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Jason_JLD
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February 8, 2019

P: Undo / History is not functioning as it should (Photoshop v24.1)

  • February 8, 2019
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Command+Z is acting erratic and is not reverting to the prior state. I've experienced it undoing several recent changes but also jumping to random layers. Is there a bug? Can you please advise?

 

Running 24.1 on Mac (Ventura)

 

Thank you,

Jason

 

 

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    Jason_JLDAuthor
    Known Participant
    December 21, 2022

    I discovered that if I "load selection", or select a layer's bounds, History will stop recording.

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    bodhitrent
    Participant
    December 20, 2022

    ARGH! This keeps happening to me!!! It is SO frustrating! Is there a way to find all of my history? I mean find the history that seemed to disappear.... ? 

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    Andrew26672487zn95
    Participating Frequently
    January 7, 2023

    this is happening to me as well, can't seem to find a solution and it is driving me insane. I think it started happening the last time I updated my App. Please let me know if you find a solution

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    mattmill
    Participant
    January 13, 2023

    I am experiencing the same thing, intermitendly.  It's happened at least 10 times recently.  I will lose about 15-20 history steps and can't get them back.  I think it happens when I command Z to undo a certain step but it jumps back a bunch of steps.  I also had a file where the history wasn't even logging steps.  When I would undo, it would go right back to the last step it had recorded.

     

    Seems like a version glitch.  

     

    It has been happening for about a month now and is really challenging.  Been using PS for decades and never experienced anything like this.   If anyone knows anyhting about this, please post...

    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
    Inspiring
    December 17, 2022

    I need a more step-by-step or video of what you are doing. I opened a multi-layered document and inverted two layers (command I), applied a clone to one, then did multiple Undo's, and everything worked as it should. The last layer that had an edit remained the focus in the Layer Palette.

    I'm on Ventura and the latest version of PS. I can't replicate it. 

    Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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    Jason_JLDAuthor
    Known Participant
    December 17, 2022

    Hi,

    That didn't work. With the latest update, Photoshop doesn't seem to be remembering a huge chunk of steps. (I paint and composite primarily.) When using command+Z, Photoshop jumps back to roughly "5-10 min ago". I rarely use "History" but maybe that's what's causing this to occur? Maybe it's jumping back to when it was last saved/autosaved?

    I appreciate the help,

    J

      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
      Inspiring
      December 17, 2022

      Try resetting your preferences (the easiest way is in Preferences>General>Reset on Quit). Any better? 

      Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
      ipottersmith
      ipottersmith
      Participant
      February 8, 2019

      Today a student of mine pressed an arrow key to nudge an object, and was sent back in her history MANY steps. This occurred seemingly at random, repeatedly, and always to the same history state. Even *after* quitting photoshop completely and reopening the document. Does anyone have any insight into why?

      This was CC2019 on a new MacBook Pro running Mojave.

      Daniel E Lane
      Daniel E Lane
      Inspiring
      February 8, 2019

      How did you go back ANY history states after closing and reopening? It doesnt save the history in the file, so there is no history states to go back to. Or do you mean you repeated steps and it did the same thing again? If that is the case, was she hitting only an arrow key, or was there any other key hit at the time? Was an actual layer selected in the layers panel or were they highlighted on something in the history panel and "nudging" through their history?

      ipottersmith
      ipottersmith
      Participant
      February 8, 2019

      It remembered the file’s history even after quitting and relaunching, which definitely isn’t supposed to happen, but it seemed to anyway. A layer was selected along with the move tool, and she didnt press any additional keys.

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