Data Merge images crashing InDesign on Preview or Create Merged Document

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InDesign Version 17.2.1M1 Ultra Mac StudiomacOS 12.3 I can preview and create documents as expected, but as soon as I add an image and try to preview or create a document, InDesign hangs and needs to be force quit. I'm using absolute paths with a colon as a seperator, e.g. Column name: @My50_2_imageData: Users:daz:Documents:MyProject:Images:my_photo1.jpg Same format I've always used, only now it's crashing

darrenj27851139 · Accepted Answer

Update: You need to open System Preferences > Privacy > Full Disk Access, and add InDesign.

darrenj27851139 · Answer

Additionally, opening a previous .indd that was generated with the same master file, the image renders corrupted in InDesign, and exporting to PDF gives an error that files/URLs are not accessible. There's only one linked file, and it's clearly accessible because I can right click it in Links, and click Reveal In Finder, and Finder jumps straight to the image. It's not a crazy image format either, same thing is happening with images from multiple cameras.

These errors are only since upgrading to an M1 Mac on Monterey, from a 2014 iMac on Big Sur. It appears image links are entirely borked, whether that's an InDesign version issue or M1 compatibility, I'm not sure.

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