Constantly forgets linked media

[FPS_Fish]

Working on a  project where I have to reference files from multiple drives of older footage. But every time I open the project, the media not part of the main project folder I'm working on is always offline and I have to show Premiere where it is with relinking. Doesn't matter how many times I save it ...if I quit, next time I go in it totally forgets where the media is. Especially the proxies. Drive names have not changed or anything. After effects always finds it. The MacOS always knows where they are. Only PP has a short-term memory problem. That wouldn't be so bad if relinking the files, for whatever reason wasn't excruciatingly slllllllooooooowwww.. 

[FPS_Fish]

I’m posting an update here: I ended up completely wiping my internal drive and manually reinstalling all my apps with fresh settings/preferences. This greatly speeded up my Premiere performance. So, so, so many bugs went away too.

Also, I recently came across a ProVideo Coalition post which explained to me (for the first time) that the hierarchy of Adobe Premiere Pro files must be that the project's source materials be in the same folder at PremierePro’s project. Since 2020 I’ve been storing projects in ADJACENT folders, which I believe is the reason why my files would keep unlinking. Not only did this appear to solve the linking problem, but linking files happens much faster now and Premiere runs even more smoothly, sI’m posting this here as a naked admission of ignorance and mild stupidity in the hopes this helps other people.

https://www.provideocoalition.com/tool-tip-tuesday-for-adobe-premiere-pro-dont-bury-projects/