Photoshop files loosing clipping paths in 10.8.2

If I create a Photoshop file in RGB and put on a clipping path.
When I convert it to CMYK using an apple script icon on my desktop.
the clipping path dissapears.
This seemed to happen when I upgraded to Mountain Lion
Can anyone shed any light on this.
Many thanks
Phil

Do you really think somebody could help when you use an special Apple script with a third-party application on ML? Nobody knows whats in this script nor what Photoshop version you are using. Ask this in an Adobe forum.

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Photoshop PSD is fine for all raster work. But if you have vector masks, vector shapes or text in the file then saving as PDF would be the better option, you can choose to remove the white background when importing the PDF in the Show Options of the Place Dialog box.
And that's null point anyway, as soon as you open a photoshop EPS file in Photoshop it rasterises everything. So what I said isn't a viable solution for this project. But to keep in mind that PSD will output as raster only and PDF can have transparency and raster + vector data.
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