Pointing Logic to content on an external drive

I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to Leopard and reinstalled Logic but chose not to install additional content since it was already on my external drive. How do I point logic towards that content?
Thanks!!

There are different types of content, in different places. What you'll need to do depends on what you have done with the existing content, and where you have put it (and what you might have broken in the process!).
Loop content is easy, you just drag the top level folders into the Loop Browser and it will reindex the files (choose to leave them in their current location).
EXS Samples aren't too much of a problem as the EXS24 will search for them if the samples are not where it thinks they should be.
Garageband instrument content is a little more tricky, as some of it cannot be moved. See:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7299941&#7299941

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The complexity with this idea is the software has to run from a Mac computer on your network.. so you need a Mac turned on, probably most of the day.
It isn't possible to partition the TC although you can create a image area.
The software would have to copy the material, that means all files to be copied, go from USB drive, back to the Mac, then back to the TC, and written to the drive. In other words you have just added Network congestion, although a proper incremental backup type software will not actually use a lot of capacity.
Finally it will be slow.. network drives are slower than internal drives. Well USB connected drive is much slower than the same drive connected directly to the computer.. and if the drive is connected directly to a computer it can be shared with the network.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th- gen-review-faster-wifi-/4
Read carefully the speed of the USB drive plugged into the TC.

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My internal HDD is almost full and I need to move some of my data to an external drive before it fills up completely.
Logic Studio and all the samples, loops etc strike me as a good candidate but I wish I had thought about this before I installed it. Generally Mac apps are very easy to uninstall but Logic is so vast that dragging the app to the Trash is not going to recover the 50GB of disk space.
I presume the easiest way to do this would be to uninstall Logic Studio, the Jam Packs, Audio Content etc and then reinstall choosing the external HDD as the target. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to do this - can anyone help me or point me in the direction of some instructions please?
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Hi, Gang,
Well, the first external drive that I've been using with FCPX is nearly full, so I need to move on to a new drive. At this point, I'm trying to find a strategy that will enable me to keep this content organized. My drives are mostly FireWire 800 types, so they can theoretically be daisy-chained, if that helps.
How do I move on to a new drive while keeping my stuff organized? What are the implications for the organization of my current libraries, events and projects?
I hope this makes sense. I just want do this right the first time as my collections of assets grows and begins to spread across more devices.
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"Copy to library storage location."
So that's a location on the external?
located in Movies/Final Cut Backups
No, those are the backups. Where is the actual library you're working on? Is it on the external? Is the media inside the library?
If you're finished with that production, start a new library on a new drive with a new location for the library, either inside the library or in a folder outside of the library.

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I have a large external drive with lots of photos in nested folders. I use bridge for keywording and viewing, but I want to have the ease of iPhoto keywording and viewing, and uploading to photo sites, so I want to leave those many thousands of images on the external drive, but view them as an iPhoto library.
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Anna
Simply go to iPhoto Menu -> Preferences -> Advanced and uncheck 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library on Import'.
Now iPhoto will not copy the files, but rather simply reference them on your HD. To do this it will create an alias in the Originals Folder that points to your file. It will still create a thumbnail and, if you modify the pics, a Modified version within the iPhoto Library Folder.
However, you need to be aware of a number of potential pitfalls using this system.
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
If disk space is an issue, you can run an entire iPhoto Library from an external disk:
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
If you're concerned about accessing the files, there are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 Only*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Apple-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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*For users of 10.4 and 10.5* ...
Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
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1. *Drag and Drop*: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
Regards
TD

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Now I have available a 500GB Internal drive and want to relocate the Logic Studio content from my external drive to my new internal 500GB drive. Is that possible??? How do I do it???
If not, what are my options??? do i have to reinstall on the internal HDD???
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