After almost 10 hours of troubleshooting and trying all the methods I found on the internet. I finally figured it out myself after checking the database file called “MusicApps.properties”
I'll start by explaining the solution first
- Quit Logic Pro
- Press "Shift+Command+G" go to “~/Music/Audio Music Apps/Databases/Tags/“
- Find the file named “MusicApps.properties”
- Right click it, click Open with, then open with TextEdit
- And the file content would seems like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>OS13_scanned</key>
<string>property</string>
<key>sorting</key>
<array>
<string>Amps and Pedals</string>
<string>Delay</string>
<string>Distortion</string>
<string>Dynamics</string>
<string>EQ</string>
<string>Filter</string>
<string>Imaging</string>
</array>
<key>user_sorted</key>
<string>property</string>
</dict>
</plist>
- The text between <array> and </array> would vary from person to person , as it shows user’s category, but it's not important, just follow the next step.
- Delete the third and fourth lines from the bottom, which is shown below
<key>user_sorted</key>
<string>property</string>
- Press Command+S save the edited file
- Open Logic Pro Plug-in Manager. If it have not be rearrange, just create a new category and name it randomly. Press enter, and you would see all categories rearrange automatically in alphabetical.
- All done!
I'm not a coding guy, so what I am about to say is just what I have learned from the troubleshooting process. Please let me know if I have misunderstood.
It’s seems like once you arrange category list manually, it would no longer list categories in alphabetical. Because system add a command line which mentioned in step 6 above into file “MusicApps.properties” to tell Logic Pro Plug-in Manager not to arrange categories in alphabetical automatically.
This is not a common problem in Logic Pro user community, but I hope that if someone encounters the same problem in the future, this article will be helpful to you.
