Replace Footage doesn't remember previous file location

[Joltter]

V25.1.0 (Build 73) on Mac Studio

When I'm in the Project bin with all my footage and Replace Footage, it does NOT remember the previous Finder location. Previous PP versions had no issues with this.

This is very annoying when you, for example, have a lot of footage from the same day in the same Finder folder and you need to 1-by-1 Replace Footage for all the clips - but the Replace Footage doesn't remember the previous location and, by default, jumps into a very random Finder location.

In the past PP builds this has functioned perfectly: Replace Footage remember the previous Finder location, so it's a lot faster to replace lots of footage, instead of having to browse the Finder every single time.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Joltter -  Thanks for submitting your bug report. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue.
Please see, How do I write a bug report?

Replace Footage will open the dialog box to the last place you imported from.  

For example if you imported a file from your desktop then you select the replace footage command it will open a dialog box to the desktop.

Is this not what you are experiencing?

[Joltter]

Hi @jamieclarke - shortly, no: that's not what I'm experiencing.

Further bug report info:

Issue: Replace Footage does not remember its previous destination in my Finder. Let's say I want to replace footage located in
/Desktop/MyProject01/Footage/

When I click Replace Footage, it takes me to a random folder where I store other PP project files, such as

/Desktop/MyProject02/PremierePro

The issue is that no matter how often I click Replace Footage, navigate to the correct folder and replace the clip, the next time I click Replace Footage and repeat the process - it doesn't take me to the previous Finder location, but once again

/Desktop/MyProject02/PremierePro

I then have to navigate, once again, to the correct Finder location.

Adobe Premiere Pro version number - V25.1.0 (Build 73)

Operating system - macOS Sequoia 15.1.1, Apple M1 Ultra 2022, Memory 128 GB, 4 TB internal SSD

Video format: I mainly work with Prores 4444XQ from Alexa cameras, but footage ranges from iPhone MOVs to Sony A7s and R3D files

Workflow details: I have mapped a keyboard shortcut to Replace Footage (H). I spend some of my free time archiving older projects, which often involves me renaming the source material (f ex C001.mp4 -> 20140812_C001_SonyA7s.mp4). I then want to Replace Footage to update the PP projects with new correct file names.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Joltter - Can you confirm that if you import a clip from the folder  /Desktop/MyProject01/Footage/ and then select replace footage on a different file that it will open the dialog box to  /Desktop/MyProject01/Footage/ 

Replace footage will remember the last place you imported a clip from.

[Joltter]

Hi @Joltter - Can you confirm that if you import a clip from the folder  /Desktop/MyProject01/Footage/ and then select replace footage on a different file that it will open the dialog box to  /Desktop/MyProject01/Footage/ 

Replace footage will remember the last place you imported a clip from.

That is precisely the issue here: the 2nd time I Replace Footage it does not go back to the previous location where I imported a clip from. I've only had this weird bug the last couple of weeks - before that I've never had issues with it.

Thanks.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Joltter - Can you try and hold down shift while opening premiere and then select the checkbox "Reset App Preferences". Let us know if that helps.

[Joltter]

Hi Jamie,

Shift + Reset App Preferences did the trick. Thank you so much for your help!