I have an issue with Photoshop CS where double clicking on the file will launch Photoshop OK but the file that I double clicked on fails to open. I have tried to get info on all .psd and select Photoshop as the program to open but this has no effect. Anyone run into this? Better yet does anyone have a solution. It has me scratching my head.
I have just noticed this as well. I think it mite have something to do with the latest apple software updates. I’m not sure but its seems to fit in when it started this weird behaviour with my system…
I read the FAQ and it doesn’t apply to my case, because I am running 10.2.8, not 10.3. I have CS and 7 on the same computer. Neither one will allow me to double click or drag onto the icon to open the file. I have to do my opening from the "Open" menu options.
Do you mean this solution? Open your Previous System folder. Find "Adobe Unit Types". Copy it into: <Panther volume>/Library/ScriptingAdditions
I don’t have a Panther volume because I’m not running Panther. I did have a Previous System Folder from when I had to reinstall my Jaguar operating system. I did have an "Adobe Unit Types: in the Library/ScriptingAdditions folder. I tried to drag it into my current folder, put it is not allowed because "ScriptingAdditions cannot be modified."
Try Repairing Permissions (with Apple’s Disk Utility) BEFORE and AFTER any system upgrade as well as BEFORE and AFTER installing any software that uses an installer.
I know it sounds like OS X voodoo, and it is; but it fixes and prevents a bunch of problems.
Additionally, if your machine does not run 24/7 so that it runs the daily, weekly and monthly Cron Scripts in the middle of the night as intended, run Cocktail (shareware) as well.
Trash your Photoshop preferences and re-install Photoshop.
<< I tried to drag it into my current folder, put it is not allowed because "ScriptingAdditions cannot be modified." >>
Oh yes it can — but are you looking at the right folder.
Select your Library/Scripting Additions folder — NOT System/Library/Scripting Additions folder.
If you still can’t add items, Cmd. i (to open information) and unlock and change Ownership & Permissions.
And do yourself a huge favour by going, post-haste, to your nearest bookshop and buying a copy of David Pogue’s "The Missing Manual".
Also: << I don’t have a Panther volume because I’m not running Panther.>> The "volume" that we are talking about is the HD which contains your System, whether it’s Jaguar or Panther, and is possibly called "Macintosh HD"?
There is no ScriptingAdditions folder in the HD>Library. The only ScriptingAdditions folder is in the HD>System>Library. I changed O&P on the ScriptingAdditions folder, from System to me, added the "Adobe Unit Types" and now we’ll see if it works.
This is what worked for me. My problem was caused when I did a Software Install and Restore. I suppose it could happen if you install Panther over Jaguar.
Look in your HD>Library for a folder named ScriptingAdditions that includes a file named Adobe Unit Types. If you don’t have the folder or file, find the Previous System on your hard drive, look inside the Library and there should be a ScriptingAdditions folder with Adobe Unit Types inside. You don’t want the ScriptingAdditions folder in the HD>System>Library. Drag this folder to your current library, restart the computer, repair permissions, restart again and double-clicking on the icon should work fine.
Ok, I’ve got this problem and I’ve found the ScriptingAdditions folder with Adobe Unit Types in the Previous System folder. But you write, "You don’t want the ScriptingAdditions folder in the HD>System>Library. Drag this folder to your current library …" which is confusing to me. What library is my "current library" if not the HD>System>Library? Or did you mean to write, "You DO want the ScriptingAdditions folder in your current HD>System>Library."?
Thanks … this seems a whole lot easier, clearner, and faster than reinstalling Photoshop to the desktop.
What appears to happen when you upgrade MacOS is that the entire ScriptingAdditions folder (including its contents of "Adobe Unit Types") gets removed from HD/Library and shoved into the Previous Systems folder.
You then have to either rescue it from "Previous Systems" or re-install Photoshop to get it back.
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