How to fix could not use the move tool because the scratch disks are full

How to fix could not use the move tool because the scratch disks are full .A scratch disk is a hard disk drive or SSD used for temporary storage while Photoshop is running. Photoshop uses this space to store portions of your documents and their history panel states that don’t fit in the memory or RAM of your machine. 

How to fix could not use the move tool because the scratch disks are full
How to fix could not use the move tool because the scratch disks are full

A scratch disk is a hard disk drive or SSD used for temporary storage while Photoshop is running. Photoshop uses this space to store portions of your documents and their history panel states that don’t fit in the memory or RAM of your machine. 

By default, Photoshop uses the hard drive on which the operating system is installed as the primary scratch disk. 

What is scratch disk

 

If you encounter a ‘Scratch disk full’ error, it often means that your hard drive (or drives) used as scratch disk is (are) running out of storage space required to perform a task.

How to set your scratch disk preferences

You can tweak scratch disk settings in the Preferences > Scratch Disks section.

free up space for scratch disk to perform optimally

 

  • Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Win) or Photoshop > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Mac).

  • In the Preferences dialog, select or deselect the active check box to enable or disable a scratch disk. To change the scratch disk order, click the arrow buttons.

  • Click OK. To apply the changes, restart Photoshop.

Note:

 

If Photoshop 2019, or earlier, cannot launch because the scratch disk is full, hold down the Cmd + Option keys (macOS) or Ctrl + Alt keys (Windows) during launch to set a new scratch disk.

Specify appropriate drive for scratch disk
Specify appropriate drive for scratch disk

 

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