Hello.
I have two user accounts on my MacBook and if I attempt to open Logic Pro X in ‘user 2’ while it is already open in ‘user 1’, I get ‘You can’t open the application “Logic Pro X” because someone else is using it.’
Now I know I can simply quit Logic in ‘user 2’ but this shouldn’t be happening should it? Any ideas anyone? Thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
No, this is exactly what should be happening. Opening the same program twice will cause all kinds of irreconciliable situations, it's a bit like one car with two independent drivers.
Ok thanks. Well that's strange as I don't get the same problem with Sibelius, Final Cut Pro or Photoshop for instance.
They are different programs and not programmed to do that, Logic is. It's all laid out in the User Agreement, that long document that no one reads.
Really? I wouldn't have expected that. Well, I may be wrong then and basing my assertion on a much older Mac OS (10.5?), since I haven't used multiple open user accounts for years.
However, seeing the wording of the message it is quite obvious that this is by design.
I think it is better to have as few programs as possible open anyway, just so Logic can use all available CPU and RAM resources optimally. Maybe if you have 16 GB or more that is not so important anymore.
‘You can’t open the application “Logic Pro X” because someone else is using it.’
