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HEAD Productions
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June 1, 2022
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BRIDGE is BROKEN FOR YEARS!

  • June 1, 2022
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Come on Adobe, Bridge has been so bad for years. Now in 12.02 fresh install of macOS and Adobe so many things don't work. Folders don't showw all files. Can't remove labele from files. Some folders don't show up in the folder list. That's just in the last five minutes. PLEASE FIX!

 

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gary_sc
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gary_scCommunity Expert
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June 1, 2022

Hi Head,

 

That's quite a lot! Did you try both of these?

1) Tools (menu) -> Cache -> Purge Cache for folder "x"

2) Rebuild Bridge's preferences: Quit Bridge (if running). Just before clicking on Bridge in the Dock or double-clicking the application, for the Mac, press Command-Option-Shift. For PCs, press Control-Alt -Shift. Then open Bridge BUT KEEP your fingers on those keys until you see a window pop up. From the window, choose “Reset Preferences," "Entire Thumbnail Cache”, and/or "Reset Standard Workspaces.” In your case, choose "Reset Preferences."

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HEAD ProductionsAuthor
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June 1, 2022

I've done all that and more. Like I said this is clean install. Maybe because it's going through Rossetta? Photoshop has been running for me for years without any issues but Bridge has been a nightmare for about six years. Very dissapointed. Hoping it gets better when the native M1 version comes around.

gary_sc
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gary_scCommunity Expert
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June 1, 2022

FWIW, I'm running Bridge on my Mac Studio and I'm not having any of the problems that you're having.

 

Wait, one more question: Have you given Bridge the various Permissions that Apple requires YOU do to so your applications are doing what you want them to do?

Specifically:

Go to your System Preferences and select Security and Privacy (found in the top section). Now click on the Privacy setting (last tab). Now click on the lock on the bottom left and provide your Administrator code. Now select the Full Disk Access option and click on the "+" symbol. This will bring up the standard Mac Open window and let you add any application you want or need to have full access. Look for Bridge, select it, it will now appear in that window and make sure it's checked. Next, go to the Files and Folders option and do the same thing as above (although there's nothing to check, just add. Close everything down and see if that makes it all work.

Please let me know

[Note: these images are from an older OS, the process is the same so I've not bothered to take the time to take new screenshots.]

 

 

 

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