Incorrect image links in InDesign CC

I have been using InDesign for years and this is a first. I am running InDesign CC on an older Mac Pro running OSX lion 10.7.5 as I am no longer able to upgrade operating system on this machine. To make a long story short, I have incorrect images being placed in place of what was once correct. For example, I had a linked file which had a file name of 7136.psd and I believe it was after packaging that the file then changed to a completely different file name and image of "1546.psd". While I can at least see the possibility of similar filenames being misinterpreted by InDesign, this behavior seems odd. The document I am working on is quite large and image heavy, so I now have to go through and check every single image which will be quite time consuming. Anyone ever have this issue? If so, any fixes?

If you already have JPEG images, it buys you absolutely nothing to convert them to TIFF or PSD files for placement into InDesign. Whatever lossiness that would occur already happened by creating JPEG in the first place. Note that this doesn't mean that JPEG is a poor choice, but that it doesn't improve anything to convert the file to a lossless format unless you are planning to subsequently edit the file.
No, there is no good reason to convert your RGB images to CMYK before placing the image into InDesign. InDesign can optionally convert RGB imagery to whatever CMYK color space you need for printing. However, the most reasonable and reliable place for any RGB to CMYK (or even LAB to CMYK) conversion to take place is at the RIP itself since it is only at that stage of the print production process that you definitively know what the output CMYK color space really is.
If you received any “error messages” from InDesign in the past about RGB images being placed, it was likely due to having activated an InDesign profile to check for such imagery. Such a check is not on by default.
- Dov

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