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Broken links in InDesign files on macOS Monterey 12.3.1
Hi there,
I've been happily working with Indesign files in Dropbox for a year now where my files are all stored Online Only. It used to be the case that Dropbox would automatically relink all the s...
Hello all together
I have the same problem in InDesign with files that are only online and despair almost every day when I have to edit InDesign jobs where I have to locate the files in the Finder first and download them every time.
Now I have discovered a workaround:
- Open a job in InDesign
- Select all entries in "Links"
- Right-click on the menu item "Edit With" > "Preview 11.0".
- After all files have been opened in Preview, quit Preview.
- Switch back to InDesign.
- Continue working.
I hope this helps some of you.
Hello all together
I have the same problem in InDesign with files that are only online and despair almost every day when I have to edit InDesign jobs where I have to locate the files in the Finder first and download them every time.
Now I have discovered a workaround:
- Open a job in InDesign
- Select all entries in "Links"
- Right-click on the menu item "Edit With" > "Preview 11.0".
- After all files have been opened in Preview, quit Preview.
- Switch back to InDesign.
- Continue working.
I hope this helps some of you.
HELP HELP HELP!!! Dropbox - There has to be a fix for this!? I followed the 'workaround' but this will take HOURS every time I open up an indesign files. Many files will not open in Preview so those have to be re-linked manually. Please advise on how to fix this without having to spend hours to re-link files.
If you have the possibility (enough space on your hard drive) put everything as "available offline". There is no other work-around. I know, it doesn't seem possible that there is no solution to this problem, as so many professional users are struggling with a service their paying for, but THERE ISN'T. Nothing has been done. The beta-version that is promoted to help, doesn't do anything in that regard.
- Not practical. We use cloud storage to share files.
Fantastic!! This worked a treat! 30 minutes updating multiple images reduced to 30 seconds. Thank you for this!
Thank you. This work around is a life saver.
Please, Can you upload and image about. I have the version in Spanish and I don´t find: All entries and and everything else. Thanks so much.
Thank you very very much, my nerves are very grateful 🙂
As this is a somewhat workaround, the issue still isn't fixed and is a bit frustrating that it has been marked as 'solved' because now this issue won't cause the attention it needs from Dropbox
(not blaming you tobiask, just thought if I reply to your solved comment it might make a difference as I see people are still commenting about this issue)
Because of this issue, my team is now testing a different cloud service. Hopefully, the new one works!
Our team is also experiencing this frustration and it's a time sink. When it first happened, we were willing to wait on a solution but it seems we will have to look for an ALTERNATIVE to Dropbox. If you find a good alt to Dropbox, please post here.
What are the alternatives? This issue is killing our productivity and since we're almost 2 years after the issue started and no solutions, we have got to figure an alternative. Any advice would be great!
this workaround isn't working for me. I've made the relevant folders 'available offline', restarted the computer, still showing 50 broken links, and InDesign seems to want me to relink each one individually, which is obviously catastrophic for workflow.
in any case, we shouldn't have to be using a 'workaround' for this - Dropbox staff, any suggestions?
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
HI Genie123, if you're still experiencing this issue, please try contacting the support team directly for them to assist further.
"For me, 'Dropbox for macOS on File Provider' worked for about 2 months. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked since the last update.
Support told me that you need to keep the number of files under 300,000 for 'Dropbox for macOS on File Provider' to kick in. After that, you can assign more folders to sync. I tried it. It doesn't work.
I uninstalled Dropbox and reinstalled it. During the installation, a window displayed that Dropbox can manage a maximum of 500,000 files on this computer. It's a new M3 MacBook. We pay for Dropbox for Business…
How is it going for you?
This is a great work around when your INDD file is comprised of JPG, PNG and TIFF files, but it does not work with EPS and PSD files, correct?
Since macOS Ventura unfortunately no longer 😞
Before that it worked. I hope Dropbox will get this function working again soon, without this workaround ...
