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Preferences below will do this for you:
However, this is where it is set but lower down it doesn't give me any option but to have a local Cloud Documents Working directory.
By @KeithR16
Lower down being this?
As you can see, I can click on the button and select my Desktop (or anywhere on my HD I wish).
I bet it wouldn't let me set it up in trash which would be the appropriate place (not that I know how to do that!!!
By @KeithR16
Looks like you can do this via scripting if you saved and ran the following script code:
#target photoshop
// Ensure that version 2022 or later is being used
var versionNumber = app.version.split(".");
var versionCheck = parseInt(versionNumber);
if (versionCheck < 23) {
alert("You must use Photoshop 2022 or later...");
} else {
var os = $.os.toLowerCase().indexOf("mac") >= 0 ? "mac" : "windows";
if (os === "mac") {
// Set the Mac Trash/Bin as the cloud storage location
var idset = stringIDToTypeID("set");
var desc210 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = stringIDToTypeID("null");
var ref14 = new ActionReference();
var idproperty = stringIDToTypeID("property");
var idfileSavePrefs = stringIDToTypeID("fileSavePrefs");
ref14.putProperty(idproperty, idfileSavePrefs);
var idapplication = stringIDToTypeID("application");
var idordinal = stringIDToTypeID("ordinal");
var idtargetEnum = stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum");
ref14.putEnumerated(idapplication, idordinal, idtargetEnum);
desc210.putReference(idnull, ref14);
var idto = stringIDToTypeID("to");
var desc211 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idcloudWorkareaCustom = stringIDToTypeID("cloudWorkareaCustom");
desc211.putBoolean(idcloudWorkareaCustom, true);
var idcloudWorkareaDirectory = stringIDToTypeID("cloudWorkareaDirectory");
desc211.putPath(idcloudWorkareaDirectory, new File("~/Delete")); // Path to user trash/bin
var idfileSavePrefsClass = stringIDToTypeID("fileSavePrefsClass");
desc210.putObject(idto, idfileSavePrefsClass, desc211);
executeAction(idset, desc210, DialogModes.NO);
} else { }
// Set the save location to the local computer rather than the cloud
var idset = stringIDToTypeID("set");
var desc252 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = stringIDToTypeID("null");
var ref3 = new ActionReference();
var idproperty = stringIDToTypeID("property");
var idfileSavePrefs = stringIDToTypeID("fileSavePrefs");
ref3.putProperty(idproperty, idfileSavePrefs);
var idapplication = stringIDToTypeID("application");
var idordinal = stringIDToTypeID("ordinal");
var idtargetEnum = stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum");
ref3.putEnumerated(idapplication, idordinal, idtargetEnum);
desc252.putReference(idnull, ref3);
var idto = stringIDToTypeID("to");
var desc253 = new ActionDescriptor();
var iddefaultCloudSave = stringIDToTypeID("defaultCloudSave");
desc253.putBoolean(iddefaultCloudSave, false); // true = cloud
var idfileSavePrefsClass = stringIDToTypeID("fileSavePrefsClass");
desc252.putObject(idto, idfileSavePrefsClass, desc253);
executeAction(idset, desc252, DialogModes.NO);
}
However, I doubt that you were truly serious and were probably writing in frustration and sarcasm...
I bet it wouldn't let me set it up in trash which would be the appropriate place (not that I know how to do that!!!
By @KeithR16
Looks like you can do this via scripting if you saved and ran the following script code:
By @Stephen Marsh
I was able to do this with a Folder Action using Automator.
Use the Folder Action "Move Finder Items to Trash".
Make a folder on the desktop called Photoshop Trash and assign that action:
Set this folder in the same preferences you (and I earlier) showed for this folder.
Make a new document, save it into that folder. A few seconds later, it's gone, in the Trash. Now just set that Trash to empty which is doable in a few ways.
WHY anyone would want to do this is beyond me, but it works.
thedigitaldog gave the correct answer. I set up that way here - all files saved locally.
Just set up in Preferences the default File Location to be Local. Yes, you will still be asked where to put a folder for a local copy of cloud documents but that folder will contain nothing, zilch. The only room it takes up on your hard drive is the entry for it in your directory structure.
Dave
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