Error message when opening indesign document

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
May 9, 2023
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Suddenly I can no longer open two indesign documents. The error message is shown in the picture. I've done all the updates but it didn't help. Does anyone know how I can get the files open again and edit them? I do have a PDF document of the file.

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

That looks like an icloud backup file of some sort and InDesign doesn't know how to deal with it. Note that the filename ends in .icloud rather than .indd

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Found another discussion of this problem at https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/unable-to-open-files-with-extension-indd-icloud-in-indesign-on-macos/td-p/10855212

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Maybr a lock file was not deleted when it was finished the last time. Delete it manually. Those lock files are beside the original file and hinder others to open the same file at the same time.

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