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oh nooooo… I should have explained better.
there are ways to use the operating system ( OS ) in mac and windows to do basic functions like copy files, move files and stuff like that.
you DON'T want to move stuff into your operating system folders. That would be bad news.
It seems to me that there's some miscommunication between the adobe program and your drive folders... it can be a matter of 'permissions' or a drive letter is inaccurate or a folder doesn't exist .. something is keeping your process of consolidating and moving your project stuff.
sooooo, lets say you make a new folder in a new location ( different drive or same drive, whatever you prefer re: your peripherals ( drives ))…. the new folder is called maybe " copied project files for education"
to create that you have to go into the OS to tell your computer what to do.
In windows we use something called ' FILE EXPLORER'.... I don't know what OS version you have so I can't even google what you have available that is similar.
So, adobe program is not even OPEN necessarily for this type of stuff to be done. It's done on the OS level.
After you copy all your stuff to a new location ( in OS ) you will have a duplicate of all your stuff...
It could be that you'll fine out what is wrong when you try this... cause you might get a mssg that says, " you don't have permission to do this" orrrr, "that drive does not exist " … or whatever.
this is sample of windows 'file explorer' on a laptop. Is just simple cause I only play with stuff on this. The edit computer is more complicated ( more drives and stuff is spread around more, cache, exports, source materials, etc. )
On this laptop if I wanted to copy ALL the stuff from Adobe PPro projects and Adobe source material I would just select those folders and copy them to a new location.... easy.
You have something like that on mac.
another good reason to be familiar with something like the 'File Explorer' ( what you have that is similar on mac ) is that you can see how many bytes ( total ) are in a folder. And you can see how many bytes are available on drives.
So, if you want to copy stuff you can see how many bytes that equals.... and knowing how many bytes are available to where you want to copy to, you can see right away if there is enough room to do it.
Branded, I think this issue is more fundamental. Your mssg implies that you were able to consolidate and copy files to a new location, but when you opened those projects you found broken links to your assets ( psd, ai, ae etc. ).. which is creepy... but the poster can't even GET the consolidate and copy function to work at all at this point... which is even MORE creepy.
is nice to know your experience though... as it will help others who are using the project manager to copy stuff. Thanks !
thanks Neil. That's why I posted the screenshot of my file explorer on laptop. It is easy to see how I split things up into different folder locations so I know where stuff is, and if I need to delete, move, copy, etc. it is easy to do. It's an up front organization for simple stuff on a laptop with one ssd for programs and OS, and a physical spinning drive for everything else... simple.
Branded was nice to mention how there are sometimes broken links when using the consolidate and copy function from project manager. And he put into words what I was unable to do well, the organizing folder and drive structure to do "housekeeping" before and while he works on projects " This is something the poster will either know already or will like hearing about.
Thanks for your support !
In essence, what you are both saying ( branded and you ) is that sometimes it's nice to do things 'using the OS', like file explorer in windows …
good luck, thanks for update. Let us know if you can, if you figure out why it wasn't working....
moved folder, permission problem, drive not connected, etc....
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