Logic "forgets" sound library location

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Logic "forgets" sound library location

This has been a recurring issue for me. After installing the Essential sound library to the internal then using the Relocate... function to move it to an external drive. Then I downloaded the complete sound library to the external drive. When I relaunch Logic it asks if I want to use my internal drive or link to the external. I choose "Link". When Logic opens many (~25%) of the sounds show as needing to be downloaded. If I go ahead and (re)download the sounds they show up on the internal drive and not where Logic itself knows the library is located (which is on my external). The "missing" sound files are on the external drive according to the finder.

Am I missing something or is the library relocation feature just bugged? I've run through this process 4 or 5 times, including a call to Apple Support who were pretty much stumped. Seems easier to just move them myself and create my own alias, which seems to be all Logic is doing (poorly) behinds the scenes.

I'm running Big Sur on a 2020 M1 Mac Mini. I don't want to upgrade to Monterey since that doesn't play well with some other plugins.

Posted on Oct 15, 2022 10:24 AM

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Radarhus

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Oct 16, 2022 05:17 AM in response to Brent Emerson

Am I missing something or is the library relocation feature just bugged?

Hi Brent, you're not missing anything. Everything sound library-related in Logic is very poorly implemented, as you've had a chance to find out. As I remember, it's been like that since they released Logic Pro X almost a decade ago.

I suppose the only viable solution for you in this case is to download and install the complete Sound Library onto your system HD / partition using Sound Library Manager. Then relocate it to external.

OR, you could try creating super-aliases and relocate the library manually. However, from what I read online in terms of how super-aliases function in the most recent generations of macOS (i.e. Big Sur and Monterey), any Sound Library update might cause them to be overwritten with the newly-installed content. That's just my personal understanding of this aspect of library relocation, though. So it's all trial and error. If you manage to get manual relocation to work, then please, share the know-how.

But to reiterate, Sound Library is just not a strong side of Logic Pro, unfortunately.

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