Missing network path for the images stored on NAS in ID files edited on Mac or Win

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November 26, 2024
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Hi all,

we work on many InDesign files with macOS Sonoma and Windows 10-11.

The images, the graphic elements, and ID files are stored on different NAS devices.

Editing ID files with different operating systems causes missing imported files during the opening.

Looking at the path for macOS, it is:

file:///Volumes/NAS/Archive...

and for Windows, it is:

file:///Z:/Archive...

Is the only solution to start working with the same kind of operating system?

In complex or multi-system companies, this is a nightmare.

Is there a solution?

Thx

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Kasyan Servetsky

Legend

Try this script.

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andrea68belAuthor

Participating Frequently

Hi Kasyan,

interesting...

Thx

leo.r

Community Expert

All I know is this problem can exist.

I once developed a tool that specifically remapped link paths from Windows to Mac for a company that had this problem, which they used when they opened their files on the Mac.

However, I also heard from those who are more proficient in cross-platform network storage, that this problem normally shouldn't happen. And that if the network is properly configured and maintained, InDesign link paths should be correctly represented in their Mac or Windows form automatically and therefore always found regardless of where you open the files. I'm not a network specialist so I don't know where the truth lies.