Troycubb Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I just installed a new 320 gig 7200 rpm hard drive in my MacBook Pro Reinstalled Leopard, but I would like to just move my Logic Pro Studio and all its settings over. How do I do that? Can anyone help me? I would love to be able to just open Logic Pro without losing all my settings, icons, pluggins etc.... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prjkt Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 back up your logic preference files and application support folder before you do anything chuck the new hdd in, install OSX you'll then need to reinstall logic, but you can then replace your backed up settings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troycubb Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 just to make sure I get this right can you point me in the direction of these? Really appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Preferences: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.plist ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.cs Settings, Instruments, etc...: ~/Library/Application Support/Logic/ 3rd party A.U. plug-ins: ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troycubb Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 So I just replace all these and I'm good to go! Fantastic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troycubb Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 Can you guys tell me if it would be better to partition my new 320 gig Hard Drive on my computer and run my instrument Libraries off one of the partitions or keep them all on an external drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Don't partition. Keep everything on the internal drive unless you can get an eSATA card and drive, and don't mind carrying an external drive around with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troycubb Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 So keep everything on the main drive? Before I installed the larger drive I had all my libraries on an external 800 drive that seemed to do ok. But your saying the internal main hard drive would be a better choice for my Libraries? Really appreciate the help too, thank you! Troy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 It's hit or miss, because on one hand the internal is faster, on the other hand it's already used to swap data in and out of memory by OS X. Obviously using an external drive is better, but if it's going to be a slower external drive, then your results will vary. If you don't mind having an external, then maybe try the external and see if that works for you. To me the point of a laptop is that it's easy to carry around, so I'd rather not have to carry an external drive along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troycubb Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) So what is the best way to safe all your Plugin settings/3rd party plugins/ and your whole Logic Pro setup if you change computers or hard drives. Is it as simple as dragging it all over? Edited August 7, 2008 by Troycubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troycubb Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 There must be an easier way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 There isn't. Just back those folders up and drag them back over when Logic is installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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