pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 I can see this Library is a constant bothersome thing... In my case I want to move it from an external drive where it works fine to a flash drive USB3.1. I get the following message when I use the 'Relocate library' command in LogicL: Any ideas? Is USB forbidden> Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 What's the AP 256 USB formatted as? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) As Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) with GUI partition map. Edit... I tried the other options Master Boot Record and Apple Partition Map..no joy Edited July 26, 2022 by pinki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Anyone have any further ideas about this- should a USB disk be OK for the Library? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRobinson Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Yes, my library is on USB. There was nowhere enough room on the puny built-in SSD of my MacBook Pro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Thanks Mike good to know it should work. I'm therefore wondering if the 'Relocate' function only works to move from the default location on the Mac to another location i.e not from one external drive to another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) Have you given Logic access to your external drive? As explained here: Quote Give Logic Pro access to your external drive If you get an error that says content can't be relocated, give Logic Pro access to your external drive. Quit Logic Pro. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security and Privacy, then click Privacy. Click the lock button to make changes. In the left column, click Full Disk Access, then select the checkbox next to Logic Pro in the application window on the right. Edited July 26, 2022 by Atlas007 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) Thanks. I thought that might be it, changed the Full Disk Access status but still got the error. Edit: so I've tried everything APFS/Extended/Journaled..this a brand new 128Gb San Disk USB 3.1 drive and same error every time. I can only think that the Relocate function will only work from the default location to the next location and not from the next location to a further one. Has anyone successfully moved their Library from one external drive to another external drive? Edited July 26, 2022 by pinki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 So I tried deleting the library and downloading it to the default location and then using Relocate Library to the USB drive and I still got the same error. I give up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, pinki said: this a brand new 128Gb San Disk USB 3.1 drive and same error every time. So how come the system thinks there is 180GB of free space on it, from your screen shot? Check your device isn't a counterfeit device and reporting it's space incorrectly - it happens a lot with flash drives bought eg on Amazon. You pay for a 128GB drive, you get one with 8MB or something, and it could report anything to the system to look like it's larger... Try copying a bunch of files to it in the finder (it will take a while, these USB flash drives are very slow). To be honest, I really wouldn't recommend installing Logic's sample content on a flash drive anyway, due to how slow these things are... Edited July 26, 2022 by des99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 Hi des99 Sorry my mistake, it's a 256GB drive and I've tried putting some files and folders on it and it's fine. Get Info reads 249GB available. The Logic screen I posted read out 180Gb available as I had something else on there temporarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Ok, well that rules that one out! Perhaps Logic won't let you relocate to a flash drive device, only to a proper hard drive/SSD device? Edited July 27, 2022 by des99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 OK tried another USB flash drive having reinstalled to my default location and same error message. I can only conclude Logic doesn't like USB flash drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radarhus Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Hey pinki, have you tried formatting your USB drive as APFS? Just a hunch here. Another thing you could try is to relocate the library manually using super-aliases (there were some very good threads on this board dedicated to this a few years back). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 Hey there Yes tried APFS and no difference. I also created a Symbolic Link with a tool I have and that did not work. Is there a difference between a Symbolic Link and a Super Alias? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radarhus Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, pinki said: Is there a difference between a Symbolic Link and a Super Alias? It's the same thing, basically. I'd recommend creating them using Terminal (or whatever the current shell app in macOS is now called) AND use the 'sudo' command, which is required to be able to create symlinks to place in locations where a regular user account won't have the necessary permissions. I suppose, this might be the reason why your tool-created symlinks do not work. Edited July 30, 2022 by Radarhus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 11:48 AM, pinki said: I can only conclude Logic doesn't like USB flash drives. That does sound like the probable cause here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, David Nahmani said: That does sound like the probable cause here. I agree, but it's a bit naughty of Logic to make available a device for selection that it already thinks is unsuitable. It *should* grey out that device, and indicate a message of it's unsuitability, like it does for other unsuitable locations... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, des99 said: it's a bit naughty of Logic to make available a device for selection that it already thinks is unsuitable. It *should* grey out that device, and indicate a message of it's unsuitability, like it does for other unsuitable locations... I couldn't agree more! Ideally there should be a message right there that specifies why a specific device isn't available for selection. Could be just an oversight however... I'll try to inquire. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Thanks everyone.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 So I just asked two friends, and they were able to relocate the Library to a USB flash drive. So it seems that in the end, that is not the issue after all. 🤨 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Very interesting! Thanks. I just don't know what it can be then apart from I'm on 10.6.1 and I should try a different iteration. The USB key is definitely good and configured correctly and I've tried every which way of using the Relocate Library command... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 4 hours ago, des99 said: it's a bit naughty of Logic 🤭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radarhus Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 10:01 PM, pinki said: Very interesting! Thanks. I just don't know what it can be then apart from I'm on 10.6.1 and I should try a different iteration. The USB key is definitely good and configured correctly and I've tried every which way of using the Relocate Library command... Have you tried creating the necessary symlinks manually via Terminal (Shell) app and 'sudo' command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 No I haven't...can you point me to a walkthrough of that?✋ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 The ability to use symlinks to point to a Library was added in 10.7, AFAICS, so that's out if the OP is still on some 10.6 variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, analogika said: The ability to use symlinks to point to a Library was added in 10.7, AFAICS, so that's out if the OP is still on some 10.6 variant. Sure - *officially*. Some of us were symlinking to content placed on external drives since Logic 7.x days... You could certainly manually symlink Logic's content to external drives (if you knew what you were doing) long before they officially added the ability for Logic to do it and take care of the details... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radarhus Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, pinki said: No I haven't...can you point me to a walkthrough of that?✋ Here's a good article on the manual creation of symlinks in Terminal: https://www.howtogeek.com/297721/how-to-create-and-use-symbolic-links-aka-symlinks-on-a-mac/ Let me know if you have any questions or things you'd like to be clarified. BTW, at least one of the advantages of manual content relocation is that this way it's possible to also relocate Apple Loops to external drive (that means saving up to 5-6 Gb of disk space on system HD). Currently Apple Loops are not relocated to external drive, for some reason (Logic devs lazy or something? lol ). Screen from LP User Guide (10.7 and later): Edited August 2, 2022 by Radarhus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Here's an article on how to create symlinks for Logic Pro: https://www.logicprohelp.com/wp/move-logics-additional-content-secondary-drive/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinki Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Thanks will try this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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