kerochan Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 May seem like a dumb question, just wanna make sure I am doing things correctly here! even though I have done it like this for over a year! I want to make sure I am not running Logic from my system drive. I turn on my computer and 2 external G Drives, I click on the Logic icon and open a new session, then name it and save it to my G drive 1, (and then drag it across from G drive 1 to 2 to make a back up copy) Then later, when I want to work on the project i open it up from G drive 1 and make all the changes I need, and save it in G drive 1, and then again drag a copy to G drive 2. nothing is getting saved to the computer. Does this mean I am not running Logic from my system drive? I am sure it does, just want to double check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 It’s mainly semantics but you are still running the application Logic Pro X from your system drive. You are however storing your project on your external drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 Eric hi Oh? So I am doing things wrong? How can I run Logic from an external druve like we are all advised to!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusbur Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hi Kerochan Not sure who advised you of that but leave the Logic app on your system drive. The recommendation is to sym link large sample librarys to an external HD (SSD) , but only if you use those large libraries. Leave the Logic app in Applications!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hi Kerochan Not sure who advised you of that but leave the Logic app on your system drive. The recommendation is to sym link large sample librarys to an external HD (SSD) , but only if you use those large libraries. Leave the Logic app in Applications!! Cheers Fusbar, if you take a look at this video, at around 1.42, he says you shouldnt run from the internal system drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusbur Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Youtube expert, huh? I'd rather take David's advice ... https://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=69685 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 So I am doing things wrong? You are not doing anything wrong. This is pretty much by the book. How can I run Logic from an external druve like we are all advised to!? Like I said in my previous post: It's basically semantics. You really don't want to run Logic Pro X from anywhere else than your system drive. You are already doing everything right. Don't worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 Thank you Eric, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 You're most welcome kerochan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 To be a little more precise: you never run Logic (or any app for that matter) from a drive. It doesn't really matter where the Logic app itself is stored (although it's recommended you store it on your system drive). When you open Logic, macOS will transfer all the code to run the Logic app from the drive to the RAM in your Mac, and thats where Logic runs from: from RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerochan Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 To be a little more precise: you never run Logic (or any app for that matter) from a drive. It doesn't really matter where the Logic app itself is stored (although it's recommended you store it on your system drive). When you open Logic, macOS will transfer all the code to run the Logic app from the drive to the RAM in your Mac, and thats where Logic runs from: from RAM. Thank you David. Thats made things clearer. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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