Leopard Update Fixes Some Photoshop Problems

According to Senior Photoshop Product Manager John Nack, the 10.5.2 update fixes some of the issues that have been plaguing Photoshop users. Among them:

• Typing values into the options bar in Photoshop (e.g. to set brush size or crop dimension) is no longer problematic.
• Prior to 10.5.2, some Apple apps (Finder, Aperture, iPhoto, Preview) could crash or fail to read some complex XMP metadata, such as Lightroom develop snapshots. That problem has been fixed.

Based on my own testing, I can say that the text entry problems appear to have been fixed.

Unfortunately, I can still consistently trigger the "flickering cursor" issue that prompted my original entry on the subject back in October.

As reported, many tools like the Marque selection tool and the Text tool simply stop working. When it occurs, the cursor flickers back and forth between the standard arrow cursor and the tool-specific one, with no "marching ants" selection nor any text entry.

This is definitely an interaction issue between Spaces and Photoshop, as the problem will not appear until after I switch out of the Photoshop space and return. Further, it appears that how I switch is important, as I can almost always trigger the problem by doing a "hot corner" switch to the Spaces overview.

But doing a control-arrow or control-number switch almost always fails to expose the bug. (I want to say never, but my memory of prior occurrences may be off.)

Here's hoping that Apple and Adobe both remain aware that problems still exist, and require resolution.

Comments

[James R. Taylor]

It's about time.

[cliff]

I've turned off Spaces and I'm using a single desktop until Adobe+Apple fix this cursor issue. It's very annoying since I like the functionality of Spaces a lot, I hope this is fixed soon. I have another computer running the same versions of Leopard and Photoshop and the problem doesn't occur. It's baffling...