Craig Mitchell
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Q: Find media links in Keynote 6

I have a lot of presentations linked to external media files, and I have moved my external media files around. I'm trying to work out whether Keynote can tell me the name of an external media file which has been linked when the file is not present.

 

I can select the item and click "Movie" in the Inspector but sometimes the file name doesn't show.

 

Basically I've forgotten which media files are in some presentations. I still have the media files but in different locations.

 

Yes, these days I embed the media...

 

OSX 10.11.6

Keynote 6.6.2

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Craig

Posted on Aug 19, 2016 4:07 AM

by Gary Scotland,Apple recommended
Gary Scotland Gary Scotland
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A:

Click the video file on the slide then:     Inspector > Format >Movie

clicking the replace button will show the folder the video file was last located and you can then navigate to the currents location and reset the link:

 

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Posted on Aug 20, 2016 7:33 AM

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  • by Gary Scotland,Apple recommended

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Aug 20, 2016 7:33 AM in response to Craig Mitchell
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    Aug 20, 2016 7:33 AM in response to Craig Mitchell

    Click the video file on the slide then:     Inspector > Format >Movie

    clicking the replace button will show the folder the video file was last located and you can then navigate to the currents location and reset the link:

     

    Screen Shot 2016-08-20 at 14.25.39.png

  • by Craig Mitchell,

    Craig Mitchell Craig Mitchell Aug 20, 2016 9:56 PM in response to Gary Scotland
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    Aug 20, 2016 9:56 PM in response to Gary Scotland

    Thanks Gary. What happens if no filename is listed and clicking on the replace button take you to an empty folder?

  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Aug 21, 2016 1:09 PM in response to Craig Mitchell
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    Aug 21, 2016 1:09 PM in response to Craig Mitchell

    Plan B is searching your Mac, spotlight will help, in this case type into the search box in a Finder window as below.

    Typing in:     ".mov"     if you know the files were these, it will create a long list but it might reveal the ones you want.

     

    If you want a better search application, down load easy find from the Mac App Store

     

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