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Moving or Migrating InDesign CS5 Presets to new Mac

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    • January 20, 2011 at 11:46 am #58442
      rhache
      Member

      Hi Everyone,

      I recently wiped and re-installed everything on my computer, including the Adobe apps. However, I cannot seem to find my custom presets on the clone backup of my previous installation.

      I've looked in the following folders:

      • Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign

      • Applications/Adobe InDesign CS5/Presets

      • Users/[home]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe InDesign CS5

      I can't think of anywhere else these presets would be stored and it's driving me a little batty. I seem to remember doing this on previous versions of InDesign.

      Thanks,
      Rene

    • April 19, 2011 at 6:42 am #59316
      Anne-Marie Concepcion
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      Presets (PDF Presets, Print presets, etc.) are stored in the code ball known as the InDesign Defaults file. This is in

      • [home]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 7.0/en_US/InDesign Defaults

      I think you should be able to copy/paste the Defaults file over to replace the one in your new clone, though Adobe cautions against it, especially since you're doing a same version/same platform swap. Try it and let us know if your computer explodes.

      The other custom settings, like saved Find/Change queries and Workspaces, are in folders in that same Prefs folder, and those you can just copy/paste over, replacing the existing ones. (again, only recommended for same version/platform moves).

      AM

    • April 19, 2011 at 2:07 pm #59328
      Alan Gilbertson
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      Anne-Marie said:

      Try it and let us know if your computer explodes.

      Um… I tried doing that on one of my computers, and got a strange “System Meltdown” message, just before the magic smoke* leaked out of the hard drive. :-D

      * Magic smoke is what makes all electronic devices work. This is proven by the fact that when it leaks out, the device stops working.

    • June 5, 2012 at 12:34 pm #62353
      AaronA
      Participant

      Good information, Anne-Marie. Thanks. What about Preflight profiles though?

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