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Rob217717683hsl
Inspiring
January 23, 2023
Question

Premiere Pro's 'Link Media' panel can't access cloud storage on MacOS

  • January 23, 2023
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I need to re-locate all of the files in my Premiere Pro project.

 

Unfortunately, Premiere Pro uses its own window instead of the native OS window.

Even more unfortunate is the fact that if anything is located in cloud storage in the 'Library' folder within the user foler, you can't access it. Double clicking on 'Library' doesn't work. Furthermore, in the sidebar it doesn't even show up.

 

I feel like if the software really has to use its own dialogue box, it shouldn't have inferior functionality to the native OS one...

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    Adeline23296387jnj3
    Participant
    January 20, 2025

    Hi,

    I have this problem, with a. bit more than 160 files to relink... Is there a workaround?

    MacOS Sequoia 15.2

    Premiere 25.1

    Dropbox

    Thanks!

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      Brian23908552v46v
      Participant
      June 24, 2025

      Same ish - multiple projects and files across all Adobe products in box.com. I can't access them in Premiere or latest Bridge.

      Kevin-Monahan
      Community Manager
      Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      March 18, 2024

      Hello @Rob217717683hsl,

      Thanks for your bug report. You can access the Finder instead of the Media Browser to relink media. See this screenshot.

       

      Just deselect the box I marked here.

       

      As for linking media from cloud storage, I've not heard of a reliable workflow with services like OneDrive, iCloud, or Google Drive with Premiere Pro. Does anyone in the community have a comment here?

       

      Still, I will investigate if a bonafide workflow is possible there. I use DropBox for most items related to Cloud Storage, which seems to be available using Finder (I'm on macOS). I use it primarily to back up my AutoSave files.

       

      Does anyone in the community have a comment? I don't believe there's an addressable bug here, so let's move this post back to the Discussions forum to discuss cloud storage workflows. I hope that is OK. I'd love to hear what others are doing in this realm.

       

      Thanks,
      Kevin

      Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
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      Sam36668247d2dv
      Participant
      October 16, 2024

      @Kevin-Monahan's troubleshooting fixed my similar issue – I'm editing remote from a Synology NAS and the folder structure changed overnight resulting in all of the footage going offline and similiar to @Rob217717683hsl,  The "Link Media" tab would no longer display anything located in the "user Library" folder. (which is where my Synology NAS was either moved or has already been... not sure). Being able to access Finder to relink footage in Premiere saved a lot of stress on my end. 

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