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kiffer · May 27, 2005, 06:25 PM

Hi please help me get a handle on this!

I had Photoshop CS installed on OX 10.3.9 then also installed CS2 Premium, both worked well.
I then upgraded to 10.4, now both Photoshop apps give this msg:-

Could not initialize photoshop because disk is not available.

Photoshop CS2 is part of CS Premium, other apps all work fine including ImageReady

Liquidity X · May 27, 2005, 11:48 PM

mine stoped woring also, I get a error about my name not being right, but all my othr cs2 apps work awsome...... any one elese?

Randman · May 28, 2005, 05:42 AM

I have errors on PS2 after doing what you did. Even restoring it from a backup doesn't work. Thinking of contacting Adobe on Monday.

kiffer · May 28, 2005, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Liquidity X

mine stoped woring also, I get a error about my name not being right, but all my othr cs2 apps work awsome...... any one elese?

Well I suppose it's good to know that I'm not the only one, sort of. Please let me know if you come across a fix and I will do the same for you.

kiffer · May 28, 2005, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Randman

I have errors on PS2 after doing what you did. Even restoring it from a backup doesn't work. Thinking of contacting Adobe on Monday.

Thanks, let me know if anything good happens, I'll do the same for you if I find a fix

mishap · May 28, 2005, 11:48 AM

Just reinstall Photoshop. Some of your problems may have to do with an archive and install where the application is looking for stuff in the old system folders.

Luckily my Copy of Creative Suite 2 came after i installed Tiger. So, all my problems for fixed after i installed.

what happened for me was i couldnt drag documents to the photoshop icon. I had to navigate to folders throught the open dialogue. check this article for more info.

so, my suggestion is at least try a reinstall.

kiffer · May 28, 2005, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by mishap

Just reinstall Photoshop. Some of your problems may have to do with an archive and install where the application is looking for stuff in the old system folders.

Luckily my Copy of Creative Suite 2 came after i installed Tiger. So, all my problems for fixed after i installed.

what happened for me was i couldnt drag documents to the photoshop icon. I had to navigate to folders throught the open dialogue. check this article for more info.

so, my suggestion is at least try a reinstall.

I have tried this, think I will now have to archive and reinstall 10.4 then install cs2 again when system is clean, I'm not looking forward to this....

GENERAL_SMILEY · May 28, 2005, 05:51 PM

it took me a day to reinstall the system, CS 2 installer fscked it all up.

kiffer · May 28, 2005, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by GENERAL_SMILEY

it took me a day to reinstall the system, CS 2 installer fscked it all up.

I've since learned that third party ram should be removed before intall of 10.4 this may have caused the problem

Randman · Jun 3, 2005, 02:02 PM

I went ahead an reinstalled the PS update and all is well now. No problems.

pim · Jun 4, 2005, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by kiffer

Hi please help me get a handle on this!

I had Photoshop CS installed on OX 10.3.9 then also installed CS2 Premium, both worked well.
I then upgraded to 10.4, now both Photoshop apps give this msg:-

Could not initialize photoshop because disk is not available.

Photoshop CS2 is part of CS Premium, other apps all work fine including ImageReady

Guys, I have exactly the same after installing tiger, all CS apps work fine except for PS with the above error
Have de- and reinstalled CS, but no joy

Any pointers would be very much appreciated

Thanks

Pim

Randman · Jun 5, 2005, 03:28 AM

Try to uninstall PS, then reinstall.

pim · Jun 5, 2005, 08:38 AM

i re-installed the enire cs, or should i only re-install ps?

juusan · Dec 8, 2007, 03:57 PM

a series of different fixes:

Error "Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is not available" when you open Photoshop CS2 (on Mac OS)

Could not initialize photoshop: Mac Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

marydesigns.com � 2007� November
(the post is halfway down the page... search for the word 'initialize' to find it)

HELP! "Could not initialize photoshop because the disk is not available" error: Mac Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

Could not initialize photoshop because thedisk is not available - CS - GroupBrowser