Save stuck on 0%. HELP! [2019]

[tiktokhay]

I'm using the latest version of Photoshop 2020 (21.0.1). I tried saving my file and it stuck on 0%. I figured because the autosave is on I can close it and I might lose only the last few things I did. God was I wrong. I lost all my work. I did some work again and decided to manually save it again. Little did I know I have the same issue. Is anyone else experiencing this? I don't know what to do. I don't want to lose everything again. I tried duplicating everything and saving that file bot it didn't work. Please help as this is important work. I'm using a 2017 Mac if that has anything to do with it.

[vaddisonwilliams]

The gift that keeps giving. Thanks for the fix.

[leighann-eskillt40376461]

ERIC, you absolute life saver. THANK YOU.

[alexv50240868]

I have the problem right now : a photoshop file stucked a "saving : 0%", a file located on my local drive, not external

I simply "duplicate" the document (in Photoshop : image > duplicate) and juste save the duplicated document

that's all folks, can't be easier, zero time waist, no complex manipulation

cheers...

[Thycora]

I wish this would've worked for me ... I did the duplicate and tried to save the duplicate, but it basically told me "No you have to wait for the first thing to finish saving :)"  Unless I did something wrong?

I'm lucky I'm a frequent Ctrl+S person, so I didn't loose much ... still frustraing that this is an issue to this day.

[laurab79270189]

try File > Export > Export As   next time....

[Kees van Surksum]

I can hardly imagine, this option works. I tried it myself, but Photoshop doesn't save the duplicated file before it finished saving the original. And that is the one that got stuck and can't be canceled either ...

[Kees van Surksum]

I clicked the reply button underneath the message by alexv50240868

Since some time, you cannot edit posts here anymore.... 
The solution with the linked image of course is a real good workaround.

[Serenity McLean]

THANK YOU

This worked like a charm. Quite simple. Did not require reassembling layers from multiple files which would be a time consuming task

[mabela001]

This solution worked for me! The "package" solution didn't work because even though I placed an linked image, the option remained gray-out.

Thanks Alexv50240868!

[williamc93534592]

Image > Duplicate and Save ...

Just worked for me in Photoshop CS6 under OS X 10.6.8 ...

Thankyou!

[jeroenv40995199]

[cursing removed] GENIUS!!! 

[j2studio]

Thank you!!!!

[Pedro Bolito]

Genial, Obrigado !

[SIEG_]

A possible alternative for this that I use sometimes is to simply create a dumplicate of the file and save that... not ideal but works and is simple

[lachlanmoore001]

Legend! Absolute Legend! Thank you 

[Kiersten219837552fbj]

Hi- Sad this isn't working for me ;(

When trying to package the document it ALSO gets stuck saving- so frustrating. I left it try and save the packaged document for 2 days with no movement. Any recos? 

[meganpicturetaker]

Happening to me as well. Stuck on 42% for the last hour. I left it to save overnight last night, still no movement. Force quit, lost half of my work. I've restarted my computer, and updated CC. Of course it's happening the week I have several deadlines to hit. 

[kevin stohlmeyer]

Same question to you - where are you saving to (local HD, network, external HD, etc) and are you logged in on an account that has Admin rights?

[meganpicturetaker]

I'm trying to save to an external drive on my Mac Mini that I've been using without issue up until this update. 

[kevin stohlmeyer]

You've updated to Catalina correct? That is the issue, not Photoshop.

[tiktokhay]

Hi, this is not an issue with Catalina as people on windows are
experiencing the exact same issue
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Kind Regards,
Alexander

[vp23]

Yes, thank you. It's not Catalina. I have a PC too and it's doing it there too

[Kate Moss]

Nope, I'm still in Mojave (need to export my Aperture library before updating) and it just happened to me (0% progress saving). I am using an external drive as well.

[meganpicturetaker]

I just tried uninstalling Photoshop and reinstalling it, and it seems to have solved the problem. Doesn't solve the losing your work bit, but hopefully solves the issue moving forward. 

[PhotoshopUserPRO]

This also just happened to me, I am trying to save into my external SSD and no go. I even created a dupilicate and tried saving it into my local drive and same thing, does not go over 0% save. I'm out of ideas.