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elijeve
elijeve
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May 23, 2022
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How to copy ALL files to external drive AND keep links

  • May 23, 2022
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Hi,

 

Does anyone know is there a way to copy ALL of my Illustrator, InDesign, PDF and image files to an external drive from an external drive, so that when another person opens an .ai file, in the second drive, the links are found?

 

I tried basic copy-paste from finder but it looses the links, probably because the Drive was with a different name.  For example, the path to a link in illustrator would have been:

Drive1 - Archive - Client - pictures2022 - picture0133.jpg and now it is:

Drive2 - Archive - Client - pictures2022 - picture0133.jpg

 

I changed the name of the Drive later to the same s the first one, but it did not fix this. Any idea is this possible to achieve? 

Could using Timemachine help, any other ideas?

 

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Correct answer marliton

How about this?

  1.  Copy all files to the new drive including the Illustrator file.
  2. Open the Illustrator file on the new location and"Save as" it to the original location.

 

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marliton
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marlitonCommunity Expert
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May 23, 2022

Hi.  After copying the files, you can Relink the links using the Links panel and save the changes.

 

Marlon Ceballos
elijeve
elijeveAuthor
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May 23, 2022

Yes I know. But there are hundred of files and in one file, an add for instance, might have dozens of links of different product images.

So if there would be a way to keep links, it would save a ton of time. 

marliton
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marlitonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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May 23, 2022

How about this?

  1.  Copy all files to the new drive including the Illustrator file.
  2. Open the Illustrator file on the new location and"Save as" it to the original location.

 

Marlon Ceballos
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