P: PS 25.12 on MacOS 15 Menu Buttons freeze after using Camera Raw/Liquify (Intel Macs)

[Patty248993045taj]

MacOS Sequoia 15

Photoshop 2024 and Photoshop (Beta)

Top menu not working after opening camera raw filter from Photoshop, making an edit and going back to Photoshop. 

Steps to reproduce
Open an image in Photoshop, make edits as usual

Select Filter > Camera Raw Filter

Make an edit, like adding a Vignette
Click OK to go back to image
Click on any item in the top menu - nothing is clickable

Must force quit application and reopen for menu items to be clickable again

[zakeya_3681]

Since I have updated to Photoshop 2025 on my MacBook Pro, my toolbar at the top of my screen glitches and does not allow me to click buttons like "File", "Edit", or "Photoshop 2025". Everytime I update my computer or photoshop it still happens.  I notice that the toolbar is frozen because the right side tools like the time, batter, WiFi, bluetooth, etc has disappeared. If I go to a different application like chrome or Finder, the toolbar works just fine. Is this happening to anyone else and found a solution? 

[Jeff Arola]

Sounds like this confirmed bug:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

What works for me to get the Menu Bar functioning again with Photoshop 2025 (ps ver 26.2) on a 2015 MacBook Pro with macOS Sonoma 14.7.2 is switching to another Adobe application like Bridge and then back to Photoshop.

[faruktasdemir]

Hey, I'm having a problem with Photoshop menu bar. When I enter and confirm the Camera Raw Filter or Liquify filter, Photoshop's top menu becomes inactive and blurred. At the same time, the Apple menu bar in the upper right becomes invisible. Just after closing and opening Photoshop the problem is fixed. I attached a screenshot.

I hope there is someone who had the same problem and solved it.

Adobe Photoshop Version: 26.2.0

Operating System: Mac OS 15.1.1

[Jeff Arola]

Sounds similar to this issue:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

Is your Mac and Intel or Apple Silicon?

[faruktasdemir]

Thank you @Jeff Arola. I installed the version 25.11.0 It is OK now.

I hope Adobe fix this problem asap.

[kittyk32326095]

Since September 2024, menu bar at the top of my MacBook Pro keeps crashing in Photoshop.
My MacBook is up-to-date and in Premiere I have no problems so far. Several times I've had tips like reinstalling the entire Adobe package and then it went fine for a while but then suddenly it crashes again.
I am running the latest update of Adobe 26.2
Adobe must have a solution for this, right?

[John Waller]

Sounds similar to this well documented bug

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

[Maciej345382098xxv]

Hi, I have a problem with the Photoshop application. After a few operations, the menu freezes. The tools work, but the menu doesn’t. What could be the issue? I'm using a MacBook Pro with an Intel UHD Graphics 630 graphics card. This started happening after the latest update. Previously, this only happened in the beta version.

[kittyk32326095]

Hi,
I also had a similar problem and I give you below the link that helped me.
It is still a strange story and I hope Adobe is able to solve this professionally.
The link is from John Waller.
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

[antonio_2618]

Hi @CMass here is my screen recording as well as system specifications.

Processor: 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

Memory: 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

MacOS: 15.1.1 (24B91)

Video:

[antonio_2618]

@CMass No, this did not happen in any previous versions. It is still an issue with the most recent update.

[Jeff Arola]

Sounds like this bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

[antonio_2618]

Oddly enough, @Jeff Arola, that worked.

[DarleneRH]

The problem is that if your library panel is not visible, it cannot be enabled from the top-level menu. This is very frustrating when there is no way out!

[Giancarlo_Curoso-Suar6310]

That doesn't seem to be working. I wish this would be fixed already, it's been months.

[Danny_Wild6676]

After editing an image using the Camera Raw Filter (within the Filter menu), the top Photoshop menu bar on my Macbook Pro becomes unresponsive; I can't access any of the menus no matter what I do or where I click. At the same time, other app menus and the main Finder menu on my computer work fine. Once I go back into Photoshop, I can click around and use keyboard shortcuts but nothing happens when I click on the menu (File, Edit, Image, Layer, Filter, etc). I have the most up to date versions of Mac OS (Sequioa 15.2) and Photoshop 2025 (26.2.0). The only way around it is for me to quit Photoshop and relaunch it, but the menu becomes unusable again once I use the Camera Raw Filter so it's an endless cycle 😞

[Bojan Živković]

Have you tried resetting preferences? It can sometimes solve weird problems.

[YolandaVisions]

Hola, tengo Photoshop desde hace mas de 5 años , y es la primera vez que me ocurre este problema que llevo meses con el. 

Cuando uso Photoshop y paso a Camara Raw y vuelvo a pasar a Photoshop, la barra superior de archivo o de filtros p guardar imagen, ya no es visible, por lo cual , pierdo todos los cambios realizados a dicha fotografia, teniendo que comenzar desde el principio. Alguna idea de como solucionar este problema o a que es debido. Gracias.

[AxelMatt]

Try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps described here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#reset-preferences

It's recommended to backup your settings before resetting the preferences.

See here:  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#backup-photoshop-preferences

[Jeff Arola]

Sounds like this confirmed bug:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

[Jeff Arola]

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[Jeff Arola]

Sounds like this bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/p-ps-25-12-on-macos-15-menu-buttons-wont-wor...

[DarleneRH]

If nothing works, reboot and try again.  I did and it worked for me the last time.  Good luck!

[hyp_8116]

sorry but I read of users who continue to write posts and complain about the problem of the impossibility of using photoshop menus after using camera raw. THE SOLUTION I FOUND IS REPEATED/REPORTED AT THE TOP OF EVERY PAGE!!!

[Julia340870383ulu]

Мне помог способ с переходом во вкладку библиотека. НО ADOBE, когда уже проблема будет решена?? Вы выпустили уже несколько обновленных версий, но ошибка всё ещё сохраняется. За что мы платим деньги? Эта ошибка мешает работе!