Can I run MainStage from an external hard drive?

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Can I run MainStage from an external hard drive?

I am trying to keep a dedicated backup of my live Mainstage rig on a Thunderbolt drive, onto which I have installed a Mavericks partition and OS. In case of a catastrophic hardware failure, I would like to be able to boot from my external and proceed with the show.

Logic Installed successfully (but having MIDI clock issues) - ultimately not trying to run Logic, but wanted access to the additional content provided.

I am having a hard time finding information on this topic and would like to know if anyone has been successful running Mainstage from an external drive.

Mainstage 2

Late 2011 Macbook Pro

Mavericks 10.9.2

8 GB Ram

250GB SSD

external Lacie Thunderbolt 128GB bus-powered SSD

Tips or known issues greatly appreciated. Thanks!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 9, 2014 10:47 AM

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Answer 1

CCTM

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Apr 10, 2014 1:27 AM in response to GuyFriendlyman

Hi

Slow way:

Install OS and applications, plugins etc onto a newly formatted external drive, testing as you go along.

Quicker way: once you have the main OS etc working as you want make a bootable clone of it on your external Safety drive using Carbon Copy Cloner, Superduper or similar.

GuyFriendlyman wrote:

ultimately not trying to run Logic, but wanted access to the additional content provided.

All of the LPX content is available for download via Mainstage:Download additional content

CCT

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Answer 2

Apr 10, 2014 12:53 PM in response to CCTM

Thank you for your reply. I have installed on the OS as I want my backup machine to have strictly live-audio apps on it, not a clone of my laptop.

I appreciate the Logic answer as well. Cheers!

Update... it's running!

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