Issues with linked files, should I RAID?

So, my first Mac (which was a hand me down) had the two drives RAIDed. But when I was ordering my new mac the guys at mac seemed opposed to the notion of doing this. Now I find that I have difficulty working in some programs, like Adobe InDesign. The program can't find links on the second drive. The tech support at mac suggested RAIDing the drives might be a solution, but only as a last resort (they told me to call Adobe). When I talked with Adobe they said it was a Mac issue, since I was having similar difficulties with other software (non-Mac, non-adobe). So is this a format issue? I mean did I miss a step and my second drive isn't formated properly? Has anyone else had this sort of issue (or do you know anything about this issue)? Both Mac and Adobe told me they hadn't heard of this issue before. I can't imagine I am alone in the world on this one. But I am willing to accept that I have done something wrong (or not done something) to incur the wrath of my software. Thanks for any advisement.

No I have not checked for where my scratch volume is located. I don't know how. I am not entirely certain what that means.
I do work with large files, just about everything I do is in an Adobe program. Performance (as far as speed, I have 8GB RAM) is not an issue.
When you say "seems like it wasn't installed properly" do you mean when the guys put it together they didn't get it in right/ damaged in shipping, or do mean when I set up applications, preferences, etc. I made some error? I only have 2 drives, 350GB, and 750 GB. When I was building (I mean telling the Mac guy what I thought I wanted and asking his recommendations) this machine he told me that Adobe software has trouble utilizing more than 2 Drives.
So perhaps the ownership is wrong, but I don't really know how to work toward change on this issue. If you have any suggestions I would really appreciate it.

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When I'm working in an Illustrator CS5 document that is saved on a NetDisk 20TB server so mutlipule people can access that document. The document is constantly asking me do I want to update the links every two minutes, but I haven't modified the linked files for this to happen. Does anyone know what could I do abould about this, or is there a server setting I need to change? Can anyone offer advice about this, I would greatly appreciate it.

Illustrator isn't notified of errors during network traffic. So it may happen, that Illustrator thinks your file is saved, while in fact it is not. There's a technote on the subject and very often when files are corrupt, they were saved on networked drives.
I know that it's practical and for many people it works without problems, but I'm just saying ... you should double check anything and be very careful.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/327/327749.html

I am having major issues with links in keynote! Even though the links (a navigation system) are on the master page, they are only working on some of my slides. Anyone have ideas on how to fix this or similar issues? Help!

I am having major issues with links in keynote! Even though the links (a navigation system) are on the master page, they are only working on some of my slides. Anyone have ideas on how to fix this or similar issues? Help!
I have created a navigation system on the master pages and set the presentation to links only mode. I also have other links scattered throughout the program, like a linkable table of contents, etc. Some of them work, some of them don't. Not sure why. Anyone out there having similar issues? Or have any idea on how I can solve this issue? Any help would be appreciated!
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Links should not create any problems in Keynote. If they are set up correctly on text, the text will be underlined. Objects that have links will have a curved arrow bottom right, if you click the arrow a popup will display the link information.
Try this repair for Keynote, ensure you complete all the tasks and in the order shown:
1
delete all the iWork applications if you have them, not just Keynote, using Appcleaner from Mac Update, its a freeware application
2
empty the trash: Finder > Empty Trash
3
Shut down your Mac, wait 30 seconds, then power on the Mac, immediately after the start chime, hold down the Shift key
When you see the grey Apple symbol and progress indicator (a spinning gear), release the Shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, then hold down the Shift key again as you click Log in.
4
Let the Mac fully boot up, it will take longer as the OS is repairing the drive
5
when fully booted, go to Applications > Utilities > Disc Utility; click on the boot drive then First Aid tab and click repair disc permissions
6
when complete, restart the Mac normally, Apple menu > Restart
7
install Keynote from the Mac App Store
let us know if this helped

A serious issue with excel file read in ODI

hi gurus,
Issue with excel file read is that we can read only one file by setting the path from ODBC Data Source Administrator-->System DNS -->Select Work book
what i want to read the dynamic path(Every time I cant go back and set the Work book to select the excel file..
So i came up with a solution to write a Vbscript that convert the excel to csv my problem got solved for dynamic paths the script is as follow:
Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
For I = 0 to objArgs.Count - 1
FullName = objArgs(I)
FileName = Left(objArgs(I), InstrRev(objArgs(I), ".") )
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set objExcelBook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(FullName)
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objExcel.application.displayalerts=false
objExcelBook.SaveAs FileName & "csv",23
objExcel.Application.Quit
objExcel.Quit
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set objExcelBook = Nothing
Next
Now this script convert the xls file to csv with comma seprated values
e.g in excel sheet if data is ABC XYZ PQR
csv will come with ABC,XYZ,PQR
here the delimiter is , i want the delimiter as pipe | who's ascii code is 124
but if i change 23 with 124 its not working i getting the error cannot save as...
can anyone tell me that what should be the correct code for pipe
so that the output is ABC|XYZ|PQR
AS WE CAN USE THE SCRIPTS IN TOOLS
Edited by: 789141 on Sep 14, 2010 11:33 PM

I dont have the answer for your question but i have different approach in handling multiple Excel File.
Step 1. Copy a sample source Excel File and Call it Final.xls .
Step 2. Map this Final.xls to DSN and in Topology call this Final.xls
Step 3. Do the Reversing and Map and test the Interface . Once its done.
Step 4. Create a Package and using a http://odiexperts.com/?p=1426 get the list of all the Excel File
Step 5 . Using this http://odiexperts.com/?p=273 create a Loop to Read the Excel File name
Step 6 . Copy using OdiFileCopy to Final.xls and run your interface .
Step 7. Increment the Loop and copy your next File for Final and run the interface
Step 8 . Finally you will be able to read all the Excel File .
Step 9 . Delete the source file [ Optional ]
Hope this helps.

Problems working with linked files in illustrator

Hi everyone, i hope you can help me with this doubt that had given me problems since I started using illustrator. I'm using linked files in illustrator because i'm able to modify the files later, as I do in InDesign too, but in both cases I had have a lot of problems with the links, I don't know if i'm doing something bad, but this is what I do: I create a folder where I place my file (illustrator or InDesign) and the files that should be linked. Whit this i'm expecting of it to work like an html where the links works while they are in the folder, no matter if you move the folder, the links keeps working on the HTML.
But I have noticed that it doesn't work in the same way, because, I had have cases when the links work perfectly, but then i format my computer (Mac) and after that, I open my files againg but the links don't work already. I have exactly the same problem with my coworker, because im trying to edit a file with linked files since the place where it is in the other computer, obviously it opens perfectly there, but in my computer it asked to repair the links, so I select to repair automatically but I ask me to does it manually... So this is getting me tired, because I must repair the links here in my computer to work on it, and when for it get finished, my coworker should repair the links again, and this is going to be always we share files or i format my computer. It is important to mention that my coworker and me use mac with leopard and the same version of adobe (CS4).
So, as I said before, i dont knoe if my method is incorrect, should I do something different? any option to activate? or program that I should use? because I have herd a lot of Adobe Bridge, I don't know if this could have a option that could help me.
I hope finally somebody can help me with this doubt, because im sure that I'm not the only one having thie problem.
Thanks for your help

Hi. I am also experiencing this very annoying problem. Currently using version CS2, but this problem dates back to version 9. I check the box to link a tif file, not embed it, in Illustrator. All is well until I save and reopen the file. Suddenly the file is embedded. No other changes have been made to the folders or anything else. It just embeds itself and cannot be linked again.
So far, I conclude that something in the file itself has corrupted, because it is not possible to place a new file and have it link correctly again. So if I anticipate more changes, I create a new file.
Notice the upper left corner of the top toolbar. If you click on a file that has embedded itself, the file will be identified as "Group" instead of "linked file."
I've tried all kinds of things, like trying to ungroup it, trying to release a clipping mask, and so forth, to see what went wrong. Have not figured it out.

Hi. I am having issues with copying files to my shared WB 2TB HDD connected to my airport extreme. Comes up with error 50. I am using a Macbook Pro to copy from so not sure what I am doing wrong. Can someone help? thanks Rory

Hi. I am having issues with copying files to my shared WB 2TB HDD connected to my airport extreme. Comes up with error 50. I am using a Macbook Pro to copy from so not sure what I am doing wrong. Can someone help? thanks Rory

These links might provide some information that may be of help.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20831
https://discussions.apple.com/message/2035035?messageID=2035035
I've encountered this error myself upon occasion. If I remember correctly, it was a permissions/ownership issue with the some of the files I was copying.

I am having issues with Sidebar files not appearing from within InDesign CS5.5. They show up fine from other Adobe applications. Using OS10.6.8.

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I would first of all trash the preference file for InDesign, make sure the application is closed then find the prefs in
/Users/USER NAME/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign and just throw the entire folder away, it will generate a new one after you launch InDesign again.
Now launch InDesign and see if the problems are resolved.
If not I would repair your permissions on your hard drive wih disk utility, and if that fails then di-install InDesign and re-install that single application.
Let me know if any of these suggestions work for you
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Help with linked files/ compound paths please

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Hi,
Please try to change "everyone" user permissions on a share folder to modify to see if the issue still exists.
For more detailed information, please refer to the thread below:
Problems with permissions when copying a files and folder on Windows remote share
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4902764?tstart=0
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Just saw that Adam's original post was an older one. Will keep this here anyway to maybe help the most recent poster.
Sharon
Adam, did you try what David said about pointing to the root folder? Did that work?
When I copy the SD card, I name a new folder on my hard drive something specific, like Smith Wedding. Then I copy everything inside the SD card to that new folder. The first level inside my new folder now has folders for
AVF_INFO
PRIVATE
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This is a link to the full discussion if you are interested.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19085158#19085158
Sharon
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