• Adobe Photoshop

  Not allowed to do anything in CS5 – cursor is circle with line through it.

  Posted by Tad Newberry on October 12, 2011 at 6:17 pm

  I use Photoshop only a couple times a month – quite a novice, but last time it worked fine. Today i open it and my cursor is the circle with a line through it…can’t do anything. Any ideas?

  thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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  Simon Harris

  October 13, 2011 at 1:38 pm

  What is on the layer you are trying to edit?
  This usually happens if you are trying to edit a type layer or smart object before rasterizing the layer.
  if it is type or a smart object, right mouse click (ctrl+click for mac) on the layer name in the layer pallette and chose rasterize Type/Layer.
  Hope this helps 😀
  Sye
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  Tad Newberry

  October 13, 2011 at 6:52 pm

  Thanks, but it was any and every file i opened…even new ones, so i reinstalled the software and all is well. Thanks though.

  thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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  NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
  …and a few TeraBytes o’ storage
  (then it’s on to PetaBytes, ExaBytes and MosquitoBytes!)
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  Scott Roberts

  January 2, 2012 at 4:20 am

  Apps can get wonky if you’re not repairing permissions on a regular basis. You can also leave your computer on all night to automatically run scripts that will repair permissions. To run them yourself, use Disk Utility: https://kb.iu.edu/data/aoxn.html

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