Pan/Scroll Spacebar shortcut not working in Photoshop

Problem When using Adobe Photoshop, holding down spacebar doesn’t toggle the hand tool to pan and scroll canvas. Cause Some programs can conflict with this shortcut with the main candidates being web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox or your OS accessibility settings. Solution Close down other open programs starting with your web… Continue reading Pan/Scroll Spacebar shortcut not working in Photoshop

“application components are missing” in Photoshop

Problem Adobe Photoshop shows the following error when you try to launch the application: “Some of the application components are missing from the Application directory, Please reinstall the application”. Cause The application has been moved from its correct location. Solution Ctrl + click (or right click) on the item in the dock. Then click “Options”,… Continue reading “application components are missing” in Photoshop

Adobe CS apps missing menus and unable to update

Problem When opening Adobe Illustrator CS5.5 or Adobe InDesign CS5.5, only the bar is visible at the top. Panels are missing and the Window menu is missing the panels option (see image). Also, when updating it states an error saying that the path cannot be found. Cause The Illustrator or InDesign .app file was moved… Continue reading Adobe CS apps missing menus and unable to update