Thanks! I found it on the Mac. It's insane we have to do this.  ... View more

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It's grayed out if you are editing your PDF presets, but not grayed out when that dialogue comes up when you are actually exporting a PDF. From that dialogue, you can save the modified preset as a new preset with View PDF after export enabled. ... View more

Unfortunately, it's not possible to completely turn off the Libraries function in Photoshop. However, there are a few ways to minimize its presence and impact: 1. Hide the Libraries panel: Go to the Window menu. Uncheck the box next to Libraries. This will remove the dedicated Libraries panel from your workspace. 2. Prevent automatic syncing: Open the Creative Cloud desktop app. Click on the gear icon in the top right corner (Preferences). Select Creative Cloud Libraries. Under Cloud Documents Settings, choose Pause or Resume Syncing. This will stop Photoshop from automatically synchronizing your libraries to the cloud and other devices. 3. Avoid saving assets to libraries: When creating or importing assets, pay attention to the options presented. Don't check the box to "Add to Library" unless you specifically want to save it there. 4. Consider alternative methods: If you primarily use Libraries for storing brushes, patterns, or styles, you can save them locally in folders within Photoshop's presets directory. For sharing assets across projects, explore using folders and project files instead of relying on Libraries. Remember, while you can't completely disable Libraries, these methods can help you reduce its visibility and potential impact on your workflow. for more  By @panda35150389cw8b Thanks. In the add color swatch dialogue, there was a box checked to add it to the library and that was giving me the "Library is read-only" dialogue. I wish there was just a button you can click to make Adobe apps not access the Internet at all and be totally local. My apps in 2024 are slower than they were 10 years ago. ... View more

Thanks for the reply.   My internal SSD drive. There is a delay now that didn't used to be there, which makes me believe Photoshop is accessing the Internet for basic things now. I use to see this delay when the Library feature was added in save dialogues, giving you the option to save your file in the cloud, so there is a slight delay as it accesses the Internet. That's the question I'm having, is there a way to tell Photoshop not to access the Internet at all. Shut that off completely so it's solely accessing my SSD. I'm guessing the AI features, the photos and fonts libraries online, etc., all get brought into the mix now and I just want to open this small PSD file, but I'm seeing a spinning wheel. I have 32 gigs of RAM, 8 core Intel Mac Pro, 260 gigs free on the SSD. THank you! ... View more

Thank you! This setting is ignored for export but I'm using legacy export, let me see if using the newer export works. Thank you for your time! ... View more

Bill, Again, I'm not working directly on the server. I copy it from the server to my local drive, then I make my edits, export out a PDF, then copy the .INDD, Links folder, and PDF to the server. Then, when someone opens InDesign, it asks for the links on my local hard drive. That's the problem. It's actually less of a problem if we open the .INDD file from the server and make our edits (multiple designers here) so that the links to the images doesn't change between local drives for multiple designers. On Windows, InDesign works over VPN just fine. On the Mac, you get the colored spinning wheel a lot for files that are only 6 megs in size, which is why I have to copy it to my local drive. Thanks for you help! ... View more

Thanks Bill. Yes, I am copying the InDesign file and the Links folder to my local hard drive and that's the issue. When I open the .INDD file on my local drive, it should look for the Links folder right next to the .INDD file that's on the local drive, but instead, it goes over the VPN to the server where the file originated. It shouldn't do that. It should first look for it relative to the .INDD file, like HTML works. But it's first choice is to use the absolute path for the Links. If I unmount the VPN server so it's not there, then the .INDD file opens and InDesign finds the links right there next to the .INDD and it's nice and fast. But the first choice should be relative path, not the absolute/direct path. Thank you for taking time out to offer suggestions! ... View more

Restarting the Mac solved this. Duh. Haha. Like a newb I posted before restarting. 🙂 ... View more

I tried "the best alternative" PDF Expert for the Mac but ran into compatibility issues with the Workproof ProofHQ website we use with our clients. Same goes for OS X Preview – compatibility problems when using the resulting PDFs with the proofing site, and Acrobat on Windows (others in the office have no issues with Acrobat). But if all you need is to hand off the PDF itself, try PDF Expert. ... View more

Hahaha. That's funny, "this software is working fine...". I have an Intel iMac 5K and I've lost a few hours work last week and already this week being with Adobe chat support for two separate issues. 17.1 introduced a spinning wheel bug when selecting text, particularly text that has come from Microsoft Word. I had to go back to 17.0.1 to fix this problem. The other issue was the spinning wheel when inserting pages from one document to another. Restarting the computer fixed that problem. I'm having to restart my Mac more now with Adobe software just because it decides to not work.   I mean, who are you kidding? Just look at this support forum on Windows and Mac. Look at all the blogs on "how to make InDesign faster" for both Windows and Mac.  ... View more

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Thank you, Mike. And thank you Peru for moving the post. I had to go back to 17.0.1 to fix this issue. Resetting preferences worked for about 30 minutes and the issue resurfaced. I ended up deleting 17.1 and going back to 17.0.1 to resolve the issue. Thanks ... View more

After googling this error message, I see it's been around for many years and was never fixed. It exists on Windows and OS X. The workaround is to QUIT Acrobat, then load it and you can delete multiple pages without getting the error. Until you open another PDF, where you have to quit again and launch. It's weird I never experienced this bug until after your latest update. ... View more

This is still a bug in Acrobat. I'm using OS X Catalina and latest Acrobat DC as of 11-09-21 ... View more

Thank you. I wrote a reply above that you might have missed that stated I downloaded your CC log collector tool and it doesn't work. It just spins and spins. Aso, I don't have Windows. I have Mac OS X. ... View more

Hey! OK, your log application also doesn't work. Irony! ha ha 🙂 It just spins and spins and nothing happens. I trashed all preferences, uninstalled and reinstalled, and Acrobat still gives me the same error message every time I try to delete multiple pages at the same time. It's a huge killer on my workflow. AGAIN, this only appeared after the latest update.   I'm refusing to update OS X and Adobe apps from now on and sticking with the same hardware until it fails because the level of bugs introduced into the Apple OS and Asdobe apps with updates is too risky these days to endanger my job workflow. Shows me for updating Acrobat. I was hoping it would improve the speed of your app because it's by far the slowest PDF app out there. Just loading up the comments pain makes it spin for several seconds. Thanks again ... View more

I'm running the log collector tool right now. It's taking a long time. Is that normal? Also, I looked at the directions on how to share a PDF in Acrobat. Who do I share it with? An email address? Thanks! Scot ... View more

Mac OS X 10.15.7 I attached a screen recording. I'm slammed with work today so I'll do the log thing later.   Thanks! Scot ... View more