Yes thanks from me also Chris. I noticed the problem in the forums but like the previous writer the problem only started for me when I upgraded to Snow Leopard.

best

Marc

I am having the same problem and all my files are closed and not open in any other program,  all the programs are also closed. I closed all finder windows.  I am working on Snow Leopard/G5 in PS  SC4.

Has any one created a fix for this?

Are we sure this is an Apple issue not a PS issue? If I call apple they will tell me to call Adobe I am SURE of that.

Thank you!

Thanks!

What  is really extra strange is that the behavior is not consistent. The last couple of files I saved worked fine.

I hope that Adobe is following up with apple .

Thanks maplegrovebob!!

Chris, have you heard anything from apple as to how long it might take them to fix it?

I haven't seen this with Photoshop, but it happens to me all the time with Illustrator files. I've found that if I have the file selected in the Finder, I'm viewing in column mode and the preview column is active, that's enough for AI to think the file is in use. If I make sure the preview column is not active (i.e "close" the triangle -- sorry, don't know the proper terminology here) then AI will let me save over the file as expected.

I guess when the preview column is active the Finder is actually using the Preview app to render that...

Robert,

I think you are bringing up a great point.

My guess is that it is an issue with Apple and Adobe combined, they need to work togther and figure out what is going on.

Most of us have been extremely loyal to both products, it would be nice if they were loyal to us and would get to the bottom of this issue

instead of just blamming.

Actually, the best work around until it is fixed is to drag the saved file to the trash, then save to the same location.

Mmm, OK. Thanks.

I can't confirm or deny. Only express my frustration at such an expensive product having such a show stopping bug.

I'm starting to use alternatives. Can't replace it yet but that's the general course.

This is something I've seen Microsoft Office do many times when multiple people are collaborating on a document. Of course in this case, it is by design, and you are dealing with what seems to be an Adobe/Apple issue. To test, show all of the hidden files on your computer by going to Applications/Utilities/Terminal and typing this:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Then navigate to wherever that file is normally saved and see if there is a 'hidden' file with a similar filename or extension. If its there, you've found your culprit. Delete that bugger and you're off and running. If you want to go back and hide all of the files when you're done, type he same thing into terminal but replace 'TRUE' with 'FALSE'. killall Finder can also be done by relaunching finder from the dock or force quit menu.

I haven't seen this issue yet with Adobe, but creating temporary hidden files is something that Apple and Microsoft do frequently

The bug comes and goes so you never know when it will show up.

I hope 10.6.3 works but I think it's to early to tell. A few weeks of 

usage will give us all a better sense.

I struggled with this same issue for a long time but may have figured it out. In your Photoshop Preferences menu, turn on Version Cue. (or off if it's already on) Worked for me and since this is an Adobe issue, I guess I'm not surprised. Hope it works for you too!

I'm also having this problem in Indesign CS4 and Photoshop/Snow Leopard -- didn't have this problem in CS3 or Leopard. CS4 and Snow Leopard seem to fighting one another. Indesign does not let me rewrite PDFs with the same name, I get the "in use/don't have permission" error message. Photoshop gives the "In use/left open" error message. No other applications open (when it started I assumed that Preview had opened the file but that isn't the case). I've also noticed that if I have a mail message that contains an attachment of the same name I get the message.

The only work around (Indesign PDF) that I have found is deleting the PDf file before I try to rewrite it. Photoshop: I save as another name and immediately have to go and delete the other file I was trying to rewrite so I don't have the links screwed up on my final documents. What a pain...

I really don't care if it's Adobe or Apple -- just fix it already.

I have had it while the preview is being drawn, if it strikes while preview is being created it will linger afterwards.  If I wait or turn off preview it does not happen.  This report is a bit out of date as I discovered it last year and it has not been happening lately either due to my workaround or something else I don't know... It was never consistent, but definitely was connected to the preview issue for me.  I had some large files that took a long time to process into previews on my low spec system.

Currently 10.5.8 Imac 24.

Try this:

http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/products/wkm/wkm.html

Ief_DR wrote:

 

Please Adobe fix this problem...

Are you unable to read and process the previous posts in this thread and the other thread in which you participated? You are asking the wrong company to fix this.

Hi Marian,

Today, several times photoshop gave me the error-message. I tried the app you provided (http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/products/wkm/wkm.html). Screenshot included here: there was no app doing something with the.psd-file. I can read, this is indeed a giant photoshop-bug. It has nothing to to with timemachine or a virus-scanner.

OK let me chip in here as this has been driving me mad but I think I have found the culprit (in my particular case anyway) and hope it may help others…

Problem:

I am getting the "could not save ".." because the file is already in use or was left open" while using Photoshop, in this case I am saving Jpegs but I suspect it would be the same for other formats too.

Overview:

I have a 1 week old Macbok Pro running 10.6.3 and a fresh install of CS4 suite. Photoshop is v11.0.2. I have not done a single job or even saved one file yet in Indesign or Illustrator - so I can safely say that neither of those apps are the culprits for hogging the jpeg file through links or in any other way.

Narrowing it down…

1. The problem DOES happen when I have the files open in the finder in icon view (large, as it happens).

2. The problem DOES NOT HAPPEN when the file is opened, edited and saved the first time (ONCE).

3. The problem DOES happen when I do a further edit and try to save again for a second time.

4. The problem DOES NOT happen when the files in the finder are in list view.

5. The problem DOES NOT happen when I am browsing and opening the files through bridge instead.

So based on the above, and I am no expert, but it leads me to think that it is the Finder hogging the file while it recreates the icon in the finder window after Photoshop has saved it, particularly point #3 suggests this.

Solution: (worked for me anyway)

Go to Photoshop > Preferences > File Handling

And underneath "image previews - Always save"

Make sure that "Icon" is UNCHECKED. It must be the case that this is conflicting with the Finder's own icon generation, hence the finder not "letting go" of the file.

If you look carefully in the background now when you are saving the file, the icon disappears momentarily and re-appears - which it did not do before.

The only side effect is that the icons n the finder now have a think white border and a black keyline egde - but this is in addition to the original icons size anyway so it does not even result in a smaller icon. I can live with that.

Hope this helps for some of you guys, I have no idea about the problem occurring in other applications.

Rick.