Can't Disable Creative Cloud dialog Box Save on Photoshop--Anyone have a Javascript?

[Yoonmi Kim]

So an earlier version of this discussion said, "Just reinstall the application."

So I did that and the bug is still there. I would appreciate if anyone had javascripts to hack through the Creative Cloud dialog box straight to save. Yes, I hate it that much.

Here's the information you will need to assess it.

For Adobe Corporate: Save to cloud is ANNOYING. I HATE IT. I will never use it. And if I do it's by accident and I rather have opt-in than opt out. Also, please bring back the checkbox that says, "Don't show this dialog box again." on the menu itself. Redundancy is a good thing.

Reasons I don't use Creative Cloud saves: (Just to drill it in)

- I need to be able to access the file on my computer to upload to social media websites. Creative Cloud doesn't enable that. I also use a vast amount of folders. For clients I need to be able to give them the physical file/s and assurance they can own it. Most of my work is dealing with physical files.

- Having a physical file on my PRIVATE computer ensures my privacy because I do remember Adobe got hacked in the past, and having it NOT on the internet is a good thing. Yes, I do get that you upped security since then on the front end, but internet==hacking liability.

- Clients don't always want corporate people to be able to see or access their files and privacy measures aren't clear on the interface. They also want to have the files in an easy-to-access way instead of long chain through passwords, screens, websites. So uploading a physical file is often better for them.

- It's not clear if Adobe Cloud is subject to AI use. And there is no disclosure on it on the interface. And if it is, WHY? Why should my personal images, the creativity I sweated over be subject to some hacks on the internet? Also, block all AI use. (At least I can get hands correct most of the time.)

This makes the product untennable for me which is why I want it permanently off with an easy way to do so.

I have to say, Corel and Clip Studio Paint don't harass me like this to accidentally use products I don't want to use that it makes me this annoyed. So please, please restore the option or even better, permanently not an option toggled from the Creative Cloud app if need be for all applications, not just Photoshop (Yes, yes, I hate the extra clicks that much).

There is also a secondary bug which I had to temp fix where Photoshop doesn't load the profile for preferences correctly, so I had to click off of the profile and click back onto my custom profile. I got sick of it, so I had to go to Scripts-->Event Manager to more permanently fix it, but it's really annoying. I did try a few times to make a brand new profile and save it and then load it with that one, but the bug persisted. Still, I hate the fact that I have to hack it from a non-Adobe website to figure out how to get it to load properly.

I have thought about redownloading the app without preferences. But that's also a pain since I create assets and the program doesn't auto-save those assets to an external file, which means hunting down the assets I didn't save. (Patterns, swatches, etc one by one) when I reinstall the program.

BTW, I worked in UX before... I also have a degree in Anthropology, though I also took classes in sociology and psychology. I also have a grasp of design, having classes in it and have done computer programming, taking a few classes in that too (C). I just don't understand the removal of the preference given all of that learning I did. Your grift is more likely to annoy users than hook them into using your product, thus failing. This is called Backfire Effect. Also resistence to change, but if the change isn't better, why should they opt into it? People need a good argument for it. Rather than forcing it upon them, I would suggest make Creative Cloud usable, accessible, and optional. Work harder on why it is a good product rather than force people into something they don't want.

In user psychology, this would be similar to telling people, in order to sign up for a website, they need to give credit card information, and every time they sign into the website it harasses them to buy the premium version and "accidentally" charging them without trying to figure out why people dislike the website's features. How long do you think the users are going to stay on the website? (granted this was Deviant Art after it was bought by Wix and they did everything to break all of the features the users loved... and look mass exodus. People don't like feeling like robots, especially creatives... so give flexibility. I also think that creatives like to think they are smart and also have a good sense of design, so this will irk them more than the average person.) I'm genuinely asking. Is going against users and what they want a good strategy for the bottom line?

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Hi @Yoonmi Kim have you manually removed and reset your preferences? Reinstalling does not automatically reset them so you could be installing over bad preference files. The option should be there in your version of PS on a Mac - I have the same.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#reset-preferences

[Stephen Marsh]

@Yoonmi Kim – I agree with @Kevin Stohlmeyer – this issue has been resolved for multiple users by resetting prefs.

Here is a script to set the local save option:

// Set default save to local computer, not cloud

#target photoshop

function s2t(s) {
	return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
}
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor();
var reference = new ActionReference();
reference.putProperty( s2t( "property" ), s2t( "fileSavePrefs" ));
reference.putEnumerated( s2t( "application" ), s2t( "ordinal" ), s2t( "targetEnum" ));
descriptor.putReference( s2t( "null" ), reference );
descriptor2.putBoolean( s2t( "defaultCloudSave" ), false ); // true for cloud
descriptor.putObject( s2t( "to" ), s2t( "fileSavePrefsClass" ), descriptor2 );
executeAction( s2t( "set" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );

[Yoonmi Kim]

I tried to reset my preferences and put the script into the Applications-->Adobe Photoshop 2023-->Presets-->Script folder but it didn't work. I'm on a Mac. Still ticked they took off the little checkbox. I think they should kill the cloud save altogether, or give it as the second, not first option.

[Stephen Marsh]

What do you mean it didn't work? It doesn't automatically do anything without being run manually. Did you run the script? Was there an error message?