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December 17, 2024
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Link updates no longer working

  • December 17, 2024
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Using a macbookair OS14.7 AI28.1

 

In the past, when I made a change to some artwork that was linked to an AI project, when I returned to AI, I would be prompted to see if I wanted to update the links. That is no longer working for some reason. I have restarted AI, and restarted the computer, but still the same problem.

 

Under AI Settings > File Handling > Update Links:   is set to "Ask when modified"

 

Any idea what is going wrong?

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Correct answer Mohammad.Harb

Check the link panel from window-> links 

if the file is linked, a small chain icon will appear next to it, if not it means file is embedded. To relink, select the file and click on the relink icon.

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Participant
December 18, 2024

Sorry..i don't have any idea.

Mohammad.Harb
Community Expert
Mohammad.HarbCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 17, 2024

Check the link panel from window-> links 

if the file is linked, a small chain icon will appear next to it, if not it means file is embedded. To relink, select the file and click on the relink icon.

mpkadobeAuthor
Inspiring
December 17, 2024

Strange.

 

I see now that there is no chain icon in the links panel and the info below says "PSD (embedded fle)." Well that's pretty clear. So I click the Relink button, find the file, and relink it. However, it does not end up as a linked file. It remains an embedded file.

 

Is it possible that somehow I mistakenly made all artwork in this project be embedded instead of linked? 

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 17, 2024

When saving the file, do you perhaps check "Include linkes"? In that case,the image gets embedded.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 17, 2024

Are you sure that your files are still linked? Or have they been embedded by accident?

mpkadobeAuthor
Inspiring
December 17, 2024

How does one tell if artwork is linked or embedded?

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 17, 2024

When you select the image on the artboard, then a cross should be there.