Command + Z not working to undo in Photoshop and Lightroom

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Command + Z not working to undo in Photoshop and Lightroom

After firing up my new '21 MacBook Pro and booting from Time Machine, my Comman + Z shortcut stopped working in Photoshop and Lightroom. Instead of undoing an action, it brought up a "Spoken Content" control panel from MacBook Accessibility and spoke the name of the Lightroom program/version/etc.. This looks like a turtle/rewind/stop/play/FF/rabbit control. I needed to go to Apple>SystemPreferences>Accessibility and select "spoken content" from the left sidebar. I then unchecked "speak selection" to the right. This fixed the problem. Hope this helps anyone else out there.

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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Jan 16, 2022 10:29 AM

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Old Toad

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Jan 16, 2022 10:35 AM in response to dannyv16

dannyv16 wrote:

After firing up my new '21 MacBook Pro and booting from Time Machine,

How did you boot from your Time Machine drive? Do you mean you migrated your user data from Time Machine?

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Jan 17, 2022 7:41 AM in response to dannyv16

Is there a system wide shortcut in place?

Create keyboard shortcuts for apps on Mac - Apple Support

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dannyv16 Author

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Jan 16, 2022 3:05 PM in response to Old Toad

Yes, migrated

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Jan 17, 2022 6:33 AM in response to dannyv16

Tried Command-Z with Lightroom V6.14 and Monterey 12.1. Seems to work normally in my case.

- Pie Lover

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Old Toad

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Jan 16, 2022 3:29 PM in response to dannyv16

Have you installed and run any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus or VPN apps on your Mac?

Give this a try: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following;

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files

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