Unable to PRINT as pdf in Photoshop CC

When I try to save as pdf in Photoshop CC, it does nothing. I go to File - Print. When the print dialogue box comes up I choose "Print Settings". I drop down the PDF box and Choose "Save as PDF…" I give it a file name and choose save…..and Nothing. I would rather not save as a Photoshop PDF under the normal save as feature. Any help?

Adobe programs don't use the standard Mac OSX print dialogs as their main interface for printing.
While you may be able to access the Mac OSX print dialog via the Adobe print dialog, as you have discovered, the Save as PDF option in the Printer dialog is not supported.
Photoshop doesn't give you an error message, but InDesign does.
But the whole point of the Mac OS giving this option in the first place, is so that people who have applications that don't support the native creation of PDFs can still create a PDF using the built in Mac OS Quartz content to create their PDFs.
Since Adobe invented the PDF format, their applications can create PDFs with more options and better internal file integrity that Mac OS Quartz or other 3rd party PDF content creators.
By the way, you may have noticed that Mac Preview is a poor PDF reader that only handles a small subset of PDF features.
The forums are full of posts from Mac people wondering why their PDFs aren/t working correctly. In practically every case they are using Mac Preview to view their PDF.
Their problems go away when they download and use the free Adobe Reader.
That Mac OS help file is just general information and can't possibly cover every single issue that you may encounter when using your computer.

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