Photoshop User - USA (2021-02)

JPEG, PNG, GIF, etc., the Mac OS doesn’t automatically

change the default away from their Preview app

to open these file types. There is an easy way,

however, to set Photoshop to open the file types

you want by default.

Go to the Finder and click on a JPEG image to

select it, then choose Get Info from the File menu.

Look for the Open With section a little ways down

the dialog. Choose Photoshop from the pop-up menu

and, most importantly, click the Change All button so

that all JPEGs will now open in Photoshop by default

and not just this one. Now when you double-click

on a JPEG it will launch/open in Photoshop.

Q When I upgrade to a new version

of Photoshop, should I keep my old

version and preferences?

A While Adobe has tried to make upgrading to a

new version of Photoshop as seamless as possible,

there are still questions that only you, the user, can

answer. The first of those questions is, “Do you

want to keep your previous version?” Now keep

in mind this only applies to major updates and not

bug fixes. So, for example, going from Photoshop

2020 to Photoshop 2021 would give you the ability

to keep the older 2020 version while installing the

2021 version right next to it.

Most people probably don’t need to keep the

older version; however, if you’re running specific

plug-ins and filters that haven’t been updated to

be compatible with the newer version, then you

may want to keep the older version installed so

that you can use those plug-ins or filters as you

always did until newer versions are available. This

could also be the case for printer drivers and other

hardware that you may be using.

The second question is, “Do you want to keep your

preferences?” If you spent a lot of time customizing

your Photoshop preferences, then you probably want

to keep them the same in the new version. Photoshop

will do it’s best to map the older preferences that

you set to the same items in the new version of

Photoshop. If you were having issues with the older

version, however, this might be a chance to start clean.

Q I got a new Mac and now my JPEGs

open in Preview when I double-click

on them instead of Photoshop. How

can I fix this?

A Although you’ve installed an application capable of

handling a wide variety of image formats, such as

Q I have the option to save as a Cloud

Document. What are the advantages

and disadvantages?

A Photoshop now gives you the choice of saving your

document to your hard drive as you always did or to

save your work as a Cloud Document. Either way will

save your file with all the layers and work intact as it

always did. The difference is that when you save as

a Cloud Document, your file is saved to your Creative

Cloud storage and not your local hard drive.

TERRY WHITE

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