PS CC How do you adjust the magic eraser settings? Smaller areas won;t erase when clicked on.

Question

I have Mac OS X Yosemite, and trying out the PH CC.  When I click on small areas with magic eraser, nothing happens.  I never had this issue before, with my PS CS 3.  I could click on the smallest spot, and it would work fine.  The tolerance setting is on 30.  I don't really know what this is.  can someone give me a tip?

Answer 1

In order to save your files you would need to boot into OS X so you can copy them to the external drive. However, since you cannot start up this is not an option. So, I would boot from your OS X Installer Disc One and install OS X onto the external drive. Then boot from the external drive. You can then access the internal drive and copy your data files you want to save. Here are some folders you may want to transfer from the internal drive:
Folders You Can Move to Your new Mac
From the Home folder copy the contents of Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Contextual Menu Items (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/PreferencePanes (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
For FireFox:
/Home/Library/Applications Support/FireFox
/Home/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox.plist
Credit goes Macjack for this information.