This is still fricking happening. I'm on 30.1, Tahoe 26.3.1, Apple M1 Pro. I've already reset preferences and done a full re-instalment of illustrator and haven't had it happen in over a month. Just opened my file from yesterday and all the reference images are gone. Been using this software for over 10 years and it is absolute trash now!!!
EDIT: I was able to use Dropbox's version history to restore an older version with all the images still in it - hope that helps someone else.
This is still fricking happening. I'm on 30.1, Tahoe 26.3.1, Apple M1 Pro. I've already reset preferences and done a full re-instalment of illustrator and haven't had it happen in over a month. Just opened my file from yesterday and all the reference images are gone. Been using this software for over 10 years and it is absolute trash now!!!
EDIT: I was able to use Dropbox's version history to restore an older version with all the images still in it - hope that helps someone else.