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.
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