jdpro Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Hi, I read some other post before starting this one, but no help. I have a project that is for mastering my album project. 8 tracks, 8 audio files, 3-4 plugins per track, 7 instances of volume automation, and that's it. 2.33GB of total audio files. I have no unused audio and after CleanUp the Project file is over 14GB. I have what I would call some pretty complex song projects with over 20 tracks, tons of plugins, 5-10 software instruments, and those project files are barely 20MB. Please advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Are you saving as a package or as a project folder? I recommend a project folder so you can easily see what's inside. I also suggest you try emptying your undo history (Edit > Delete Undo History). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdpro Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 I do always use project folder. And I see now I have no undo history. Would that have been done by cleanup function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 So the project file is 14 GB? Do you have any alternatives? Backups? I would try to do a "Save As" under a different name and check the size of the new file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdpro Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Not sure about alternatives or backups, I am not aware of those functions. As far as Save As, that produced an equally large file. I don't believe I am doing anything different in this project than any of my others. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 You can control-click the Logic file's package to see the package contents, and see what's taking that much space on your drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottkrk Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 As David suggested right click your file and check package contents. The first thing I would check it Media>Audio Files for duplicates. I reported this issue to Apple and LPH 8 months ago see this thread https://www.logicprohelp.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=129086&p The workaround is to save the new project as a folder before you record or import audio. The bug is still there in 10.3.2 would be very simple for Apple to fix, I guess it would help if more people reported it. Steps to Reproduce Launch Logic File>New Create Audio track Record Audio File>Save Select Organise my Project as a: Folder Save Project Go to finder audio file is in the folder structure and in the .logicx package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdpro Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 Thanks guys, I do always save as folder not package, so that's not an issue. And I did discover the problem thanks to you. It was the "Alternatives / Undo Data.nosync" folder. Still not sure why this is the only project of many that had this problem. Anyway, after getting rid of unnecessary files, I'm back to normal 5-10MB project files for 2 of 3 project files in question. After attempting the same fix on the 3rd, I still show 13GB. When I show package contents and get info on all the contents, nothing in there adds up to even a MB. Even tried empty trash and restart and it still shows 13GB. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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