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Preferences migration in Adobe XD

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  1. Adobe XD User Guide
  2. Introduction
    1. What's new in Adobe XD
    2. Common questions
    3. Design, prototype, and share with Adobe XD
    4. System requirements
      1. Hardware and software requirements
      2. Adobe XD, Big Sur, and Apple silicon | macOS 11
    5. Workspace basics
    6. Change app language in Adobe XD
    7. Access UI design kits
    8. Accessibility in Adobe XD
    9. Keyboard shortcuts
    10. Tips and tricks
    11. Adobe XD subscription options
    12. Changes to XD Starter Plan
  3. Design
    1. Artboards, guides, and layers
      1. Get started with artboards
      2. Use guides and grids
      3. Create scrollable artboards
      4. Work with layers
      5. Create scroll groups
    2. Shapes, objects, and path
      1. Select, resize, and rotate objects
      2. Move, align, distribute, and arrange objects
      3. Group, lock, duplicate, copy, and flip objects
      4. Set stroke, fill, and drop shadow for objects
      5. Create repeating elements
      6. Create perspective designs with 3D transforms
      7. Edit objects using Boolean operations
    3. Text and fonts
      1. Work with drawing and text tools
      2. Fonts in Adobe XD
    4. Components and states
      1. Work with components
      2. Work with nested components
      3. Add multiple states to components
    5. Masking and effects
      1. Create a mask with shapes
      2. Work with blur effects
      3. Create and modify gradients
      4. Apply blend effects
    6. Layout
      1. Responsive resize and constraints
      2. Set fixed padding for components and groups
      3. Create dynamic designs with stacks
    7. Videos and Lottie animations
      1. Work with videos
      2. Create prototypes using videos
      3. Work with Lottie animations
  4. Prototype
    1. Create interactive prototypes
    2. Animate prototypes
    3. Object properties supported for auto-animate
    4. Create prototypes with keyboard and gamepad
    5. Create prototypes using voice commands and playback
    6. Create timed transitions
    7. Add overlays
    8. Design voice prototypes
    9. Create anchor links
    10. Create hyperlinks
    11. Preview designs and prototypes
  5. Share, export, and review
    1. Share selected artboards
    2. Share designs and prototypes
    3. Set access permissions for links
    4. Work with prototypes
    5. Review prototypes
    6. Work with design specs
    7. Share design specs
    8. Inspect design specs
    9. Navigate design specs
    10. Review and comment design specs
    11. Export design assets
    12. Export and download assets from design specs
    13. Group sharing for enterprise
  6. Design systems
    1. Design systems with Creative Cloud Libraries
    2. Work with document assets in Adobe XD
    3. Work with Creative Cloud Libraries in Adobe XD
    4. Migrate from linked assets to Creative Cloud Libraries
    5. Work with design tokens 
    6. Use assets from Creative Cloud Libraries
  7. Cloud documents
    1. Cloud documents in Adobe XD
    2. Collaborate and coedit designs
    3. Coedit documents shared with you
  8. Integrations and plugins
    1. Work with external assets
    2. Work with design assets from Photoshop
    3. Copy and paste assets from Photoshop
    4. Import or open Photoshop designs
    5. Work with Illustrator assets in Adobe XD
    6. Open or import Illustrator designs
    7. Copy vectors from Illustrator to XD
    8. Plugins for Adobe XD
    9. Create and manage plugins
    10. Jira integration for XD
    11. Slack plugin for XD
    12. Zoom plug-in for XD
    13. Publish design from XD to Behance
  9. XD for iOS and Android
    1. Preview on mobile devices
    2. Adobe XD on mobile FAQ
  10. Troubleshooting
    1. Known and fixed issues
      1. Known issues
      2. Fixed issues
    2. Installation and updates
      1. XD appears as not compatible on Windows
      2. Error code 191
      3. Error code 183
      4. Issues installing XD plugins
      5.  Prompt to uninstall and reinstall XD on Windows 10
      6. Issues with preferences migration
    3. Launch and crash
      1.  XD crashes when launched on Windows 10
      2.  XD quits when you sign out of Creative Cloud
      3. Issue with subscription status on Windows
      4. Blocked-app warning when launching  XD on Windows
      5. Crash dump generation on Windows
      6. Crash log collection and sharing
    4. Cloud documents and Creative Cloud Libraries
      1. Issues with XD cloud documents
      2. Issues with linked components
      3. Issues with libraries and links
    5. Prototype, publish, and review
      1. Unable to record prototype interactions on macOS Catalina
      2. Issues with publish workflows
      3. Published  links do not appear in browsers
      4. Prototypes do not render correctly in browsers
      5. Commenting panel suddenly showing up on shared links
      6. Unable to publish libraries
    6. Import, export, and working with other apps
      1. Import and export in XD
      2. Photoshop files in XD
      3. Illustrator files in XD
      4. Export to After Effects from XD
      5. Sketch files in XD
      6. Third-party apps not visible in Export

Troubleshooting instructions to resolve preferences migration issues when you update XD

Updating Issue

When updating XD,  user preferences are automatically migrated. In some cases, due to permission issues, the preference migration fails in the backend and a notification appears. 

Preference migration failure notification
Preference migration failure notification

Solution

  1. Quit the Adobe XD app.

  2. In the User Library folder:

    1. Click Cmd+Shift+G from the Mac desktop (or Finder > Go > Go to Folder).
    2. Type in ~/Library to temporarily access the Library directory in the Finder.
    3. Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe.

  3. Locate and delete the folder named Adobe XD.

  4. Rename the folder Adobe XD CC to Adobe XD.

  5. In the User Library folder:

    1. Click Cmd+Shift+G from the Mac desktop (or Finder > Go > Go to Folder)
    2. Type in ~/Library to temporarily access the Library directory in the Finder.
    3. Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support.

  6. Delete the folder Adobe.XD.

  7. Rename the folder Adobe.CC.XD to Adobe.XD.

Downgrading Issue

When you downgrade from the latest version of Adobe XD starting from XD 18.0 to any of the previous XD versions, the preferences are not migrated.  You know the migration has failed when the changes made to the document are not shown in the Recent section of the Welcome screen.

Solution

  1. Quit the Adobe XD App.

  2. In the User Library folder:

    1. Click Cmd+Shift+G from the Mac desktop (or Finder > Go > Go to Folder).
    2. Type in ~/Library to temporarily access the Library directory in the Finder.
    3. Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe.

  3. Locate and delete the folder named Adobe XD CC.

  4. Rename the folder named Adobe XD to Adobe XD CC.

  5. In the User Library folder:

    1. Click Cmd+Shift+G from the Mac desktop (or Finder > Go > Go to Folder). 
    2. Type in ~/Library to temporarily access the Library directory in the Finder.
    3. Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support.

  6. Delete the Folder by Adobe.CC.XD.

  7. Rename the Folder Adobe.XD to Adobe.CC.XD.

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