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Process of including external data into the current .blend file for portability or distribution purposes by embedding things like textures and libraries

Packing is the process of including external data into the current .blend file for portability or distribution purposes.

It can be achieved by going to File > External Data > Pack All Into .blend File by embedding external files like textures, fonts and libraries into the .blend file.

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Is there a way to pack miscellaneous files into a .blend?

I would like to pack a Gimp ".xcf" file into a .blend file, rather than create a zip that includes this file, for example to include it in a blender.stackexchange answer via https://blend-exchange.com/. But there does not appear to be a way to…
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finding a link or material pointing to a missing file or path

In packing a blend file I get a report of 3 missing files (actually, only paths) from an FBX imported from a 3dsMax export: Error: Unable to pack file, source path 'C:\Users\James\Documents\3dsMax\projects\architecture\scenes' not found (aside:…
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How deep does Blender file packing go?

I recently (almost) completed a project and I am in the process of archiving about a hundred *.blend files having selected those used to ouput *.mp4 files for editing in Premiere Pro. I have gone through each of the "hero" files and selected…
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Blender is locking the texture file

After editing the existing texture in Photoshop cant save over it its is locked by blender, Found that by LockHUnter app. Texture was Packed in in to the bledner file maybe thats what causing it being locked. Any ideas ?
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Packed file is much smaller

Not a problem per se, but a client noticed a file I worked on was much smaller than the one they sent. I figured it was because I packed it, does packing delete stuff too?
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