Logic Pro: Sound Library menu options not selectable, cannot transfer to external drive

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Logic Pro: Sound Library menu options not selectable, cannot transfer to external drive

I transferred my Logic library onto a new hard drive, but Logic does not recognise it. I cannot relocate the sound library onto this drive again because all the Sound Library options in the menu are greyed out except for "Reinstall sound library". Based on multiple other threads regarding this problem, I have tried:

symlinking /Library/Application Support/Logic to the external library
deleting the Essential library and letting Logic reinstall it
clicking the "Reinstall sound library" option
temporarily removing the library from the external drive
reconnecting the old drive that previously housed the library and symlinking it
deleting Logic Pro setting files
disconnecting all external drives
reinstalling Logic Pro

So far, nothing has worked. Attempting to symlink to the new directory using sudo ln -s causes Logic to ask where the old drive is, apparently since it still expects the library there (the drives have different names). No matter what happens, the Sound Library options are all greyed out. What to do?

Error message upon starting the application. The new drive has a different name than Logic is looking for.

Sound Library menu.

Logic Pro 10.4.8, macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 17, 2024 3:52 PM

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Answer 1

morozco

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Feb 18, 2024 1:41 PM in response to Ulrik54

Did you use Logic to move your sound library to the external drive? or did you manually drag it from the computer's drive to the other drive. If you did it the second way, that is the problem. You have to move the library through Logic itself using the Relocate Sound Library.

See if you can move the Sound files back to the proper locations on the computer. Some go in the Audio Folder and some in Application Support/Logic. Otherwise you'll need to redownload all the audio again. And once done use the RELOCATE SOUND LIBRARY feature to move to the external drive.

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Answer 2

Ulrik54 Author

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Feb 19, 2024 5:00 AM in response to morozco

When I transferred the library onto the old external drive, I used Logic's transfer option. Eventually the drive became old and unstable, and I had to get a replacement. I copied all the contents of the old drive over to the new drive in one swift operation. I didn't think twice about this until Logic started asking about the library on the old drive instead of the new one.

I cannot move the sound files back onto the computer because the library is far too big for my internal drive. I'd be happy to redownload all the audio again, but Logic won't let me (see above image).

Ideally, what I'd want is for Logic to forget it ever relocated the sound library, so that I can install it fresh and then relocate it.

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Answer 3

Ulrik54 Author

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Feb 28, 2024 10:29 AM in response to morozco

Unfortunately, this did not work — Logic still asks for the old drive, with the same error message (even though the drive now has the same name as the old one).

Interesting note: I have an older version of Logic Pro (10.3.3) lying on a separate hard drive, and when I opened this version I was able to install the sound library as normal. Granted, it's an older version so it doesn't support moving the library to another drive, but at least the sound library works as intended here.

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Answer 4

morozco

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Feb 19, 2024 7:40 PM in response to Ulrik54

Try naming the new drive the same as the old one. "External USB 2 TB" so the path will be the same.

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