Save key commands set without quitting program

When I change I couple of key commands do I have to quit Logic and restart to have the changes saved or is there a smarter solution? (I remember a command "Save preferences" on Atari:-)

Aha! They finally have fixed this problem. I'm relieved to hear that. Thanx.

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Pro Tools key command set?

Is this no longer included? That's a real shame. does anyone know how to accomplish this? I don't see it in the key commands menu, and the logic setup assistant is no more..

Hey I just read a post by "Fuzzy chair Productions" in a different thread and they posted this explanation of how to import Logic 7 key commands, set your keys in 7 to protools settings, then use this to import the ones that match up into Logic 8. Don't know for sure if it'll work, because I don't want to do it. But worth a try, and thanks to Fuzzy chair Productions for the explanation below:
To import Logic 7 key commands into Logic Pro 8:
In the Key Commands window, choose Options > Import Key Commands.
Select the Logic 7 preferences file in the file selector you can find it >~/Library/Preferences/Logic/com.apple.logic.pro.
Logic Pro 8 will inform you about all changes which apply to your key command set at this point.
Note: Some Logic 7 commands may work differently—or may not be functional at all in Logic Pro >8.
To switch back and forth between the Logic Pro 8 and Logic 7 key command sets, you need to >export the Logic 7 key command set in the Logic Pro 8 format.
To export a key command set in Logic Pro 8:
In the Key Commands window, choose Options > Export Key Commands.
Type a name such as “My Logic 7 Key Commands” and click Save.

How do you save key commands/trash logic prefs??

hey,
how do you trash your logic prefs and save your key commands in os x. Please for give the simplicity of my question but getting under the hood in os 9 made a lot more sense to me than doing it in os x.
thanks!
ej

find in your user area:
~/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.logic.pro
drag this file to the desktop (do not copy)
Boot Logic (prefs are not initialized)
open key commands window
select import key commands
make your way to the desktop and choose the file you just moved
you can then do what you want with the old prefs file-but don't move it to the prefs folder)
Cheers

Save key commands

Hi!
I want to save my key commands is there anyone who knows how to do that?
/Erik

They're saved automatically in your Logic preferences file.
If you're wanting to make a back-up of your key commands, simply copy the Logic preferences file to a safe place.
user(~)/Library/Preferences/Logic/com.apple.logic.pro
This is something everyone should do anyhow.

Photoshop CS3 Ext./Quits on "Save As" command in Leopard

IMac Leopard/3GB RAM/500GB HD:
CS3 worked fine with IMac Tiger; just upgraded to Leopard and "Save As" command crashes the whole program. Message: "The application Photoshop has unexpected quit. A crash report has been generated." Then Photoshop goes off completely. Command "Save" works; command "Save As" generates the crash. Any help will be appreciated.

Barbara,
First thing I would do is reset Photoshop's preferences at launch. (Press and hold Command + Option + Shift until dialog box appears.)
But other concerns come up here. Before upgrading or installing anything, have you been booting from the OS X disk, then launching Disk Utility and repairing permissions and disk? And doing similar, booting off Alsoft's Disk Warrior? And then repeat repairing permissions immediately after doing the installation or upgrade?
Also, how much free hard drive space do you have?
Last, please know that many of us who have machines that can still run Mac OS X 10.4.11 have not migrated to OS X 10.5.x as there are some compatibility issues we're still concerned about. As a last resort, you may wish to reinstall Mac OS X 10.4.11.
Please get back to us.
Neil

Key Command troubles: Set Region/Event Start to SPL Position not working?

Hello,
I'm simply trying to find a key command that will allow me to move regions quickly from one part of a song to another without dragging with them with the mouse in the arrange window. I thought I found the solution with the key command "Set Region/Event Start to SPL Position", however it doesn't seem to be doing anything!
Here's what I've tried: First I select the region I want to move, then I move my SPL to a location using the "go to Position" key command and typing in a bar. I then try to use the "Set Region/Event Start to SPL Position" key command (which I set to Shift-Control-L) and nothing happens. Shouldn't it be moving my region to the SPL? Note: the region is still selected, but refuses to move. Am I doing something wrong? Is this not what this key command was designed to do?
In my attempts to get the darn thing to work, I also discovered that lock screen-set (Shift-L) key command also does not seem to work (it is not toggling the black dot after the screen-set number like usual). Does this mean my key commands may be corrupted? (which would be a real drag!!) Oddly enough, these are the two are the only two that do not seem to be working, as all others seem to be working fine (AFAIK).
I've had this problem in the past with the lock screen-set key command not working, and rebuild all key commands and templates when I upgraded to tiger. I thought everything was working fine!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help!!

I assigned F5 to two functions. In the key commands
window, pressing F5 highlighted the first assignment.
Pressing it again highlighted the second assignment.
So just keep pressing the key to see whether it's
assigned to more than one command...
Well, now when I type "Shift-L" into the finder in the top right of the key commands window, no key commands at all are show. However, which I search for the word "lock," the lock screenset key command comes up as "Shift-L." Oddly, if I search any other key commands (such as F1, "cmd-k," or even other shift ones like "shift-," the associated key commands show up.
To test, I changed the screen set lock from Shift-L to "opt-ctrl-L" and it now works again. However, it still will not come up in the key commands window through searching by "opt-ctrl-L"
On what may be a side note, the search feature seems very buggy! Tell me if I'm doing this right: First I open the key commands window, which opens with nothing selected. Now, in order to search by key command I go up to the top right corner where the magnifying glass is, place my curser inside and type in the key command correct? When I do this, it shows me the highlighted key command in the left, and my curser is no longer flashing up in the magnifying glass, correct?
Now, in order to search again, I have to place my curser in the search field again, right? However, now when I search by key command, not all of them register! For example, my "go to position" key command is simply ; but when I type it, nothing comes up in the search, and instead of the magnifying glass window being blank like before, the actual ; is in the box. Oddly enough, searching with "Cmnd-K" still works!
What is going on? Am I doing something wrong? How do I fix this, as it is very frustrating!! thanks again for your help

Preview.app crashes whenever I use a key command

I've had this very annoying problem for quite a while now, and so far I haven't been able to find a solution for it.
Whenever I use a key command in Preview.app it either freezes or crashes or both. I can use all the menu options, just not trigger them with a key command.
So I can use the app just fine, just so long as I remember to not use the key commands, but it's just that having been using apple key commands since 1986 it's really hard to not acidentally hit any of them while in Preview.app, and every so often I accidentally do … sometimes losing unsaved changes in the process.
I'm not sure when the problem first occurred, but it dates back to Lion at least and it's still there in Mountain Lion as well.
I thought it might be some extension or some background app clashing with Preview.app, but when starting up holding shift the problem remains.
And the problem is local to my user account only, and Preview.app works just fine in other user accounts.
So I figured I'd just trash the Preview.app prefs and all would be well, but no go. Unless there are some more hidden prefs of some kind that I don't know about.
So, something local to my user account only screws up key commands in Preview.app only, and I can't figure out what or how to solve it.
I may end up having to migrate the contents and settings of my account to a new user account to solve this, but that soundsa lot like surrendering doesn't it? ;-)
And I thought I'd give it one more try to figure this out before I put myself through a migration process. ;-)
Ideas anyone?

Ha! Fixed it!
Kept reading all "Preview+plist" threads and found this one: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17195650#17195650
And sure enough, trashing ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/ reset the preferences for Preview.app and now all key commands work without crashing.
But if erasing that folder, and more importantly the plist in it, did reset the preferences, that would suggest the preferences were being saved there. So I now changed the prefs and quit the app, and then trashed the containers folder again, and restarted the app. But strangely the prefs remained. So I thought, well if the prefs were being stored there, maybe erasing that plist made Preview reinstate the regular plist in the regular Preferences folder? But no go, as there's still no regular Preview plist in the regular Preferences folder.
So now, there's no regular plist, and erasing the Containers folder no longer resets the prefs, but changes to prefs are still being saved somewhere … so where the **** are they being saved now? It's like they just keep burrowing down further into the ground with every attempt to erase them. What the **** is going on? ;-)
Anyways, the initial problem is solved, so … maybe I should just let the mystery remain? ;-)

Lion Preview.app crashes every time i use a key command

Whenever I use a key command in Preview.app it crashes.
I'm fine selecting any command from the actual menus, but as soon as I use the key commands for the same functions the app crashes.
(And we're talking also basic stuff like command N or O or even Period to exit an Open dialog.)
So … anyone have any ideas?
I've tried trashing all Preview preferences in my library folder, and I've repaired permissions, and I've tried a safe boot … but the problem remains.
The problem is local, and everything works just fine for other user accounts on the same machine. But I'd rather solve the issue than migrating all my data to a new account.

Ha! Fixed it!
Kept reading all "Preview+plist" threads and found this one: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17195650#17195650
And sure enough, trashing ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/ reset the preferences for Preview.app and now all key commands work without crashing.
But if erasing that folder, and more importantly the plist in it, did reset the preferences, that would suggest the preferences were being saved there. So I now changed the prefs and quit the app, and then trashed the containers folder again, and restarted the app. But strangely the prefs remained. So I thought, well if the prefs were being stored there, maybe erasing that plist made Preview reinstate the regular plist in the regular Preferences folder? But no go, as there's still no regular Preview plist in the regular Preferences folder.
So now, there's no regular plist, and erasing the Containers folder no longer resets the prefs, but changes to prefs are still being saved somewhere … so where the **** are they being saved now? It's like they just keep burrowing down further into the ground with every attempt to erase them. What the **** is going on? ;-)
Anyways, the initial problem is solved, so … maybe I should just let the mystery remain? ;-)

Importing default key commands.

ALOHA! I had the keycommands acting crazy on a project I am working on, so as a quick fix to keep working I initalized them.
How do I import the default keycommands back to this project?

Note: You will lose your existing key command assignments if you make use of the Initialize functions, so ensure that you have created a copy of your Logic Preferences file before doing so.
Saving Key Commands
Your personal key assignments are stored in a separate Preferences file. You should:
• Make a backup of this file at another hard disk location.
• Make a backup on removable media (a CD-ROM, for example), in case you need to use Logic on another computer.
Importing Key Commands
This function is particularly useful if you need to work temporarily on someone else’s system; you might want to use your personal key assignments on it, without altering the other system’s settings.
The Options > Import Key Commands function allows you to import the key assignments from any Logic Preferences file. When selected, a file selector box allows you to browse any internal drive or removable media for the desired Logic Preferences file.
The existing Preferences file (on the target system) is automatically saved as a ∗.bak file.
This file contains the old key commands.
Note: You don’t need to restart Logic to begin using the new key command set.

MIDI command sets

I've been working out a way to remix live with logic, and only two things stand in my way. Every time I make a key command on my controller for a mute button, I always have to push the button twice to go from "mute" to "unmute" and vice versa. I can get it to work properly if I put in the command twice, but is there a way to only put in the command once and have it work properly?
My second problem: I need separate key command sets for my MIDI controller in each song I do, but every time I make a new one, the commands continue into the next song, so basically it reads the key commands for the whole application instead of one song. Is here a way to create key command sets only for each song instead of a universal set?

I do it a lot
could you paste screnshot of your command set?
I've recently met another issue,
with my command set definition as below (as you can see its very simple):
almost every show is blocked (as suspected) but not "show run" (which is strange for me)

Saving Key Commands . . .

Okay. I did a search and read the posts on here (there are, of course, several relating to the issue of Key Commands) . . . but - sorry - I'm still not getting it. The com.apple.logic.pro.plist file . . . what about it? The posts say that it's THAT file that has the key commands in it . . . but I don't know what to DO with that file once I find it.
As per one post, I moved it from the preferences folder to the desktop, then I opened Logic, and then opened my KC window (in Logic) and clicked on the "import key commands" button, and went to select the file I just moved to the desktop, but it didn't let me import it. Unfortunately, I initialized all my KC's before doing this, thinking that it would work . . . and it didn't . . . So I lost all my personal KC's . . .
So how is it exactly that KC's are saved?
One of the commads in the KC window in Logic says "save Key Commands". When I click that, it says something like "now your key commands can be saved as text on your desktop", but it doesn't tell you HOW to do that, or how to find it, access it . . . etc . . .
Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm simply just not getting it.
Is there a KC file OUTSIDE of Logic where I can see my KC's?
Ugh . . .
Thank you for all your help, everyone, in advance,
Javier Calderon

Hallo. It is possible to import another KEy Commands "file". I am not in studio right now but I try to describe best I can:
There is the "plist" file in Preferences folder but this file is not what you are looking for. In the same directory (I guess it is user/Library/Preferences ) there is a FOLDER called com.applle.LogicPro or similar. Inside THIS folder there are more files and maybe another folder probably. One of the files IS actually the file with your Logic preferences, where the keycommands are "stored". This file should have some kind of Logic icon, the file you mentioned -if I remember things right - has only a blank white clipping icon or so... when I was importing keycommands after reinstalling the system, in Keycommands window in Logic I choosed "Import" from the menu in toreehat window (it is under "Initialize" and so...) and in the popup window I found my old Logic prefs file which I stored on different HD as a backup before reinstalling the system.... After I choosed this file another popup window opened and it said something like "..Your current "preferences" file is now stored as "preferences.bak" " . Which means that as soon as you import keycommands from somewhere else, your current keycommands should be stored as a backup if you want to recall them back. I am sorry I do not remember the proper name of the "preferences" file, but again you can find it inside the folder called probably com.apple.LogicPro inside user/Library/Preferences.

Reloading Factory Key Commands

Ugh. I've been trying to reload the midi key commands to the way they were when I first installed. I can't find an original file. I read one post that said there would be a file in preferences. What would it be called as I couldn't locate it?
I was trying to set up a footswitch through my Motu and I chose "initialize" key commands thinking it would revert to factory settings - now it's on something funky.
Thanks.
Andy

Hmm...
I started with logic on a powerbook set up. I wonder
if that's the problem. Recently I switched to a
tower set up. If I'm understanding you correctly,
it's possible that I migrated my powerbook
preferences to the new tower?? That would have
allowed me to stick with my powerbook keycommands up
until now - when I reinitalized it all??
Yes, that seems likely. If you re-run the Logic Setup Assistant, you can select the PowerBook key command set and it will modify your preferences accordingly. Or, you should be able to import them from the key command window if you have a copy of your old preferences file somewhere.
Whatever you decide to do, make a backup copy of your current preferences file just in case

What's the key stroke command to force quit a program?

What's the key stroke command to force quit a program?

alt-cmd-Escape - then choose from a menu of running programs...

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Please let me know if you know fndload command to download concurrent program without value set definition.
Thanks,
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For me this shortcut is quite important on stage when I have to switch songs as fast as possible. It also is foolproof because on stage I never want to save with all the controller changes I did during a performance.
Just hit the key command, load the next song, done.
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Save key commands set without quitting program

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