Hello,
I moved the logic library to another drive, and then today I got a second drive and decided to copy the files to that drive instead. With most apps, when you do this, you get a prompt when opening the program after moving the files, saying something like "cant find library. Please locate it" but I didnt get that with logic. Do I need to re-install and download the library again, or is there a setting for locating the library manually?
Mac Studio
Hi there, have you tried Logic Pro (X) > Sound Library > Relocate Sound Library ? I assume you're talking about relocating from one external drive to another, correct? So, using Logic's built-in SL relocation assistant should be the first step in the process. Just bear in mind that the target drive should be formatted as either HFS+ (MacOS Extended) or APFS and not be used for Time Machine backups. Otherwise, it simply won't be available for SL relocation.
In case the built-in option won't allow to move the SL from one external drive to another, then you'll most likely need to re-download / reinstall / relocate it back on the system drive first, and then use "Relocate Sound Library". Not the most efficient workaround considering the time required for downloading, installation and / or relocation of all those GBs of content, but it should work fine.
I'd agree that what you describe above is an ideal (and, perhaps, also efficient) way to manage sound libraries. And indeed, that's how it works with, say, Ableton or Native Instruments libraries, to name a few. Unfortunately, not with Logic. Personally, it's beyond my comprehension why it's still not overhauled. Most likely, it's cost-cutting and "don't fix what's [technically] not broke" approach on Apple's side to blame.
N.B. You may explore ways to relocate SL on external drive(s) using symbolic links. The major advantage of this approach is not being dependent on SL Manager for relocating Logic's library content. Also it allows to relocate ALL content, including Apple Loops (which, to my knowledge, is currently not possible if one uses "Relocate Sound Library" option). It used to work fine in legacy OSX / macOS and earlier versions of Logic. Not sure about current ones, though. Cheers!
Hi there, have you tried Logic Pro (X) > Sound Library > Relocate Sound Library ? I assume you're talking about relocating from one external drive to another, correct? So, using Logic's built-in SL relocation assistant should be the first step in the process. Just bear in mind that the target drive should be formatted as either HFS+ (MacOS Extended) or APFS and not be used for Time Machine backups. Otherwise, it simply won't be available for SL relocation.
In case the built-in option won't allow to move the SL from one external drive to another, then you'll most likely need to re-download / reinstall / relocate it back on the system drive first, and then use "Relocate Sound Library". Not the most efficient workaround considering the time required for downloading, installation and / or relocation of all those GBs of content, but it should work fine.
I'd agree that what you describe above is an ideal (and, perhaps, also efficient) way to manage sound libraries. And indeed, that's how it works with, say, Ableton or Native Instruments libraries, to name a few. Unfortunately, not with Logic. Personally, it's beyond my comprehension why it's still not overhauled. Most likely, it's cost-cutting and "don't fix what's [technically] not broke" approach on Apple's side to blame.
N.B. You may explore ways to relocate SL on external drive(s) using symbolic links. The major advantage of this approach is not being dependent on SL Manager for relocating Logic's library content. Also it allows to relocate ALL content, including Apple Loops (which, to my knowledge, is currently not possible if one uses "Relocate Sound Library" option). It used to work fine in legacy OSX / macOS and earlier versions of Logic. Not sure about current ones, though. Cheers!
Hi, thank you for a very thorough answer! Unfortunately, for some reason, the "Relocate sound library" option is greyed out in my options-tab. I think it might be because I deleted the sound librarys original location in, lets say, /drive1, after I had copied it to /drive2, but I am not sure.
Yeah, an option to locate the library manually seems like an easy thing to implement, but I guess sub-optimal isnt a good enough reason for apple to change something.
No worries, happy to oblige!
Have you tried to copy the library back to the HD where it resided previously? It might be as simple as that.
Just a little correction to my N.B. in the post above: the correct term is not "symlinks", but "super aliases". If you decide to explore this option, that is.
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