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teressan19189381
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October 2, 2017
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Workspace settings

  • October 2, 2017
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I am upgrading to a new MacBook and want to copy my settings for InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Previously I have easily done this by locating in the appropriate Library folder, but are unable to locate. I have looked through nearly every folder in Library so am asking if there is any other way this can be done, or would they be hidden for some reason?

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    October 2, 2017

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    teressan19189381Author
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    October 2, 2017

    Yep can't find that location either and have tried using the go to folder option

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    October 2, 2017

    Is "Untitled" your local hard drive? Was it installed on a removable drive? Remote drive?

    And where is Libraries? You:

    • opened Finder
    • Opened the Go menu
    • Added Opt to see Libraries (which is hidden) appear
    • And then clicked to navigate to it?
    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    Bill Silbert
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    Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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    October 2, 2017

    You should be able to just copy your preference files for the three programs.

    To find the preference files:

    With InDesign closed Launch a Finder Window in column view and click on your home folder. With the Option Key pressed choose Library from the Finder Go Menu. Within the Library folder find the folder called Preferences and within it find the "Adobe Illustrator (version number) Settings", "Adobe InDesign", "Adobe Photoshop CC 20XX Paths" and "Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Settings". On your new Mac you should be able to just put these folders into the same location. One word of warning though if you've upgraded to CC 2017 on your new machine and you were running an older version on the old one then although these will work you might get sluggish performance. In that case you would probably be better off starting over from scratch. If these do work out though I suggest keeping a copy handy for any time that you might need to reset your preferences in the future.

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    teressan19189381Author
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    October 2, 2017

    Thanks but that is exactly where I've been looking and there is no Adobe folder in the Preferences folder, hence why I am thinking it may be hidden. Either way I think I will just start from scratch!

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    October 2, 2017

    Have you opened and closed InDesign yet?

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    October 2, 2017

    You want to copy your InDesign workspaces? Once you confirm, I can give you the paths for Ai and Ps as well.

    In Finder:

    Opt + Go > Library > Preferences > Adobe InDesign > [version #] > [your language] > Workspaces

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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