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Dropbox file sharing with InDesign causes broken file paths when shared
Device
MacBook M1 Pro Operating System/Browser (if using the web)
Sequoia 15.5 Dropbox App Version (if using the app)
v229.4.5197 Syncing Status
Synced
Question or Issue
Does ...
Rich
Super User II
Super User IImy colleagues in the office have broken links because Dropbox uses absolute paths and so the user name part of the path is different for each of us, resulting in the missing links.
Just to clarify, it's not Dropbox that uses absolute paths, it's whatever application you're using, and most applications use absolute paths when inserting links to external files.
Dropbox has no control over this and has nothing to do with the process. It's all in the application you're using.
If I could place the Dropbox folder outside of my user folder on my Mac and my colleague did the same would that make the path consistent for all users? I have posted this on Adobe community and an InDesign Facebook group. Some users are saying they don't have this missing links issue. I wonder how they are getting round it.
Someone suggested having IT change the computer names to the same name.
- Mark
If I could place the Dropbox folder outside of my user folder on my Mac and my colleague did the same would that make the path consistent for all users?
Dropbox wouldnt work then, however, as Dropbox can only sync whatever is inside of \Dropbox I'm afraid
Couldn't it be User\Dropbox?
