"This file has been modified outside Illustrator. Do you want to continue"

[darrenwu8513]

I'm recently keep received the same pop-out while try to saving each of my files:

"This file has been modified outside Illustrator. Do you want to continue"

I notice this pop-out is appear once my mac OS upgrade to Sierra high and here I'm attached some screenshot for your references:

Thank you

[Steve Werner]

Moving to Illustrator forum

[quirky_Glow157F]

Are you saving files over a network?

Re: This file has been modified outside illustrator

[darrenwu8513]

nope. My editing all the original files and is all located desktop,

I did store my backup to a hard disk Seagate personal cloud through Wi-Fi,

but i won't make modified direct to the backup drive.

[sishamIAGD]

Isn't this the same thing as this post...

Saving my Illustrator files

[NickChia]

I have the same issue since upgrading my MacBook pro to High Sierra. I am working only locally and do not have any auto backup on my system. High Sierra is buggy. Ever since I upgraded, my mac is running really slowly.

Consequently, when using AI on Windows 10 (believe me, against my will), after a few minutes of working on a file, I get the message "File in Use, Save under a different name." Let's just say that AI also has some bugs in its saving functions.

[sueh77503171]

I have the same problem using a Macbook pro with OS Monteray and AI 2022 - also occurs on my iMac as well- I get this message for every file I save.

[AshutoshChaturvedi · Accepted solution]

refer to this link for a solution : after updating to Mac OS 10.13 I get this file has been modified outside illustrator. do you want to...

[rogerb24691213]

Adobe's fix seems to be limited to those using CC. Anyone know of a fix for CS6? I'm sticking with that until my computer will no longer deal with it. There's no way small users can afford the monthly fees of CC. Sucks that Adobe went with this business model .

[Monika Gause]

  schrieb

Adobe's fix seems to be limited to those using CC. Anyone know of a fix for CS6? I'm sticking with that until my computer will no longer deal with it. There's no way small users can afford the monthly fees of CC. Sucks that Adobe went with this business model .

You're on High Sierra with CS6?

The solution for that would be to downgrade the system.

[TomHobby321]

I'm also on CS6, just upgraded to High Sierra on my 2015 MacBook Pro.  I'm also using Dropbox, so maybe that's the syncing that others have reported as causing this notice? 

Illustrator seems to be working fine on my setup.  I use it infrequently and also don't want to pay the very high cost to rent the new version monthly. 

Does anyone know if there's a way to get Illustrator to stop popping this notice?

[Monika Gause]

tomhobby123  schrieb

I'm also on CS6, just upgraded to High Sierra on my 2015 MacBook Pro.  I'm also using Dropbox, so maybe that's the syncing that others have reported as causing this notice? 

If you want to continue using CS6, you should just freeze your operating system as well.

They are not fully compatible. So any issues probably can't be solved at all, because nobody has ever tested what exactly should work at all.

[JoeDu]

I have the latest Illustrator downloaded, latest Mojave, and latest OneDrive. This is still happening (or is happening again).

[blackcat725]

Same here and this just started happening when I upgraded to Mojave. 

[Monika Gause]

And the correct answer in this thread does not help you?

[blackcat725]

No, it does not. I have the latest version of Illustrator CC and MacOS. I did do an experiment today, I took the file out of my OneDrive folder on my Mac and worked on it on the desktop. Not one error. Put it back in the OneDrive folder, errors started again. So, it appears to be an issue with syncing with OneDrive.

[Ordinaryguy]

So, if I move the file from the file it is saved and put it on another file it will work? or it doesnt work if it's a shared account?

[Monika Gause]

"So, if I move the file from the file it is saved and put it on another file it will work? or it doesnt work if it's a shared account?"

Please tell us your version and system

Please tell us what exactly led to the error message

Please tell us where the file is stored