Digital BW, The Print

Hi group!

I was wondering if any of you mac experts could tell me what is going on
with photoshop and/or my system?

All my plugins for photoshop disappeared yesterday. I had a couple dozen
third party sets, like all the KTP and Eyecandy, Xenofex, etc filters,
and all have disappeared from the filter menu. Not grayed out, just
gone.  

All the filter icons still all show up in the plug ins folder within the
photoshop folder.

I had been using system 9.2.2, and when I get info on the system now in
use, it says version 9.2.1. That means that the computer, all by itself
started using a different system. 

I do have 9.2.1 on three other hard drives, but I only had the 9.2.2 on
one that I'm now using, and was using when this happened.  Any ideas on
how to get all the plugins to show up again under the photoshop filter's
menu?  I'm using Photoshop 7.0.

Thanks,

Jerry

Jerry,

Did you accidently change your startup disk to one of the ones with 
9.2.1?

Phil
http://philbard.com

> Hi group!
> 
> I was wondering if any of you mac experts could tell me what is going 
on
> with photoshop and/or my system?
> 
> All my plugins for photoshop disappeared yesterday. I had a couple 
dozen
> third party sets, like all the KTP and Eyecandy, Xenofex, etc filters,
> and all have disappeared from the filter menu. Not grayed out, just
> gone.  
> 
> All the filter icons still all show up in the plug ins folder within the
> photoshop folder.
> 
> I had been using system 9.2.2, and when I get info on the system now 
in
> use, it says version 9.2.1. That means that the computer, all by itself
> started using a different system. 
> 
> I do have 9.2.1 on three other hard drives, but I only had the 9.2.2 
on
> one that I'm now using, and was using when this happened.  Any ideas 
on
> how to get all the plugins to show up again under the photoshop 
filter's

> menu?  I'm using Photoshop 7.0.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry

Hi Jerry,

It sure sounds like you have somehow booted up from one
of the other disk drives.  That would give you a different
System Folder and Preferences Folder.  It might also give you
a different Photoshop if an old one is loaded on that other
disk.

BTW, even if the Startup Disk is set correctly if there's an error
of some sort on the startup disk and can't boot from it, the
boot software will try other disks for a System Folder.

Roy

Jerry Olson <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Hi group!
> 
> I was wondering if any of you mac experts could tell me what is 
going on
> with photoshop and/or my system?
> 
> All my plugins for photoshop disappeared yesterday. I had a 
couple dozen
> third party sets, like all the KTP and Eyecandy, Xenofex, etc 
filters,
> and all have disappeared from the filter menu. Not grayed out, 
just
> gone.  
> 
> All the filter icons still all show up in the plug ins folder within 
the
> photoshop folder.
> 
> I had been using system 9.2.2, and when I get info on the 
system now in
> use, it says version 9.2.1. That means that the computer, all by 
itself
> started using a different system. 
> 
> I do have 9.2.1 on three other hard drives, but I only had the 
9.2.2 on
> one that I'm now using, and was using when this happened.  
Any ideas on
> how to get all the plugins to show up again under the 
photoshop filter's

> menu?  I'm using Photoshop 7.0.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Hi group!
> 
>I was wondering if any of you mac experts could tell me what is 
>going on with photoshop and/or my system? All my plugins for 
>photoshop disappeared yesterday. I had a couple dozen
>third party sets, like all the KTP and Eyecandy, Xenofex, etc 
>filters, and all have disappeared from the filter menu. Not 
>grayed out, just gone. All the filter icons still all show up in the 
>plug ins folder within the photoshop folder. I had been using 
>system 9.2.2, and when I get info on the system now in
>use, it says version 9.2.1. That means that the computer, all by 
>itself started using a different system. I do have 9.2.1 on three 
>other hard drives, but I only had the 9.2.2 on one that I'm now 
>using, and was using when this happened.  Any ideas on
>how to get all the plugins to show up again under the 
>photoshop filter's menu?  I'm using Photoshop 7.0.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry

Jerry,

A few things:

- Check to see you have only *one* System Folder on your "main" 
disk; it's not a good idea to have more than one for just this 
reason. (Exception: recent Macs with both OS 9x and OS X).

- Go to Startup Disk under Control Panels in the Apple Menu; you 
should have four options, which makes it really important to 
identify and choose your principal disk for startup.

- Unless you have an awfully good reason for this setup, Having 
a System Folder on *each* of your HDs is a recipe for confusion, 
not to mention overkill. A fault on your regular startup disk will 
have your Mac bouncing to whatever disk will work for booting - a 
sort of  desktop Three-Card Monte.

- Photoshop 5 and 6 (not sure about 7, even though I have a 
yet-to-be-used copy of that someplace) has more than one 
plug-in folder (my choice is the Import/Export subfolder inside 
the "For Photoshop Only" folder) for the benefit of both 
Photoshop and ImageReady. Sometimes just throwing the 
plug-ins into the main plug-in folder will work (goodness knows, 
too many people whose systems I've untangled have done this), 
but I don't recommend it.

- Barrett