L11 lost connection to library on external SSD

Don't know if this had anything to do with it, but this happened after I made a zip compressed copy of L11 as recommended by apple before updating to L12. However, that's all I did. Did not update yet.


Also updated Sequoia to 15.7.3 a couple days ago. Would that have caused something?


However the next time I opened Logic a few days later, it now asks if I want to use simplified or complete mode, then proceeds to start downloading content all over again.


It's all been working fine up till last night. I'm totally perplexed as to why this happened. Is there any way to make Logic point to the library again without having to re-download everything?


This is not a re-locate problem. Something happened I know not what. Btw, why hasn't Logic simply implemented a way to download content directly to an ext disk w/o it all going to the system drive first.


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Posted on Feb 2, 2026 2:28 PM

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Posted on Feb 3, 2026 6:58 AM

Thanks.

Found out it all seems to be part of the same problem. I bought a Falcon soundbank the other day. I forgot to mount my external when installing it via the UVI Portal. What that wound up doing...and have no idea why it would do this instead of then installing in it's usual default location on the system drive.... was create a folder in the hidden Volumes folder, with the same name as my ext ssd, with a folder named UVI and in that, the new soundbank.


Last night I checked my other audio software and found their links were broken as well. So it seems that UVI same named folder as my external made the audio apps point to it instead, which of course, has no content for them. I made the hidden Volumes folder visible and trashed the folder UVI created. Then I went back to my apps, re-set the path to the external again, and the libraries all came back. I re-installed the soundbank and thankfully showed up in it's proper place.


However, not Logic. Apparently once the link was broken I can't get it back so it looks like I'll have to download all the content again then re-locate to the external



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Feb 3, 2026 6:58 AM in response to yoyoBen

Thanks.

Found out it all seems to be part of the same problem. I bought a Falcon soundbank the other day. I forgot to mount my external when installing it via the UVI Portal. What that wound up doing...and have no idea why it would do this instead of then installing in it's usual default location on the system drive.... was create a folder in the hidden Volumes folder, with the same name as my ext ssd, with a folder named UVI and in that, the new soundbank.


Last night I checked my other audio software and found their links were broken as well. So it seems that UVI same named folder as my external made the audio apps point to it instead, which of course, has no content for them. I made the hidden Volumes folder visible and trashed the folder UVI created. Then I went back to my apps, re-set the path to the external again, and the libraries all came back. I re-installed the soundbank and thankfully showed up in it's proper place.


However, not Logic. Apparently once the link was broken I can't get it back so it looks like I'll have to download all the content again then re-locate to the external



Feb 2, 2026 9:30 PM in response to Mike Stand

Just checked some of my other apps like Live and Omnisphere. Content Links are broken to same external ssd where their content also is. What the heck happened? Did 15.7.3 break everything???


Edit: Tracked down this problem it seems. I bought another UVI Falcon soundbank that I tried to install the other day. When Ive installed it (a couple times trying to get it working) UVI Portal for some unknown reason, instead of putting it on my ext ssd, the thing somehow created a folder the same name as my ext drives name and put the soundbank in there!


On top of that I had to figure out where it was because it wouldn't show in a search. Turns out, it installed it in the invisible hidden folder Mac HD > Volumes! Apparently that now confused all my other audio software. I made hidden folders visible and trashed the folder UVI created with the same name as my ext drive, redid the paths in my various software and that seems to take care of that whole issue.


However, Logic still won't. I think once the path got disconnected, then that's it. Probably have to download content all over again, then do the re-location bit.


Still think 15.7.3 did some odd things I found so far like changed my audio interface.


Feb 3, 2026 7:22 AM in response to yoyoBen

Thanks.

Found out it all seems to be part of the same problem. I bought a Falcon soundbank the other day. I forgot to mount my external when installing it via the UVI Portal. What that wound up doing...and have no idea why it would do this instead of then installing in it's usual default location on the system drive.... was create a folder in the hidden Volumes folder, with the same name as my ext ssd, with a folder named UVI and in that, the new soundbank.


Last night I checked my other audio software and found their links were broken as well. So it seems that UVI same named folder as my external made the audio apps point to it instead, which of course, has no content for them. I made the hidden Volumes folder visible and trashed the folder UVI created. Then I went back to my apps, re-set the path to the external again, and the libraries all came back. I re-installed the soundbank and thankfully showed up in it's proper place.


However, not Logic. Apparently once the link was broken I can't get it back so it looks like I'll have to download all the content again then re-locate to the external


Feb 2, 2026 4:29 PM in response to yoyoBen

Sorry, thought apple said my computer stuff would show.


Bought a new Mac Studio five months ago, M4 Max with Sequoia 15. something, probably 15.7.1


I did update it a few days ago as well so I'm wondering if that broke it. My last time machine save was also some days ago and it may have been just before I went to 15.7.3 but not sure.


Never used time machine much at all on my previous computer, always made clones along the way. Is there any way for me to see what OS version I saved in time machine? If it's still 15.7.2 and I go back to it, maybe that'll fix it and I'll stick with that version.


Was hoping to get away with not downloading it all again. Not that it's such a big deal if all else fails. I'm wondering what the heck caused it.


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Feb 3, 2026 3:37 AM in response to Mike Stand

Mike Stand wrote:

Just checked some of my other apps like Live and Omnisphere. Content Links are broken to same external ssd where their content also is.

This seems not related to Logic... Please ask in an Ableton and Omnisphere Forum.


I am using 15.7.3 and is running smoothly. My externally stored sample libraries are running fine (EastWest, Kontakt, Spitfire...). I don't have Omnisphere. My Ableton and Logic library is installed on my internal drive and is running like usual. Are yon able to relocate the Logic library?

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