@johnf39295821 interesting trick, I did not know that.   Because the Keyboard Shortcuts can be a bit intimidating, I created a video on how to change from two hands to one finger for both labels and ratings.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0PO-rnn0uE&t=22s     ... View more

Delighted you recovered your files.    If you use the Photo Downloader that is part of Bridge, one thing you really, really should do is to make sure that "Delete Original Files" is NOT checked. You should never delete the original files on the card until you have your images backed up on two different drives. Why that option is there after all these years has always flummoxed me. ... View more

Hi, @Scott5D82, I've not responded to this because your issue is so unique. I've been working with Bridge from the beginning and I've been working on these forum threads for seemingly forever. Your situation is new.   But I just had an "out of left field" idea. Can you please look at your Filter Panel and see if you have any settings for file type? Below is a screenshot of what I'm talking about. I have two kinds of images in this folder: JPEGs and TIFFs. But, because I've only checked the JPG images, they only show. If I also had PSD, CR2, DNG, etc. files inside that folder, they would not show if I only checked the JPG option. If I were to check the TIF box, I'd see all, OR if I unchecked the JPG, I'd see all.      Maybe you've already checked this out; I do not know. But it's worth an ask.   Beyond that, I do not have any other ideas. ... View more

This sounds like you've not given Bridge permission for Apple's protection. Simply, this is an Apple protection issue, not Adobe's issue. When you updated your computer, you set up the situation that these need to be set.    Go into the System Preferences and select the Privacy & Security tab on the left. Note that there are two options on the right you'll need to deal with: "Files and Folders," and "Full Disk Access."   First, going into Files and Folders, note that in various years of different releases of Adobe Bridge, different needs are needed. I do not know why this is, but it's always better to check and make sure that just because you did it for one release, you may or may not need it for a subsequent release.     Lastly, go into the Full Disk Access option. If you do not see your application in the list, click on the "+" symbol at the very bottom of the window. This will bring up a standard Finder window. Navigate to your Applications Folder, find Adobe Bridge, and add it to the list (You will need to add your Administrator's password to do this.). Then you can "switch" it to the "ON" position.    This should solve your problem. Please let us know if that works or not. ... View more

Hi, @Lawrence Photography, (I will assume that you're using all caps because you're frustrated and not screaming at us.)   When considering an image's storage size, two factors need to be addressed: its height and width and the amount of compression done on the JPG image. If you have an image that is (say) 5000 pixels wide and reduce that to (say) 2500 pixels wide, the storage size will drop by 3/4. If your original JPG was 4 MB and you reduce the image size by half, your new image, at the same compression, will be about 1 MB. However, resizing an image too far will make it appear pixelated/fuzzy/soft at the new intended size.   If your original images were saved at JPG compression 10 and dropped down to (say) 4, the image storage size would be much lower, but at that amount of compression, it would greatly suffer from JPG degradation. Generally, a compression of around 7 is a happy compromise of storage size and degradation.    Both of these should be factored in when preparing images for any PDF process. You need to experiment to find your sweet spot. ... View more

Hi, @Zack34644944vglo, I'm sorry, but that's not the way this works. If you want a form in Word, create it in Word. It will not have "blue" fields for folks to fill in, and as they fill it in, there will be word-wrapping for all of the content following.    There are many, many YouTube videos showing how to convert a Word document into a PDF document. Since different videos appeal to different levels of users, I'm apprehensive to point you to any one of them.    But, the bottom line is that what you want is not possible with Acrobat because those blue fields are not transferrable to other applications.    Oh, a PDF is a "Portable Document Format file. A number of years ago, Adobe released the rights to control that format to an ISO organization. Since then, anyone and their family can create PDFs, but not all are created equally. Some are better than others. All ARE PDFs, but not all contain the full range or properties and capabilities of an Adobe PDF. However, for most users, these differences are negligible.  ... View more

I do what you're trying to do all the time, but I do use a different approach. Here's what I do:   I have a folder selected in a Content Tab (call it Folder A) and the other folder in a second Content Tab (call it Folder B). As I'm working in Folder A on an image that's ready for Folder B, I mouse-down on that file(s) and drag it up to the Top of the Content Panel over the name of Folder B. When Folder B becomes active, I move the mouse down over the content region and let go. Then I switch back to Folder A to continue whatever editing or selection I need. This is easy, and there are no issues.   Could this work for you? ... View more

Hi @Dennis Dunbar, sorry, I didn't even notice your name, I went straight to the issue.    I just recently updated to Sonoma (now at 14.7) this past week. I've not seen anything like this. I was on 13.6.1 until my update.    When I first read the issue, I thought for sure you were on a Network or NAS drive, I've seen reports like this from them. Since you are on local drives, that rules that out.   Other than the following, I do not know what might be happening. I've not witnessed that at all myself. Nonetheless, later today, I'll be doing some Bridge-based work, and I'll keep my eye out for it.    Idea #1: Purge your Cache for the folder. That's my #1 thing to try when a folder is acting dumb. Idea #2: rebuild your Bridge's Preferences/Settings. That's my #2 thing Idea #3: When something really dumb is taking place on my computer, I run ""OS" Cache Cleaner" from NorthernSoftworks.com. All it does is a series of basic maintenance processes that are built into the Mac anyway. Supposedly, these are supposed to be run by the Mac itself when asleep, but in my experience, my Mac must have been on a bender and slept through that process a few times. This runs them all anyway. At least once a year, it clears up an issue for me. With every new Mac OS update, the software is updated to work with the new version. They offer a small discount if you update the Cache Cleaner every year (like I do). Otherwise, they charge a $10 fee for the application. However, you do have a 10-day free trial with full capabilities. So, if it doesn't work, you're no worse off. Even though you are still on Sonoma, you will need to get the Sequoia version, as all versions are backward compatible.   I would run All of the functions in the Maintenance Tab, and I'd also do All of the Caches with Medium Cleaning.    I've been using this app since 2007. I cannot promise that it fixes all problems or, more specifically, your issue, but even if it helps me once a year, it's worth it. Either way, try my "Ideas #1 & #2 first.   Let me know how it works out. ... View more

Need for info; sorry for all the questions.    Where are these files located? Is the storage device a network or a NAS drive? Have you tried to move the file onto your computer itself and do the same symptoms occur?   What is your OS, and what is the release? What release of Bridge are you using?   Have you done the required "permissions" for your OS to access these files? ... View more

@S. S @tommaso_maria    I'm not sure Maria is looking for this. All I see you doing is crossing out text and canceling it.    Maria, is this helpful at all? Souvic is trying to help, but I am not sure what you are expecting to see or happen.  ... View more

Oh my. I'm sorry, I didn't realize Adobe has also butchered that.    I know of no way around this for you. ... View more

OK, sorry for my misunderstanding. I did want to make sure I was answering your question, not the question I thought I was answering.    Unfortunately yes, you now have to do extra clicks to do what was once an easy one-click operation. You can follow the instructions I placed above to revert to the old UI and do it the simple way. However, the ability to go back to the old UI will cease to appear at some point, and there will not be any way around that other than to change your PDF Reader or not to ever update your Acrobat Reader.    So, be sure to turn off Auto update. ... View more

Welcome back.   Meanwhile, be sure to turn off Auto-update for your Adobe software. Eventually, the ability to return to the old UI will be removed. ... View more

Hi, @tommaso_maria, can you please verify that you are using Acrobat Reader and not Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Standard?   If you are actually changing the word in the body of the PDF; let's say you changed the sentence "I tossed the ball to the young man" to "I tossed the bass to the boy," that cannot be done in Reader.    Meanwhile, try this and see if it helps:   On Macs, go to the View menu and select Disable New Acrobat. On Windows, to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner (where the old File menu used to be) and select Disable New Acrobat, it's about 2/3 down the menu.   If you need to revert back to the new UI, just reverse the above.   One BIG warning: this capability will eventually be removed, so turn off Auto updates for your Adobe Software. ... View more

Hi, @snowtigga, it sounds like all of your .XML files of your images are missing? If so, I see no way that Bridge had anything to do with that. The .XML files are sidecar files created by Adobe Camera Raw to provide the adjustments you made to your raw images. These must be kept in the same folder as the images, and you must do this. There is one easy way around this, which is something that I've done from the beginning: I convert my images to DNG format. The DNG format is a container file; any XML files are contained within the DNG file itself. That way, they cannot be separated. But, for all of your raw images, you do need to find your XML files.   And one other dynamic here: if you drag files from one folder to another WITHIN Bridge, Bridge will carry the .XML sidecar files with the images. If you move the images in the Finder, the Finder will not do that.   By any chance, do you have Time Machine running on your Mac? Perhaps you can recover the XML files from that?   There is one small "bright side" to this (and I'm by no means trying to diminish the horror you're going through right now, really): The improvements in ACR and the new Masking have caused me to revisit earlier images I've taken over the years and update them with these new tools. My images went from good to wow with many of the dynamics I can take advantage of now. ... View more

Sorry, @grahamriddell57, but it is pretty easy to fix this. In fact, there are two ways:   !) Reset a Workplace back to how it was set up originally.  To do this, click on the hamberger menu adjacent to the name of the Workspace (right or left click, it does the same thing), and select Revert to Saved Workspace. Alternatively, if you want to add, subtract, or retrun a specific option, Go to the Window Menu, and select it.   Also be aware that any of the default workspaces cannot be saved as a new one. That's why there's the option to "Save as a New One." Thus, you can select ONLY the options you want, and omit the ones you do not, or rarely need. Oh, one of the other aspects that Bridge's Workspaces provide is to update a Workspace. Thus, if you later want to update a Workspace you made, you can update it rather than have to give it a new name like you do in all other Adobe applications.    Hope that helps.    ... View more

Ha! As I was reading your last statement, I thought "Hmm, this guy just retired!"   I retired nine years ago and at this moment I'm in Glasgow, my normal roof is in Southern California. Welcome to every night is Friday night and every day is Saturday.    As far as your system goes, with one person, what I wrote "might" work well. What I STRONGLY suggest is that you set it up in a limited fashion and test each part of that system with a few duplicate files (saving the originals to make sure they are not lost). If one test fails, that only means that that one test failed. If that test is not critical to your needs, move on. If it's a critical step/process, do you really need it, and are there other ways to get the job done.   The big thing is to be methodical.    When traveling, like I am now, I take photos all day. At night I transfer them to my wife's laptop and start to process them in LRC. When my brain is sufficiently fried, I quit LRC, backing up the catalog each night. I then copy all new data and files to an external drive. (I use Mac's Chronosync for this). Once this is complete, I then can erase the camera card, but not until I have two copies of the images and the catalog.    Once home, I open the catalog on the external drive. The images cannot be found of course since the catalog thinks they are on the laptop. I point the catalog to where the images are (right next to the catalog) and all is well. Then, from my master catalog on my desktop Mac, I injest the new trip catalog into my main catalog and I'm done.    Hope this gives you room for thought. ... View more

let me add that there is ONE way to make this work, but it's a bit of a PITA and easy to make things worse. You could have a single "server" that people can connect to. Think of DropBox. However, to make this work, each user has to place the file on the "server" onto their computer. From there they can do anything they want/need with the file and upload that back to the "server. In other words, as long as all work is done ON THE "SERVER," this will work fine.   Where it fails (big time) is when they forget to replace the file on the "server" and everyone else is working with the old version. OR, #2: you pull a file out start working on it while someone else pulls the same file out. Both of you replace the file and some auto-correction of the file's name occures, but others do not both trying to figure out why there is "my file.jp," "my file-2.jpg," and "my file-3.jpg."   You see the problems and issues. These all can be settled by a very organized and diciplined group. Remember, all it takes is one person to make everyone else's life miserable. And, if you have one person with a beef with the company… ... View more

Very simple answer: No.    Bridge was designed from the very beginning to be an internal hard drive or plug-in hard drive application. Do to what you want would require a whole new rewrite of the application and not only would it no longer be free, it would be very expensive.    If you want a server-based application like bridge, you'll have to pay for one. I'm sorry, but I've never worked at a place that had one so I cannot recommend something I've never had contact or experience with.   Let me add that these things are not easy, ergo which is why they are expensive and difficult to manage. Adobe did have something like this  many years ago but gave up on it. (Sorry, the name is not at my fingertips now.) ... View more

Hi Lorraine, That's probably becuase it can't be done. I've used Omnipage many years ago and as I recall, you can block out regions that you want OCRed. That cannot be done with Acrobat — it's an all or nothing kind of deal. In fact, if you have a page that has partial OCR (or searchable) text on it. Acrobat will ignore the rest.    Tell your boss the issue and let him decide where to go for what you want/need. Otherwise, the only other option I can think of is to mark out a text redaction for those numbers after the fact — and I know that's not what you want.   Sorry, wish I coud help you more. ... View more

Hi, @finn_3022 , you can help others by clicking on the "Correct Answer" of my message. That way, when other people say they are having fuzzey results, my answer will be there to help them.    Thanks for letting me know. ... View more

Hi, @GraphicDesign, it's not an issue of "bother." Rarther, since Bridge is not capable of enhancing images, it can't "look" at the contents of the image. All enhancements being done "through" Bridge is being done via the ACR plug in.    As Lumigraphics said, Bridge does not have (nor can it ever) display histograms. If Photo Mechanic can do that, then by all means, stay with Photo Mechanic. ... View more

Hi, @Sound-Aesthetics , hmmm, that begs the question what viewing options is LRC short for you? I'm not sure I follow why the viewing option are inferior.  ... View more

Hi, @Sound-Aesthetics, sorry, but there's nothing to resolve. The virtual copies seen in LRC, only exist in the catalog of LRC. They do not exist as real files (ergo, virtual). About the only thing similar in Bridge would be seen in Adobe Camera Raw's "Snapshots." Those are also virtual and only exist in the metadata of the XMP of the file.   Seriously, if you are working on images in both LRC and Bridge, you are opening up a can of worms that can give you a lot of grief. FWIW, I use them both, but I never work on LRC's files in Bridge. (Or, I should say, I never work on LRC's files in ACR via Bridge. — That's what's taking place since Bridge cannot make any adjustments to a file outside of rotation.) ... View more

Hi, @jasonthenotsogreat; you're asking for a LOT of tutorials in a forum that is mostly dedicated to answers for people's problems and issues rather than tutorials.    Fortunately, there are MANY tutorials out there on how to do this. I strongly suggest you use InDesign because you will learn as you go. If you use Google search for "how to make an interactive acrobat form in indesign." I'd also suggest this one video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2MunphyhkI, because this goes into more detail.    And, since you are in school, IF they provide a LinkedIn membership with video tutorials (LinkedIn Learning), I also strongly suggest you look at those.    What your teacher is having you do is certainly possible, and they are doing you a service to have you do this. It's a great learning process.   Good luck! ... View more