Where are UNSAVED actions stored

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S Taylor
Jun 4, 2004
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I created a test Set/action about 3 weeks ago, did NOT save it, but it has been available on the Actions palette through daily quits of Photoshop.

I have not been able to locate it in the finder.

I can find the default actions (.atn files) that came with PS, (Apps/PS/Presets/PS Actions/, but my test action was not in there.

So, my question is, if I don’t save an action to a specific location, where does this Set reside? Not as a .atn file.

Thanks, Sonny

G5, 10.3.4
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S Taylor
Jun 5, 2004
Well, I did some research, and think that I have found the answer.

If an action is not Saved… via the Action Palette, PS does retain the action in (User) prefs for subsequent uses. It will be deleted from this location if you Reset actions. If you Save… the action, it will be saved with the .atn suffix, and not be deleted unless you specifically do so.

S Taylor wrote:

I created a test Set/action about 3 weeks ago, did NOT save it, but it has been available on the Actions palette through daily quits of Photoshop.

I have not been able to locate it in the finder.

I can find the default actions (.atn files) that came with PS, (Apps/PS/Presets/PS Actions/, but my test action was not in there.
So, my question is, if I don’t save an action to a specific location, where does this Set reside? Not as a .atn file.

Thanks, Sonny

G5, 10.3.4

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