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TiagoRocha
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April 14, 2022
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Actions are gone... [SOLVED]

  • April 14, 2022
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UPDATE: I was able to go back to one of my backup disks and find the Actions Palette.psp file and replace the old one.

Anyone facing the same issue, if you're on a Mac, this is where the file is (hopefully you have a backup disk and you are able to retrieve the old file):

~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop 2020 Settings/Actions Palette.psp (of course this last folder's name might change depending on your version of Photoshop).

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Today I was working on some AppleScript stuff and I couldn't make one of them work with Photoshop so I just tried renaming the original app file and even moving it out of the original Adobe Photoshop 2020 folder.

After running some tests, I put it back with the original name.

Now when I opened PS, my actions are gone...

It only shows the default ones. I have some old ones saved, that I saved manually, but some of them weren't.

Anyone knows what could have happened and how to recover them?

I'm on a Mac btw.

 

Thank you so much for any tips you can share!

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Correct answer TiagoRocha

Thanks for the reply Stephen.

While waiting for a reply, I kept doing some research and I found another thread where someone mentioned the Actions Palette.psp file.

Luckily, as paranoid as I am with backups (I have 3 disks that I use daily, several times a day), I was able to go back and retrieve that file that was updated this morning, before I messed up with the app.

Now everything is back, already created manual copies and will create backups of them weekly, just in case 😉

 

Thanks for the tip anyway!!

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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April 14, 2022

Info here, however, unless you have saved them as .atn files or have a Time Machine or other backup, you may have lost them:

 

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/01/photoshop-custom-action-file-backup.html

 

Good luck!

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    TiagoRochaAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    April 14, 2022

    Thanks for the reply Stephen.

    While waiting for a reply, I kept doing some research and I found another thread where someone mentioned the Actions Palette.psp file.

    Luckily, as paranoid as I am with backups (I have 3 disks that I use daily, several times a day), I was able to go back and retrieve that file that was updated this morning, before I messed up with the app.

    Now everything is back, already created manual copies and will create backups of them weekly, just in case 😉

     

    Thanks for the tip anyway!!

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      TiagoRochaAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 14, 2022

      They should be saved once created. It takes up to 10 seconds.


      Well, it's just a matter of habit that will probably change from now on.

       

      And to be honest, the whole process of saving actions is a very cumbersome process. The fact that you can't just save a single action, but need to save the whole set, or that you can't save all sets at once, but you have to save them one at a time, makes the process less "friendly" and I believe maybe that's the reason why I don't do it whenever I create a new action.

       

      But again, maybe that mindset will change from now on...?

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