when photoshop says scratch disks are full?
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If you're getting an error message that the scratch disk is full, it usually means you need to clear some space on whatever drive is defined as the scratch disk in Photoshop Preferences, or add additional drives for Photoshop to use as scratch space.
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Turns out it's an easy fix; just go into the “General” tab of your preferences and uncheck the box called “Export Clipboard.” Duh. As image file sizes get larger and larger, I don't know why Adobe doesn't disable this by default in future versions of Photoshop.
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The MAIN memory of Photoshop is its Scratch file, the CACHE is in the RAM. When the RAM fills up (and the 64bits version of Photoshop can use way more than the 3GBs that the 32bits version can), windows creates a bigger pagefile on the HD, and competes for room, hence the not enough memory message.
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Method 1: Changing the file to a different extension One of the most common scenarios for this error on both Mac and Windows is when the file's extension is incorrect. This can happen quite easily if you use other complementary Adobe products such as Lightroom to edit them directly into Photoshop.
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So you may need to clean up the AAE files manually (ie delete them). Alternatively since they are so small (~1kb), you could leave them.
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A scratch disk is a disk drive or SSD used for temporary storage while Photoshop is running. ... When a non-boot drive is used as a scratch disk, the temporary files are placed in the drive's root directory. By default, Photoshop uses the hard drive on which the operating system is installed as the primary scratch disk.
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Go to C:/Users/ your username here/AppData/Roaming/Adobe Photoshop (CS6 or CC)/AutoRecover. Find the unsaved PSD files, then open and save in Photoshop.
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"Could not open a scratch file because the file is locked or you do not have the necessary access privileges. Use the 'Get Info' command in the Finder to unlock the file or change permissions on the file or enclosing folders."
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If Photoshop 2019, or earlier, cannot launch because the scratch disk is full, hold down the Cmd + Option keys (macOS) or Ctrl + Alt keys (Windows) during launch to set a new scratch disk. ... Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Mac).
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Re: photoshop can't save my file- "disk is full" this means that you have no more hard disk space where you are trying to save the file. It has nothing to do with RAM. Buy a new drive so you have more space. save old files to CD then erase them to make room for new ones.
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You can tweak scratch disk settings in the Preferences > Scratch Disks section. Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Mac).
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['Click the Edit (Win) or Photoshop (Mac) menu, point to Preferences, and then click Performance.', 'Select the check box next to the scratch disk you want to use or clear the check box to remove it. Click to view larger image. Important. ... ', 'Click OK.']
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"Could not open a scratch file because the file is locked or you do not have the necessary access privileges. use the 'Properties' command in the Windows Explorer to unlock the file." The user preferences file within photoshop is corrupted or attempting to save into a restricted location.
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['Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Mac).', 'In the Preferences dialog, select or deselect the active check box to enable or disable a scratch disk. To change the scratch disk order, click the arrow buttons.', 'Click OK.']
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On a Mac hold down the shift key and click on the first image file then the last in the list and all in between will be selected. On Macs we hold the the shift key at the beginning of the process.
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['Free-Up Memory Space On Your Computer.', 'Delete Photoshop Temporary Files.', 'Change The Scratch Disk On Startup.', 'Change The Scratch Disk Drive In Photoshop.', 'Disable The Auto Recovery Feature In Photoshop.', 'Let Photoshop Use More RAM.', 'Delete The Photoshop Cache Files.', 'Reset The Values For Crop Tool.']
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['Click Finder on your Dock.', 'Find the image you want to check.', 'Control+click (ctrl+click) your image. A menu appears.', 'Click Get Info. A window appears.', "Expand the General: section to see your image's file size.", "Expand the More Info: section to see your image's dimensions."]