Seeking Advice: Migrating 2 TB of InDesign & Illustrator Files to Creative Cloud

[t_d_1111]

Hi everyone,

Our organization is currently evaluating options for storing our Adobe design files in the cloud. We have thousands of InDesign and Illustrator files, many of which contain linked assets. Altogether, the volume is close to 2 TB, and we’re looking to move away from local hard drive storage.

We’re considering Adobe Creative Cloud as a potential solution, but we’d love to hear from others who’ve done similar large-scale transfers:

• Is Creative Cloud a reliable option for storing and managing this volume of design files?

• Has anyone here migrated a similar-sized library before? Any lessons learned?

• Is there a way to bulk upload folders (not just individual files) while preserving structure and links?

Any insights, tips, or alternative suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[BobLevine]

I cannot recommend that. Use an established cloud storage solution such as Dropbox for this.

[rob day]

we’re looking to move away from local hard drive storage

Hi @t_d_1111 , Cloud formated files—.PSDC, and .AIC—still have a local copy, so if your reason for saving in a Cloud format is to save disk space, that probably doesn’t work. On OSX the path to the local cloud copies is:

~⁨Users⁩ ▸ username ▸ ⁨Library⁩ ▸ ⁨Application Support⁩ ▸ ⁨Adobe⁩ ▸ ⁨CoreSync⁩ ▸ ⁨cloudnative⁩

[Kasyan Servetsky]

I used Adobe Creative Cloud a few years ago: it was a nightmare for me! 
For example, they didn't support Cyrillic file names.

So, I moved all files to Dropbox. Our plan is called Dropbox Professional — 3 TB — $200/year.

We use it on both Mac and Windows computers. InDesign integrates smoothly into Dropbox: you can open docs on Mac or Windows without the need to re-link links. It works quite fast, so we use it as a sort of local network.
There can be issues when 2+ users open the same files simultaneously: conflicting versions appear. I solved this with a script.

If you accidentally spoil, delete, or your file becomes damaged, you can restore it: Dropbox stores all saved versions for half a year.

As for me, I never had issues with moving files to Dropbox. But if they appear, this can be solved by a script.

For instance:

Restore broken links after server migration in InDesign

Batch processor (to process all files in a folder, optionally including all subfolders)

Illustrator is also scriptable. I'm sure if a need arises, you can find a script for relinking or have it written for you.

Hope it helps!
— Kas