Nellis Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Hi, Quick question. I found out because I was running out of iCloud storage perhaps that some of my samples from packs were uploaded to the cloud and taken out of the pack so you have to load them back in....irritating. I upgraded my storage. Is there an easy way to get all my samples ready to go again instead of having to "download' them back into the pack one by one from iCloud? In the pics you can see the "long sweeps" are in the pack, but in Logic you can't see all of them. Crap for workflow.... Tnx for your help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 I don't know, I would avoid having sounds on iCloud. One day you don't have internet, iCloud hangs and you're screwed. I would put all your extra sounds on an external HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellis Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Yeah I have them on my desktop in a sample packs folder plus time machine back ups but apparently ICloud started making room. So just manually take the sample packs folder out from iCloud? Tnx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 If they are on your desktop, they're using space on your system drive. How much left on your system drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellis Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 55gb available out of 500. I made the mistake of turning iCloud drive on with this mac so it just started moving files to the cloud which means some of my samples are not in my packs. Sucks. Can turn iCloud drive off but have to manually get those files back from the cloud. Don't know if there is an easy way so the files go back where they belong? Tnx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 55GB out of 500GB really isn't enough, you want to shoot for 25% free space or more for a comfortable drive performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellis Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 I have disabled the icloud drive desktop/documents and downloaded the files back in from the iCloud desktop folder. Some samples are still missing.... However when I fully shut off the iCloud drive button, it requests to save a copy. Is that the way to go? Tnx!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellis Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 In the pic here you can see that some samples have a normal music sign on the left so you can play it and others have another sign to the left of it. I can't play them when I click on them and they don't show in Logic....Any clues? Tnx!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Right click the file and do Get Info and compare them to ones that play. Maybe the default application to open them is different, hence the different icon. Have you considered using the Relocate Library function in Logic? Your hard drive is gonna get full very soon and you gonna have problems you don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Nellis Posted September 18, 2020 Author Solution Share Posted September 18, 2020 Tnx guys, I think I managed to solve the problem. I moved about 64gb of old finished tracks and also my pictures were syncing to my mac so that was 32gb free. All in all about 200 gb freed up and then did a time machine for my sample packs folder from last June or so and downloaded that back in and now things are back in order. iCloud and sample packs are not a good option I learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Freeing 200 gigs is no small task! Eventually you wanna have a dedicated hard drive for your projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Great! Good to hear. Thanks for sharing how you ended up resolving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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