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Autoupgraded to 2025, and it uninstalled 2024. I tried importing settings, my user actions aren't available in 2025 there. I restored 2024 from time machine, and they are in there, but they're just "in the program", tried searching via terminal and didn't find anything.
I can just save them out, but out of principle, I need to know where they are.
Thanks @silk-m!
Where I went wrong, was looking for actions by name, I forgot they are hexadecimal, and weren't searchable.
To my future self, when I have the same problem next year, this is the path on mac:
/Users/<USER_NAME>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator 28 Settings/en_US/Adobe Illustrator Prefs
File: "Adobe Illustrator Prefs"
Extension: None
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They are in:
Adobe Illustrator 2024\Presets\en_GB\Actions
I believe you need to 'Show Package Contents' to access the app's files on Mac OS.
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Thanks! I tried that, and there's no presets folder in there.
Neither Library has actions, really scratching my head to figure out where they are. Tried a "find aia" search in terminal, wondering if these "temp" actions are stored in a different format?
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If you didn't save them, they should be inside your preferences file
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It's inside the Adobe Illustrator Prefs file. Open it in a text editor and it's in there.
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Thanks! I tried that, and there's no presets folder in there.
Neither Library has actions, really scratching my head to figure out where they are. Tried a "find aia" search in terminal, wondering if these "temp" actions are stored in a different format?
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They are not in the Library folder. On Windows the location is:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 2024\Presets\en_GB\Actions
On Mac OS I'm going off memory, but you need to right-click on the Illustrator app package in the applications folder and click 'Show Package Contents'. From there it should be a similar path.
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You do not have to show the contents in current versions of Illustrator. The locations are here: https://www.vektorgarten.de/illustrator-settings.html#21
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Illustrator does not provide a place to save user presets.
Therefore, if you have not carried over preferences from 2024, you will need to save your actions in 2024 (you will need to provide your own location) and load them in 2025.
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The Preferences file in your Preferences folder.
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I created a simple action.
This is the action saved in the preferences.
This is the file I saved by using "Save Actions..." from the action palette.
Both are the same.
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Thanks @silk-m!
Where I went wrong, was looking for actions by name, I forgot they are hexadecimal, and weren't searchable.
To my future self, when I have the same problem next year, this is the path on mac:
/Users/<USER_NAME>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator 28 Settings/en_US/Adobe Illustrator Prefs
File: "Adobe Illustrator Prefs"
Extension: None