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January 31, 2024
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How to disable "Save to creative cloud" in Save as... and Save a copy... dialogs?

  • January 31, 2024
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Hi all. Can see how this was resolved in 2022 but seems that the File Handling Preferences no longer have the option to set the 'Default File Location'. I would like to save files locally so any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
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January 31, 2024

@iand96374149 what specific version are you running?

 

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February 1, 2024

Illustrator 28.2
Mac OS Version 14.3 (23D56)

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February 1, 2024

Erm, apologies, that should be "Photoshop 25.4.0" (too many chats about Adobe stuff going on...)




D Fosse
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January 31, 2024

I've seen a few cases where this selector is for some reason missing from the Preferences.

 

The first thing to do is to reset preferences. Remember to save out actions, brushes etc.

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February 1, 2024

Thanks for the tip. I'll just see if there's any other suggestions before I reset my Preferences as I find that mildly terrifying.

Stephen Marsh
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February 1, 2024

I've read that some use an action to save/set preferences, never tried it myself. Not sure how it works if there is a new button/option either.


I do recall writing a script for this once for another user that didn't have the checkbox available... But I never kept a local copy as it was just a quick "throw away" script.

 

EDIT:

Here it is again –

 

// Set Default File Location to Computer, NOT Cloud!
#target photoshop
try {
    var idset = stringIDToTypeID("set");
    var desc223 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = stringIDToTypeID("null");
    var ref1 = new ActionReference();
    var idproperty = stringIDToTypeID("property");
    var idfileSavePrefs = stringIDToTypeID("fileSavePrefs");
    ref1.putProperty(idproperty, idfileSavePrefs);
    var idapplication = stringIDToTypeID("application");
    var idordinal = stringIDToTypeID("ordinal");
    var idtargetEnum = stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum");
    ref1.putEnumerated(idapplication, idordinal, idtargetEnum);
    desc223.putReference(idnull, ref1);
    var idto = stringIDToTypeID("to");
    var desc224 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var iddefaultCloudSave = stringIDToTypeID("defaultCloudSave");
    desc224.putBoolean(iddefaultCloudSave, false); // true or false
    var idfileSavePrefsClass = stringIDToTypeID("fileSavePrefsClass");
    desc223.putObject(idto, idfileSavePrefsClass, desc224);
    executeAction(idset, desc223, DialogModes.NO);
} catch (e) {
    alert("Error!" + "\r" + e + ' ' + e.line);
}

 

And yes, I do also use an action to set my prefs how I like them: