Q: missing loops in Logic 10.2.1 and download failure
2 part question...
QUESTION 1: WHERE ARE MY MISSING LOOPS? HOW CAN I FIND THEM, RECOVER THEM, DOWNLOAD THEM?
(1) My Logic Pro 10.2.1 (updated on 1/20/16) is missing a bunch of loops from the loop browser. They are greyed out and won't play.
For example, these loops are greyed out:
"Amazing" spoken word
"Attention" spoken word
Asian Gamelan 01
Asian Gamelan 02
Asian Gamelan 03
Asian Gamelan 04
Asian Gamelan 05
Asian Gamelan 06
but Asian Gamelans 07 thru 21 are NOT greyed out, they are fine!
I know these missing loops were working in Logic 9. I recently deleted Logic 9 since I haven't used it since getting Logic Pro X in November of 2015.
I probably have these missing loops on my Time Machine backup if all the missing loops were present in Logic 9.
But In the last couple of days (before 10.2.1 was released) I made sure I'd downloaded all the additional content to Logic Pro X. And it was all showing as "Installed". Then after getting 10.2.1 today, I attempted to download ALL the additional content again. It all downloaded fine, except for 'Download All Additional Sounds"... (See Question 2). So question 1 is: WHERE ARE THESE MISSING LOOPS? IF YOU DOWNLOAD ALL THE ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR 10.2.1, SHOULDN'T ALL MY LOGIC 9 LOOPS (ESPECIALLY THE ONES LISTED ABOVE) SHOW UP AND WORK?
QUESTION 2: WHY DOES 'Download All Additional Sounds' (only 18.3 MB) consistently fail, 5 seconds remaining, with a bogus 'check your internet connection' message?
After getting 10.2.1, I made sure I downloaded all the additional content. It all shows as installed, with one
exception: When I try to 'Download All Additional Sounds', it downloads right up to the 18.3 MB mark, (which is the total size to be downloaded),
with 5 seconds remaining, but then consistently (I've tried it 10 times) fails with this message: "Logic Pro X was not able to complete the download. Check your internet connection and try downloading again." The internet connection is fine and not dropping out at all. I've checked that all the 'go to sleep' options are on 'Never', and I've run Verify Permissions and Repair Permissions in Disk Utility.
I see in the release notes that the programming for downloading additional content has been changed in 10.2.1. I can't help but be suspicious
there is some kind of overly aggressive code which is causing this download failure. But I can always try again in the morning. It's only
18.3 MB for the 'Complete Sound Library', all the other many GB's of additional content download OK, they are all showing 'Installed'. I'm only
having trouble (that I can't fix) with the option to 'Download All Additional Sounds'.
Thank you so so so much for any help with my missing loops and download failure.
Wade Cottingham
Dallas, TX
Logic Pro X, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), MacBook Pro Late 2008
Posted on Jan 20, 2016 10:45 PM
Im not sure why you deleted Logic Pro 9 as it only saved you about 800MB in doing so unless you uninstalled anything else at the same time... as having LP9 to open up older projects is always useful.
Anyhow...
My system downloads all 18.3MB out of 18.3MB of it, then hangs at 5 seconds without asking for a password,
giving the inappropriate message every time (and I've tried 20 times, so enough already with me trying): "Logic Pro X was not able to complete the download. Check your internet connection and try downloading again."
In every case I have dealt with this issue.. The '5 secs to go' problem.. .. has been caused by a permissions issue.... because you are not getting the "Enter Password" dialog box... which is required to properly install the content in the system locations it needs to access to do so.
I tried booting my Mac in safe mode, since one user on this forum said that fixed this message for him.
But then Logic basically would not load in safe mode. I got the pinwheel for 5 minutes and bailed out.
This is another symptom of the fact you have an issue with your system drive and permissions or corruption related problem.. i suspect as that should work without issue...
As to why the new Sys Account fix didn't work for you may indicate a deeper problem.... and you should investigate that.
You might want to run etrecheck (The ever excellent free diagnostic tool) and post up its results here if you would like someone to take a look/see in case you have something else installed on your system that is causing a conflict or issue...
Finally what do the specific Logic related console logs show at the time this issue occurs?
Posted on Jan 22, 2016 10:52 AM
