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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.
Ich konnte bei uns seit Kurzem die Dropbox-Version für MacOS für File Provider installieren. Jetzt funktioniert alles wieder wie früher – endlich!
I was recently able to install the Dropbox version for MacOS for File Provider. Now everything works like before - finally!
This update has not been made available to my team, so, we still suffer.
If you go to "Settings" in the "Admin console" and then click on "Sync", you can activate the item "Dropbox for macOS on File Provider". I then had to log out of my business and private accounts in the Dropbox app on my Mac. I also uninstalled the Dropbox app, deleted the Dropbox folders on my Mac and then reinstalled the app (I don't know if this step was necessary). After logging in again, Dropbox asked me if I wanted to work with the new version for macOS on File Provider. Now Dropbox is working as I expect it should.
That's great news for you. Looks like I'll have to wait a little longer for my solution…
You must switch on the setting online in the "Admin console". There you click on "Sync" and can activate "Dropbox for macOS on File Provider" at the bottom.
Thank you, I will try that.
*EDIT* I reached out to chat support, and they were extremely helpful in answering my questions and helping me create a plan to get my team updated with as little disruption as possible!
Thank you! I never got a notification to update, but I *do* have the toggle button to turn it on! I don't want to make changes without my team being prepared. I found this but is there a "best practices" on how to implement this with a team of multiple users? I did a quick google search and also didn't find anything specific. I don't want to mess with anyone's workflow.In our case, nothing happened after clicking on the toggle button. In the Dropbox app, our users were still unable to activate the new version "Dropbox for macOS on File Provider". Only after I logged out of both my personal and business accounts on my Mac in the Dropbox app and logged in again was I able to perform the update. This has to be done individually for each client. If you don't want to update, this is also possible. We have updated two clients, the other two not yet. I hope this helps.
That was very helpful, thank you! Were there any headaches or hiccups for the two users who did update?
So far, we have not had any problems, except that it took a while for Dropbox to index all the files again. In addition, all data that is needed in the projects has to be downloaded again – but this is now done automatically as it used to be.
Great news! I appreciate your input on this!
