit full screen with menu bar it does appear but then it's locked as full screen and I can't reduce it in any way. I have been at this for 8 hours without success. I have removed PS and reinstalled it. I give up. Hope someone has the answer.

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

Are you talking about Window > Application Frame? 

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 6, 2020

Are you talking about Window > Application Frame? 

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pbzieglerAuthor
Inspiring
December 6, 2020

I guess I was because when I clicked it on there it was. I have no idea how that got unchecked. I was humbled since I have become a very advanced PS user as a photographer. I have started teaching PS for photographers. And suddenly the background frame disappears and I have no idea what to do. So thanks

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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December 6, 2020

I am surprised that you, as a Mac User, miss the Application Frame – it was introduced for Mac only a couple versions back (not sure with which version it acually happened) as it appears to mimic a standard Windows appearance. 

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