1 Reply Latest reply: Sep 6, 2011 7:45 AM by c.pfaffenbichler RSS

    CS3 Selection of multiple layers on Macbook fails

    zimbop Community Member

      On my desktop machine, I can select multiple layers by clicking a layer, then holding shift and clicking another.

       

      For some reason this fails on the macbook, does anyone know why?

       

      I've double checked numerous things such as caps lock being off (!), looked in system preferences to see if "shift" has somehow been accidentally assigned to something else, and I've also looked through the keyboard shortcuts in PS to see if that was a setting controlled under there (didn't find anything).

        • 1. Re: CS3 Selection of multiple layers on Macbook fails
          c.pfaffenbichler Community Member

          Do your (edit:) program and OS have versions?

          Not that this would tell me personally much, admittedly.

           

          Does command-clicking work?

           

           

          Boilerplate-text:

          As with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems you might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences you’ve changed) by pressing command-alt-shift on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.

          System Maintenance (repairing permissions, purging PRAM, running cron-scripts, cleaning caches, etc.) might also be beneficial, Onyx has been recommended for such tasks.

          http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html

          Weeding out bad fonts never seems to be a bad idea, either. (Validate your fonts in Font Book and remove the bad ones.)

          If 3rd party plug-ins are installed try disabling them to verify if one of those may be responsible for the problem.