5 Replies Latest reply: Jun 29, 2014 8:12 PM by gener7 RSS

    PS CC 2014 not showing up in Mac Finder after update

    mattiscious Community Member

      Just did the update/install of PS CC 2014, and while I can see the application in my applications folder if I do a spotlight search, it does not show up in Mac Finder when I go to my applications folder. Actually this is the case for several CC 2014 apps after the update. For example, Muse CC 2014 and InDesign CC 2014 show up in my applications folder, but not Illustrator CC 2014 or PS CC 2014. Anybody else experience this and/or have a resolution? I did a restart after the cc 2014 app updates to see if that would fix anything, but it didn't.

       

      It's annoying to have to do a spotlight search to reinstall all my plug-ins and to just launch the app.

        • 1. Re: PS CC 2014 not showing up in Mac Finder after update
          gener7 Community Member

          Have you looked in your Documents folder for the Photoshop CC 2014 folder?

          • 2. Re: PS CC 2014 not showing up in Mac Finder after update
            CraigTonkin Community Member

            CC2014 apps do not overwrite the existing CC apps. So you'll have to place it in your dock manually by dragging it from your Applications folder. (in MacOSX). Spotlight searches are flakey at best anyway. 

            • 3. Re: PS CC 2014 not showing up in Mac Finder after update
              mattiscious Community Member

              Weird. It's not in my Documents folder, but all the CC 2014 updates except Muse and InDesign CC 2014 updates were installed in my User > Applications folder instead of my HD > Applications folder.

               

              I don't understand why the updates were installed into 2 different applications folders when I did an "update all" when the CC 2014 apps became available. Particularly bizarre since all the initial CC apps got installed in my HD > Applications folder.  Dumb.

              • 4. Re: PS CC 2014 not showing up in Mac Finder after update
                mattiscious Community Member

                Craig, thanks for the reply, but it's not a matter of updating the dock icons after the update. I realize I need to drag the new CC 2014 apps to the dock if I want to access them there. It's more of an issue where all the CC 2014 app updates except Muse and InDesign weren't showing up in my HD > Applications folder where every other app on my machine resides. Instead, most of the CC 2014 updates got installed to my User > Applications folder for some bizarre reason. Those updates are the ONLY apps in that folder.

                 

                Anyone know why they would get installed there instead of the normal HD > Applications folder?

                • 5. Re: PS CC 2014 not showing up in Mac Finder after update
                  gener7 Community Member

                  My experience was that for some oddball reason, my install location was switched from Applications to my own Documents folder. I found out that the install path was changed in the Creative Cloud Desktop App under > Preferences > Apps > Install location and I had to correct that back to HD/Applications.

                   

                  As for your plugins, the structure of CC 2014 is different and you might need to wait until your plug-in maker updates it. Simply dragging plugins from the old CC install might cause problems.