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This file has been modified outside illustrator

After updating to Illustrator 24.0, sometimes when saving a file, I get a popup that says 'this file has been modified outside illustrator. do you want to continue?'

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Done (In Beta)  ·  AdminIllustrator Engineering (Software Engineer, Adobe Illustrator) responded  · 

Hi All,

We hope this season ends on a joyful note and continues into a safe and prosperous New Year for you and your family.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2020.

We have tried to address this issue in our beta build of 24.0.2.
Please visit adobe.ly/1o2SDsg and get the latest build for version 24.0.2 (Build 1).

Please do let us know if this issue is resolved for you or not.

With Best Regards,
Illustrator Team

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  • Maria commented  ·   ·  Report

    Still getting it in v 27.0.1. EYEROLL

  • Marcos Chagas commented  ·   ·  Report

    Still getting this error. MacBook Air M1, Monterey (12.0.1), Illustrator 26.0. Saving to Google Drive.

  • DS commented  ·   ·  Report

    Still happening. Any update?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    The issue still persists in version 25.3.1.
    Files saved to Microsoft OneDrive (Mac version).
    When the file is moved outside of OneDrive there is no alert message.
    This is EXTREMELY annoying and counterproductive!

    Macbook Pro Big Sore 11.4

  • garth commented  ·   ·  Report

    I still get this alert on an 2019 Intel MacBook Pro, Big Sur 11.4, Illustrator 25.2.3 saving to a Google Drive.

  • Chaz commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also to add, this doesn't happen with saving direct to Dropbox or iCloud, just OneDrive.

  • Chaz commented  ·   ·  Report

    Ended up here looking for a fix for the 'This file has been modified outside Illustrator' message.
    On the current version of Illustrator 25.2.1
    Mac OS 11.2.3

    I only get this issue when saving to OneDrive.

  • Fosterchild commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also confirming issue still exists. Using version 25.0.1 with Mac 10.15.7

    Very annoying. If Adobe can't fix, please explain why.

  • Danny A commented  ·   ·  Report

    Confirming this issue still exists. Illustrator 25.1, macOS Big Sur 11.2

  • Flora commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have the same issue as everybody here since I did an update (wished I didn't bothered... very annoying... It take also longer to save than usual and made plenty of space on my hard drive recently.

    Could you please fix this bug?

  • Wes Rand commented  ·   ·  Report

    Agreed, starting to see this constantly now after it had disappeared for a while.

  • Nick commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have not had this problem for a few years, but it has now reappeared. I am running Illustrator 25.0 on Mojave 10.14.6.

  • Can commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Illustrator Team,

    I've updated to the latest version 25 AI 2021. I'm stilling getting popup that says 'this file has been modified outside illustrator. do you want to continue?'

    Please help!

    Thanks.

  • Chris commented  ·   ·  Report

    I didn't have this issue until I updated to Catalina in order to start using CC 2021. Now it happens pretty much every time I save. Thanks.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Saving to MyCloud PR2100. This is very nerving!

  • Wes Rand commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, this still seems to be an issue for folders that are backed up to a web service (Google File Stream here.) I don't see it for files that are saved elsewhere.

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