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Link FCP to a Sound Library on an External USB Drive

I have FCP running on two of my machines, a Mac Pro and my MBP. I just successfully relocated my entire Sound Library and a couple of project files (in a folder called Logic) to an external SSD USB drive. That removes about 68GB of data from my HD.


Now I want to relocate or simply link to this Sound Library on the external drive, on my MBP. Make sense?


If I select Relocate Sound Library, my external drive (containing the entire Sound Library) is shown, but it's greyed out and the status indicates "Sound Library files exist here."


Well, how do I tell FCP to use this library?

"Open Sound Library Manager" doesn't offer any option to do this.


I can change the Audio Recording Path in Project Settings, no problem.


What am I missing?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Sep 14, 2023 8:17 PM

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Posted on Sep 14, 2023 9:36 PM

See if these instructions help:


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Sep 15, 2023 1:29 AM in response to Tom Hanser

By pure coincidence I did precisely that yesterday.


The Apple instructions are correct but rather long-winded.


I right-clicked on the sound folder and selected "Make alias".


I then dragged the alias to Mac HD/Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Final Cut Pro Sound Effects after which I deleted the original alias on the external SSD and restarted FCP.


They all showed up in the Browser window when Sound Effects was selected though there was a 30 second delay before they appeared, possibly due to the vast numbers involved and my slow computer.

Link FCP to a Sound Library on an External USB Drive

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