Cool! =:-)
I've downloaded it, but every time I start it it starts gobbling up my rather limited internet bandwidth. And it doesn't say how much it's going to use. =:-(
I've unplugged the internet connection but now I can't start MainStage at all.
How many GB is the "essential content" that MainStage insists on downloading before you can use it?
Or, is there a way to start the app without this "essential content" and download it later? i.e. bit by by as my monthly bandwidth allows.
I think it's over 2GB... and yes you need it... hence the word 'Essential' ;-). Seriously though, since some of the templates required samples, reverb impulses, etc. this content is needed. If it wasn't enforced forums would likely be filled with comments like 'all I hear is sine tones instead of a piano', for example.
Thanks for your response, Aerol.
Unfortunately, though, it still doesn't help. "Over 2 GB" would be OK if it were 2.1GB but NOT if it were 5, or 10 or 20.
Can't say I agree about what's "essential", either, as there are *plenty* of things you can do in MainStage without samples or reverb impulses.
Suggestions for how Apple could've done this in a FAR more user-friendly way:
- Tell us how many GB of data are about to be forcibly downloaded
- Allow us to open MainStage without this supposedly "essential" content
- Allow us to download it later, bit by bit.
- Warn us every time we open MainStage that the "essential" content hasn't been downloaded yet.
This morning MainStage 3.1 worked fine, complete with all samples and reverb impulses, etc. Now I can't even open MainStage 3.2 and version 3.1 is gone. (Thank God for Time Machine backups!) I don't know if I'll ever be able to download the "essential" content and, therefore, be able to open MainStage 3.2 without changing to a more expensive ISP plan.
I'd call that an inconsiderate and inane usability DISASTER! :-(
Nice to finally get custom icon support! A little thing but custom icons helps me to quickly identify certain channel strips and the synths I use for patches.
I'll tolerate it to get Alchemy for free.
Well worth the hassle to me.
Essentials is 2.7GB by the way.
I just downloaded it myself.
Thanks very much, keeverw! :-)
You may be pleased to know that the info you just provided is FAR more useful than the crippling show-stopping silence provided by Apple. I was succesfully able to use Time Machine to revert to MainStage 3.1.1, but I haven't been able to open Logic because of a sudden lack of content. Amazingly bad form from Apple! :-(
2.7 GB is do-able for me, so thanks again.
Glad to help!
MainStage 3.2 is out
