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What Do I Do When Photoshop Says Scratch Disks Are Full?

Last updated on September 24, 2022 @ 1:08 am

When Photoshop says that your scratch disks are full, it means that there is not enough space on your hard drive for Photoshop to save the information it is trying to save. This can happen for a number of reasons, but the most common reason is that you have too many files open in Photoshop.

To fix this problem, you will need to free up some space on your hard drive. The first thing you can try is to close some of the files that you have open in Photoshop.

PRO TIP: If you see the message “scratch disks are full” in Photoshop, it means that you have run out of room on the hard drive(s) where Photoshop is saving temporary data. You can solve this problem by doing any of the following:

– Choose Edit > Preferences > Performance (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Performance (Mac OS), and then select another hard drive from the Scratch Disk menu.

– Choose Edit > Purge > All Memory & History. This frees up memory and disk space.

– Close some files that you no longer need.

If that doesn’t work, then you will need to delete some of the files on your hard drive. You can do this by going to the “Preferences” menu in Photoshop and selecting the “Cache” option. From there, you can choose to delete the contents of your cache.

If you still can’t free up enough space on your hard drive, then you will need to buy a new hard drive. You can do this by going to the “Preferences” menu in Photoshop and selecting the “External Storage” option. From there, you can choose to purchase a new hard drive.

Kathy McFarland

Kathy McFarland

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