Unable to use the tool because initialization failed. Please restart Photoshop and try again.

cannot fix this bug no matter what. tried setting the remove tool to "more stable" .

uninstalling and reinstalling and deleting preferences.

tried downgrading to an earlier photoshop version. 

GPU is compatible. 

I have a 2022 mac studio with 64gigs of ram. everything should be running smoothly but I can't get this bug to go away. i've tried searching google and it seems alot of people have this bug. 

please help!