Scripts in AI

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November 14, 2023
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I have some scripts in Illustrator I use. But each time AI is updated, I need to copy the scripts from previous version to new. Is there an another way to do this? I have tried to add Additional plug-in folder in AI-preferences, but did not work.

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Mike_Gondek10189183

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I keep a backup of all these items and Option-drag a copy form my backup to the new app.

Atleast plugins and workspace have gotten better at importing during updates, as was deep diving to get to the workspaces.

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keberg-dagbladetAuthor

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That is exactly what I do. Too bad does‘t give the option to put it in users library.

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GNDGN

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Unfortunately, there is no centralized way for AI to organize scripts and plugin files.

If you're on a Mac, I recommend the cp command via Terminal, which is more convenient than copying folders manually.

sudo cp -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ 2023/Presets.localized/en_US/Scripting /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ 2024/Presets.localized/en_US

Just update the folder names as desired before executing.

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m1b

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Hi @keberg-dagbladet, please read the answer to this thread. It talks about using shortcuts or symlinks. Not ideal I know. I would prefer Adobe allocate an independent script folder in addition to the scripts folder of the installed versions. Hopefully someone has some better news.

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