InDesign and storing files on a server
by Sean Carter on Sep.10, 2008, under Uncategorized
This has been causing me a bit of strife for the past few months and every time I get an opportunity to stop and think about it, I have forgotten about it. Well no more.
The problem? I’m using InDesign on a Mac and we have a community server running windows. We store and work off the server. It allows us to all have access so if someone works on something everyone else won’t have to hunt thru the first person’s computer. It really works.
But the thing that wasn’t working was on occasion I would open up an indd file and when I was done, I’d TRY to save over it. I’d get a warning.
Cannot save the document. It may be opened by other applications. Close applications and try again. You may also use saveas to save it into a new document.
Well this would mean each time I was saving the file to my desktop and then replacing the old file, and then trashing this file. Believe me this adds up, especially when you have a stack of important wienerschnitzels and Kentucky Frieds piling up.
Well today I noticed when I opened an indd it said “Read-Only” and the working temp file that InDesign makes disappeared. It seems that when you open a file too quick and Finder is still working on the “Preview” it is technically opening the file. Which means if you open it too quick it will become a Read-Only and you cannot save over it. So wait until Finder makes it’s preview next time.
July 12th, 2011 on 3:25 pm
I’m encountering this error too, but the finder does not seem to be generated a preview in the finder (it only displays the icon in the preview area in the finder).
Have you been able to pinpoint the issue further?
July 15th, 2011 on 3:32 pm
it’s usually because you have the file “opened” in some program. My post was how the Finder is considered a program, especially in concerns with the file on a server. That’s all i can think of to help you.
August 29th, 2011 on 7:07 pm
I have the same situation and very similar equipment setup. all of us on Mac’s (4 of us) One shared file server (but is is also a Mac) It doesn’t happen all of the time, but seems more and more frequent lately. Open or create a file and make changes, Save changed file to the server and get this message. My problem goes one step further though. After the message, I am not able to save anywhere without a crash or lockup. Desktop, external hard drive, usb jump drive etc. THen when I restart InDesign, I usually get another set of errors as it tries to recover the file. Any Ideas?
Mac osx 10.6.8
InDesign CS5 Most recent update.
August 29th, 2011 on 7:20 pm
Not sure. I would just say, make sure you don’t have any finder windows open and see if that helps.