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Hello, I recently started a project with some friends and they're using a shared folder in Google Drive to collaborate. They shared the folder with me and mentioned they work and save everything directly to the drive so if any of us wish to make changes, those changes will be made and easily accessible for everyone. I'm saving my projects as folders directly to the shared folder using the Google Drive desktop app. The problem I encountered (or rather my colleagues) is that they can't seem to open the logic files I've saved there. We also noticed that the bounces folder appears to be missing. They also claim the logic files are showing as ".logicx.pkgf" which is strange, because for me they're appearing as ".logicx". Moreover, any projects I save right to my own computer now, such as my desktop, are now missing the Bounce folder. This all started right when I began working in the shared Google Drive folder and saving projects directly to that shared folder. Any ideas what's going on?

Hello all, I figured I would jump on board and mention I am having this exact same problem as well, and only since updating to Logic 10.5.0. The problem as others have described is: -initiating playback through any means will play for a split second then stop immediately -the only playback that works is when recording The only solution appears to be closing Logic completely and then re-opening. After that, the problem could happen again after a few minutes or after an hour. It's very annoying.

Thanks for your responses. It's always a tough decision... even though I'm sure either option will work out for me. I'm keeping an eye on the refurbished store so if an i7 pops up, I might just snag it.

I will miss the iMac, and the beautiful screen. But I'd be fine with a 1440p monitor to be honest. I won't be trying any other DAWs as I've tried almost all of them. I've been working with Logic for almost 10 years now so, yeah, I'm sticking with it XD As for Windows... I've always wanted to build my own computer and have something to tinker with, and become more knowledgeable about. I also want to play games in high settings from time to time and be able to upgrade certain components over time. Finally, I work in IT support and am wanting to advance my career by taking some computer science courses. I will need a Windows PC for this long journey as I become more knowledgeable with Windows PCs, servers, etc. I also want a stable machine running Mac OS for music production and Logic Pro. Further down the road I may eventually experiment with building a cheap hackintosh and may one day end up building my own powerful hackintosh. For now, I will keep my stable Mac system on Apple hardware, the Mac Mini. I know with this setup I will have a powerful music production PC that's semi-portable (just need to hook the mac mini to any monitor essentially), and last me many years, while the same time have an upgradeable powerhouse PC for gaming, video editing, and everything else. They'd both use the same peripherals as well (monitor, keyboard, mouse). Well actually I'll probably still have two mice... I kind of need the magic mouse for working in Logic it's just... the side scrolling is a beautiful thing XD @Triplets - I don't know why I hadn't thought to check geekbench yet! I didn't expect the 8th gen i7 to be that much more powerful in multicore... I guess those extra 2 cores really do make a huge difference. I think my only concern here is price. I don't think overheating is even an issue... I've never even heard the fans ramp up while using Logic on my iMac, so I'd imagine the i7 in the Mac Mini would be the same. I know those chips do get hot but Logic truly isn't demanding enough, at least for my sessions, for me to worry about it. So really I need to ask myself if $240 CAD for the i7 is worth the extra performance and longevity, or save that and invest it elsewhere by sticking with the i5 model. Ugh. "Eeny meeny miny moe..."

Hey guys, as the title says, I'm looking to pick up a 2018 Mac Mini and can't decide between i5 or i7. I've already gone down the rabbit hole of the whole "usb issues, audio crackling" threads for mac mini and have determined it shouldn't really be an issue and likely only affect a small number of users for various reasons, and isn't any actual defect of the device itself. As you can see by my signature, I already own a beast of an iMac which works wonders for Logic Pro X - the 2017 27" i7 (quad core), full ssd and tons of ram to boot. So what's the problem you might ask? Why am I looking at a Mac Mini when I already have a wonderful workstation that'll last me many years? The TL;DR of it is that I want to build a Windows PC for various reasons, but still want to use Logic Pro X (I've decided I don't want to mess with a hackintosh). So, I want to sell my iMac and use the funds to build a PC and buy a 2018 mac mini. Typically, I would buy the biggest and best Mac, but because I want to get 2 computers out of this, I want to make sure I get the most for my money. So I ask: will the 6 core i5 be sufficient? I know it depends on what I'm doing. So, I will not be video editing on the mac mini - that will be done on the soon-to-be Windows PC. The mac mini will strictly be for music production. I typically work with soft synths and various 3rd party plugins. Mostly MIDI, not so much audio. I do not compose orchestral music or have an elaborate sample library. I already have an external SSD for my project files. Also, I opened up the biggest Logic session on my current iMac (plenty of instances of reverb, numerous piano plugins from NI and numerous alchemy, zebra2, reaktor, synths with about 60 tracks and my cpu was barely hitting 20%. RAM usage was about 12GB. I also had premiere pro, photoshop, and about 20 google chrome tabs in the background. When I write music, I usually don't have all this stuff open, I just wanted to push the cpu and see what its usage was at. Clearly the 7th gen i7 can handle anything i throw at it without breaking a sweat. All this being said, I think for my typical logic sessions, it would seem the 8th gen 6core i5 Mac Mini should be more than enough for many years to come (I will also buy the 8GB and upgrade to 32GB RAM myself). With all this being considered, is there any reason I should still opt for the i7, or do you think the i5 would be just fine for many years to come? I know the i7 has hyperthreading but still, if I'm not even coming close to even using half the cpu I currently have, I would think i5 should be fine. Thoughts? And thanks in advance.

Ah, a deeper dive into that forum yields the same sort of questions from other users, and also calling bs on the Apple technicians response of the USB ports "not being designed for audio." Here's a just a few responses from other users: "...it's complete nonsense what Apple says. If a device has a USB2 or USB3 port, then the interface-specific properties (different transfer modes, speeds) must also be adhered to. There are no USB ports that are only for charging. There are also no USB ports for audio. Recording interfaces use certain transfer modes, which the standard USB interface has to bring with it." "Apples response doesn't sound valid. Since when does an USB port need to be designed for audio? USB only needs to be compliant to certain standards and it should support a couple of transport modes. By defining "this USB is not for audio" they close the doors and say "your problem guy". I see absolutely no positive message in this answer from Apple." "...Apple's comments that the USB interfaces on the new Macs are not intended for audio are also pure stalling tactics. These are absolute smoke bombs to appease customers who don't know better." It sounds to me like the technicians may have been trying to avoid having the mini be sent back, and instead tell the end user "tough luck, kid!" It's certainly not uncommon for some users to experience hardware issues or 3rd party software incompatibility causing audio pops and crackles, cpu spikes. I believe at the end of the day the majority of Mac Mini 2018 owners are likely very satisfied with their workstations.

So what's the consensus here? Is the mac mini 2018 not a good choice to use for Logic then? I'm a little confused because I thought USB ports are all the same? There's no specific USB 3.0 or 3.1 port that's the "audio version" that's better to handle things like MIDI keyboards or audio interfaces is there? Something doesn't add up here...

Agreed.. not a huge improvement considering the price, and also if you want something that will last you another 7 years or so. If you can hold out a little longer, it's expected that new iMac's and Mac Pro's will be released next year.

Sorry for the late reply everyone, haven't had much time to be in the studio the past week. Anyway, since restarting the computer the issue seems to be fixed now. I always have my KORG minilogue plugged in via USB, although I only power it on when I'm using it obviously. When the issue was happening, I also had my 1st gen M Audio Axiom 61 plugged in. If it happens again I'll experiment with unplugging hardware and switching projects and see if the problem persists. Thanks everyone for your help.

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Hi guys, The title says it all, and here's a short video of the issue. It happens when I press play or as shown in the video when everything is stopped - it just randomly jumps ahead for no reason. Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks.

Alright, thanks guys. And sorry for my ignorance - Just want to make sure I'm making sound purchase decisions

I think I will end up with the Samsung T5, as it's reasonably priced for a 1TB model and has good reviews. Still open to any other thoughts if anyone has them. By the way, I'm planning on using this for both my audio sample storage and project drive. This is still okay, right? I know some folks like to have 2 drives, one for projects and one for audio samples. Will this matter if the drive is an SSD? I'm not an orchestral composer so I'm not running any huge sample libraries like Hollywood Orchestra or what have you.

Hi guys, A while back I decided to store and work on my projects from an external hard drive with the help of some people on this forum. Although I've been mostly happy with the setup, I've decided now that I would like to go the SSD route, since I am not completely satisfied with the speed, or constant whirring sound and search noises of my external hard drive. Plus, I'm not a fan of waiting for the hard drive to wake back up after it goes to sleep after periods of inactivity. If I were to invest in an external SSD, would I see a real benefit in loading times / decrease in noise as I'm working from the SSD? I was thinking of the USB-C Samsung T5. Is this a good option, or would it be better to go with a thunderbolt external SSD? Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm experiencing a really strange problem with my MIDI notes. I'm working on a fairly large project for a short film (about 100 tracks) and I've noticed that after saving my project, I will come back to it the next time and play the music and I notice that some notes are sounding off. So I take a look at the MIDI notes and it appears that randomly, some MIDI notes in a given region have moved an 8th note forward. I don't think I could have accidentally highlighted a region and quantized, because it's usually only 1 - 3 notes within the region that have moved. It's very bizarre. It's a big time waste because I'm having to listen through the entire score to find them. Any ideas on what could be causing this?