Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Blank palettes, Photoshop CS & 10.4.1?

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Blank palettes, Photoshop CS & 10.4.1?

Drew D. Saur

2005-05-17, 7:16 pm

Hello, all.

I updated to Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.1 last night, and this morning, when I
command-tab away from Photoshop and back, I occasionally lose the
contents of one or more of the palettes (such as the Tools palette,
color palette, etc.)

Restarting Photoshop stops the problem for 10 minutes or so, but then
the problems recur. The longer Photoshop is open, the worse it gets!

I am not running any unusual system extensions - just USB Overdrive.

I am using 10.4.1 on a Dual 2GHz G5 ( rev. B ) with 1.5 GB of RAM.

I never had this problem before today, and it's quite disconcerting. I
hope there is something that can be done about it.

Here's the steps to reproduce (reported to
http://www.adobe.com/misc/bugreport.html as well):

Open a Photoshop document.

Work in it for a while, and command-tab between Photoshop and other
applications.

After a while, when you return to Photoshop, one (and only one) of your
palettes will be blank. The Tools palette is the most common. Other
times, the options or colors palettes are blank.

Even though the contents are empty, the functionality is still there;
you can click on things, and as you begin to move your mouse over
things, they begin to reappear, etc.

The best workaround is to command-tab-back out, and then back in, until
the palettes redraw. Hitting tab to hide all tools and re-show them
works as well. But this is maddening.

I have a very, very clean and well-maintained machine, and don't know
why this is happening. Deleting and resetting all of my preferences does
not seem to help.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Drew

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KatWoman

2005-05-18, 7:16 pm

get a PC??
hehe j/k.
sounds like video refresh issue, sorry can't help for MAC.

"Drew D. Saur" <dsaur@macorchard.com> wrote in message
news:dsaur-3AA20C.17433917052005@syrcnyrdrs-03-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
> Hello, all.
>
> I updated to Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.1 last night, and this morning, when I
> command-tab away from Photoshop and back, I occasionally lose the
> contents of one or more of the palettes (such as the Tools palette,
> color palette, etc.)
>
> Restarting Photoshop stops the problem for 10 minutes or so, but then
> the problems recur. The longer Photoshop is open, the worse it gets!
>
> I am not running any unusual system extensions - just USB Overdrive.
>
> I am using 10.4.1 on a Dual 2GHz G5 ( rev. B ) with 1.5 GB of RAM.
>
> I never had this problem before today, and it's quite disconcerting. I
> hope there is something that can be done about it.
>
> Here's the steps to reproduce (reported to
> http://www.adobe.com/misc/bugreport.html as well):
>
> Open a Photoshop document.
>
> Work in it for a while, and command-tab between Photoshop and other
> applications.
>
> After a while, when you return to Photoshop, one (and only one) of your
> palettes will be blank. The Tools palette is the most common. Other
> times, the options or colors palettes are blank.
>
> Even though the contents are empty, the functionality is still there;
> you can click on things, and as you begin to move your mouse over
> things, they begin to reappear, etc.
>
> The best workaround is to command-tab-back out, and then back in, until
> the palettes redraw. Hitting tab to hide all tools and re-show them
> works as well. But this is maddening.
>
> I have a very, very clean and well-maintained machine, and don't know
> why this is happening. Deleting and resetting all of my preferences does
> not seem to help.
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?
>
> Drew
>
> --
> The Mac Orchard - http://www.macorchard.com/
> Essential Internet Applications since 1995

KatWoman

2005-05-19, 7:14 pm

"Don't get me started. :-)"
so Drew you are a fan or you hate it? (using Win XP)
I never had a MAC, I started in a MS environment and I love XP it is very
stable and has many nice features.
(any folder as slide show, easy to see thumbnails, email photos with
auto-resize, very stable, never crashes or needs restarting, compatibility,
easy install of USB devices, good camera wizard etc)
I used a MAC on a job interview once, they sat me down to do some
retouching, I really missed my right clicker!!!
had to use the menus 'cause I didn't know how to work it. LOL.

"Drew D. Saur" <dsaur@macorchard.com> wrote in message
news:dsaur-BF60F4.18360618052005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com...
> FWIW, I have a Win XP Pro-based PC as well...Don't get me started. :-)
>
> Drew
>
> In article <lIKie.4837$fE3.3968@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
> "KatWoman" <JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> --
> The Mac Orchard - http://www.macorchard.com/
> Essential Internet Applications since 1995

Hecate

2005-05-19, 11:14 pm

On Thu, 19 May 2005 14:41:25 -0400, "KatWoman"
<JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Don't get me started. :-)"
>so Drew you are a fan or you hate it? (using Win XP)
>I never had a MAC, I started in a MS environment and I love XP it is very
>stable and has many nice features.
>(any folder as slide show, easy to see thumbnails, email photos with
>auto-resize, very stable, never crashes or needs restarting, compatibility,
>easy install of USB devices, good camera wizard etc)
>I used a MAC on a job interview once, they sat me down to do some
>retouching, I really missed my right clicker!!!
>had to use the menus 'cause I didn't know how to work it. LOL.
>
Used both - prefer XP. I find Macs quite clunky compared to Win
machines. ;-)

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KatWoman

2005-05-20, 7:15 pm

god bless you hecate...I am so tired of MS bashers.

"Hecate" <hecate@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 May 2005 14:41:25 -0400, "KatWoman"
> <JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Used both - prefer XP. I find Macs quite clunky compared to Win
> machines. ;-)
>
> --
>
> Hecate - The Real One
> Hecate@newsguy.com
> Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
> you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Hecate

2005-05-20, 7:15 pm

On Fri, 20 May 2005 13:21:33 -0400, "KatWoman"
<JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:

>god bless you hecate...I am so tired of MS bashers.
>
Me too <g>

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Confused

2005-05-21, 4:14 am

On Fri, 20 May 2005 13:21:33 -0400
In message <k_oje.2350$6k7.1292@bignews4.bellsouth.net>
"KatWoman" <JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:

> <SNIP>

Dear KatWoman,

To use a beloved "right clicker" on an Apple
computer simply plug one in. Both systems
right-click to context menus as expected.

Yourewelcome,

Jeff (don't like MS *or* Apple)

KatWoman

2005-05-21, 7:14 pm

Cool!! next time I'll bring my own mouse!! Thanks for telling me that. Do
Mac's have auto install for USB devices too?
If you don't use WIN or OSX what do you use? Linux?

"Confused" <somebody@someplace.somenet> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 May 2005 13:21:33 -0400
> In message <k_oje.2350$6k7.1292@bignews4.bellsouth.net>
> "KatWoman" <JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dear KatWoman,
>
> To use a beloved "right clicker" on an Apple
> computer simply plug one in. Both systems
> right-click to context menus as expected.
>
> Yourewelcome,
>
> Jeff (don't like MS *or* Apple)

Hecate

2005-05-21, 11:15 pm

On Sat, 21 May 2005 12:52:40 -0400, "KatWoman"
<JoliePrincessKatana@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Cool!! next time I'll bring my own mouse!! Thanks for telling me that. Do
>Mac's have auto install for USB devices too?
>If you don't use WIN or OSX what do you use? Linux?
>
OSX is Unix, just with a prettier front end :)

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Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Confused

2005-05-24, 7:17 pm

KatWoman

2005-05-24, 7:17 pm

Hecate

2005-05-24, 7:18 pm

Hecate

2005-05-24, 7:18 pm