Disable Save to Cloud and Out of Cloud Storage

[paulh91855373]

I am starting to get real frustrated with Adobe.  I don't want to ever save to the adobe cloud, there are much better cloud options.  I have set the default to save locally but it seems with the last upgrade it started saving to the cloud again. I once again set the default to save locally but I still get a notifier that I am out of cloud storage. 

I DON'T WANT CLOUD STORAGE

I DONT WANT NOTIFIERS REGARDING CLOUD STORAGE

I DO WANT EVERYTHING REGARDING ADOBE CLOUD TURNED OFF

How do I do this? This is really blatent upselling.  We pay a lot of money for your services the least you can do is respect our intelligence. 

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

There are countless topics on the forum dealing with configuring local saves rather than the cloud, so I suggest you start by using the forum search feature. From your post, you already know how to do this. Preferences are often reset. So what you are after is a way to automatically have Photoshop's Preferences > File Handling set to use your local computer whenever Photoshop starts, which is possible via action or script via the Script Events Manager.

Preferences > File Handling:

Action:

JavaScript:

saveToCloud(false); // true to save to cloud

function saveToCloud(defaultCloudSave) {
	var s2t = function (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" ), defaultCloudSave );
	descriptor.putObject( s2t( "to" ), s2t( "fileSavePrefsClass" ), descriptor2 );
	executeAction( s2t( "set" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );
}

There are many preferences that one may wish to enforce, some that I personally reset via an Action and the Script Events Manager:

P.S. This isn't a bug, it is clearly a design decision you disagree with, so this topic would be better as an idea/feature request.

[paulh91855373]

Latest version 24.1.1 has this 'NOT a bug' or NOT a sleazy attempt to up-sell, corrected. Should I say that Adobe has changed their mind again about this 'design decision'?

[Stephen Marsh]

Should I say that Adobe has changed their mind again about this 'design decision'?

By @paulh91855373

Not if cloud is still the default/fallback option, with computer being the "opt-in".

[paulh91855373]

This is most definitely either a bug or a high pressure to up-sell.  I would guess the latter. Every decent piece of software I have used that offers an inplace upgrade/update migrates ALL your settings over unless a particular service has so radically changed that it requires re-calibration or new changes in which case the user is notified during the upgrade process.  Which this is not the case. I have been involved in software developement for over 25 years. Who arbitrarily decides which settings are migrated and which ones are reset (this is a rhetorical question)? I find this inexcusable.

[Stephen Marsh]

@paulh91855373 – I’m focussed on solutions, so I don't have much else to add.

[paulh91855373]

There is always a solution to every problem. I think the appropriate solution would be to petition Adobe to stop surruptitiosly resetting user settings just trying to upsell professionals that rely on their software but have abosultely no need for their cloud services.  Don't get me wrong it's not just Adobe, Apple and Google do the same.  Each cloud service from all the major providers have something to offer and each has their own pros and cons.  Once a user picks a cloud service there should no reason to pay for additional cloud services from other providers.  This is bad business and does and is not conducive to customer loyalty.  So please focus on the solution and advise.  

[Stephen Marsh]

@paulh91855373 – I am not an Adobe employee, I'm just an end-user, a forum volunteer. So I can only offer solutions based on my knowledge and experience with Actions and Scripting.

Preferences have always become corrupted or reset, long before cloud storage was introduced. I personally don't like rich tooltips or the home screen etc. So I use an Action and the Script Events Manager to automate resetting these preferences each time Photoshop is opened.

I don't agree with your statement that Adobe is intentionally resetting user preferences for nefarious purposes.

I do agree that the intentional decision to make cloud saves the default is not ideal for many users. For users that use an iPad and Photoshop on both platforms, this is obviously useful.

I'm pragmatic, which is why I have created and shared my solution to ensure that Photoshop preferences are always in the state that I wish.

[j4m1eb]

Photohsop 24.1.0 and the option has vanished - annoying save to cloud box is back!!!

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

Reset your preferences...

[j4m1eb]

Adobe just released Photoshop 24.1.1 with bugs fixes - guess what, the option is back

[paulh91855373]

Yes I see it, I guess it was a bug, or was it a sleazy sleazy attempt to pressure an up-sell.  I guess it doesn't matter now since it has been corrected.

[MarekMularczyk]

I'm on 24.1.0 and I've got this option...

[j4m1eb]

Photoshop 24.1.0, are Adobe are trolling us, are they hellbent on using cloud storage - Option to disable save to cloud has gone and I can't find it anywhere!!!