There’s a common problem on Mac OS X when there are multiple versions of Adobe® InDesign® or Adobe® InCopy® installed on the same computer. Double-clicking an .indd file’s icon will often cause the wrong application to launch.
The horror scenario: your customer sends you their InDesign CS2 file; you double-click it. It opens in the brand new copy of InDesign CS4 you just installed on your Mac. You work on the file for two days, and send it back to your customer. They cannot open it – they only have InDesign CS2. The fun starts…
To fix this, we’ve been building a little app called Lightning Brain InDesignProxy; we had a rapid succession of ever-improving versions over the last month, but things seem to have settled – we’ve had no bug reports for a while now. Click here for more info.
We’ve released it as ‘cup-of-coffee’-ware: if you like the app, and it saves you time, we’d appreciate a nice ‘Latte Grande’ with bells and whistles – come back to the Lightning Brain InDesignProxy page and send us a US$4 donation to show your appreciation.
On the other hand, if you hate the app, or it does not work for you – please send us feedback at [email protected]; we would really appreciate that!
Check it out – click here to read more and to download it!