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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.
Same Problem here. Dropbox promised an Update for november 2022… The Support is negating the problem or offering a useless workaround. Our customer consultant at dropobx isn't even answering mails.
Microsoft one Cloud had the same problem but solved it after a few months.
I have a catalogue of images (over 1000) to download with preview before I can use my InDesign file. This is adding so much time to my workflows - Dropbox is heavily used within the design community and I am really disappointed this hasn't been fixed at this stage. It is not a workable solution for me at all the way things have been left.
EDIT if you are opening a large amount of files in Preview as per the work around I recommend doing this in batches if you have lots of files to download for relinking to prevent crashing. Also Option + close to close all the preview windows at once when opened to save a little time.
Really hope this is sorted soon though.
EDIT if you are opening a large amount of files in Preview as per the work around I recommend doing this in batches if you have lots of files to download for relinking to prevent crashing. Also Option + close to close all the preview windows at once when opened to save a little time.
Really hope this is sorted soon though.
