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Ingrid Lill
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July 2, 2023
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Import settings, shortcuts and actions to a new computer

  • July 2, 2023
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I am running Illustrator version 27,5  on Imac late 2013. 
I am trying to migrate to Illustrator 27.61 on Mac Studio. 

I need to transfer my settings - keyboard shortcuts, actions, workspace. 

Can you point me to a tutorial how to do it? I tried moving my .aia and .kys files into Library/Preferences/Adobe 27 Settings, but it doesn't work.

Is there a way to sync through Creative cloud?

 

 

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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July 2, 2023

Does Edit > My Settings > Export Settings.../Import Settings... work?

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Ingrid LillAuthor
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July 2, 2023

Thanks! I have tried that. The exported file doesn't have an ending, it is called "AI27Settings_2 Jul 2023_15.02". 
When I try to import it, it says "File does not contain valid Illustrator Setings. Please select a valid setting file"

 

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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July 2, 2023

You could just add a .zip ending. Then unpack it and then move all the settings manually into their respective places. Here's where they belong: 

https://www.vektorgarten.de/illustrator-settings.html 


I wonder why they left off the .zip extension?

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