stlpck Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 What's the best way to backup your Logic session as a data file using Mac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeDunn Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 under the file menu, save as project... and select copy all. This will take everything you use in the project (audio, samples, loops, ir's, etc) and put them all in 1 neat little folder. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlpck Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Thanks Luke. That's very helpful. Can you burn these files to a dvd-r or cd-r? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 What Luke describes is the way I save my projects. Then when I want to backup, I quit Logic and copy the project folder(s) to a hard drive, but you can also copy onto a DVD-R. I used to copy them to CD-Rs, but be warned: most of my CD-Rs which are only a couple of years old will not be read. CD-Rs really don't last long. I'm not sure about DVD-Rs. I wouldn't rely on them as my sole backup option. Hard drives seem to be more reliable. I would recommend hard drives + offsite backup, such as an internet backup (but transfer time is slow) for archiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeDunn Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 What Luke describes is the way I save my projects. Then when I want to backup, I quit Logic and copy the project folder(s) to a hard drive, but you can also copy onto a DVD-R. I used to copy them to CD-Rs, but be warned: most of my CD-Rs which are only a couple of years old will not be read. CD-Rs really don't last long. I back up to CD -R and DVD-R..... I had no idea that after time they wont be able to be read.... I've got back-ups from 4-5 years ago, I should check them out. What's the reason behind this David? Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I think I read somewhere that they are supposed to last for about 10 years, but who knows.. I think my studio is way too hot, and also the way I store them (by sliding them into a sleeve) is probably scratching their surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeDunn Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Thanks for the info David.... I'm gonna look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlpck Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 Thanks David. Your input is always very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erfmufn Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 I'm pretty sure the same affliction applies for DVDRs too as the concept is the same, ie they both use dye which is altered by the laser to write the I's and O's as data. The dye is a sensitive material that naturally degrades through light, heat and time. Also through atmospherics the disc material can simply oxidize (rust). I wouldn't trust either of these as a long term storage method unless you have a sealed temperature controlled room. Recently Blu-Ray discs were found with a bacteria that was literally eating the data! (imaging trying to store your data on a pizza and trying to keep that pizza from decomposing). HDs come with their own problems and when a HD dies it can be tragic. If you like to keep your data, try to move your data from old HDs to new ones every couple of years at least, and if possible keep a couple of HDs with copies of the same data, even new HDs die.. in fact HD death is one of the most likely computer components to fail due to moving parts and complexity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeDunn Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 That makes sense.. thanks for the help. Plus....... sweet pizza analogy! Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenboy Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Just on the subject of saving as a project... is it possible to change the move/leave/copy settings of a project once it has been saved? It seems that every time I try this, it saves a new .lso file with a #1 in the name. I'm trying to now copy the sampler and instrument stuff into the project folder so that when I backup I know they will always be available to the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Yes, in File > Project > Settings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenboy Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 D'oh! Cheers, you must get tired of such idiotic questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenboy Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 That's a great gift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpunk Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Anyone know why drum samples get lost after I save? Anytime I save a project and go to press play the drums are gone. But then when I revert to saved project, everything's good. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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