Best place to put Library in OSX?

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:58 pm

Goes without saying.

Thanks in advance.

Best,
AB

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:42 pm

i put mine on its own partition

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:55 pm

Right, that probably would be best, but if not the case? Users/Library?

Thanks in advance.

Getting used to OSX. Handling VSTs and AUs is a little different, but in the long run better I guess. Just weird to put presets somewhere different than the plug.

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:06 pm

I just put mine on the desktop for now. Does it matter? Do you think there's a performance factor, or pretty much just an organizational thing?

Oh btw AB - Check out a program named 'Witch' if you prefer alt-tab window switching. You can configure your window switching in OS X with this.

So far I'm pleased with the way Ableton is running under OS X, even with just basic Core Audio and integrated sound. Should be even better when I get the Emu 0404 USB. Biggest problem at the moment is that my QWERTY seems to be missing a few keys... ; p

serotoninsteve · Post by **serotoninsteve** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:14 pm

I've put mine in /user/username/Documents/Ableton/Library.
In the Ableton folder I've made other subdirectories like DJsets, Songs,
and others.
I keep all the stuff I create in different apps under Documents/app'sname/*

Then on my external Hd I've the same Documents folder,
wich I backup with Chronosync,

http://www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pa ... rview.html

this keeps things clean and easy to backup.
Check out Chronosync, really a great backuptool.

iamnotcool · Post by **iamnotcool** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:18 pm

My library is tossed in my Music folder. It doesnt really make a difference where it's placed, as long as you dont fuss with it once it's in place.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:23 pm

iamnotcool wrote:My library is tossed in my Music folder. It doesnt really make a difference where it's placed, as long as you dont fuss with it once it's in place.

+1.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:51 am

Tarekith wrote:
iamnotcool wrote:My library is tossed in my Music folder. It doesnt really make a difference where it's placed, as long as you dont fuss with it once it's in place.
+1.

+2

mohler · Post by **mohler** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:47 am

sparklepuff wrote:
Tarekith wrote:
iamnotcool wrote:My library is tossed in my Music folder. It doesnt really make a difference where it's placed, as long as you dont fuss with it once it's in place.
+1.
+2

+3 haven't had any problems with this approach in 3 years

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:02 pm

OvertoneZero wrote:I just put mine on the desktop for now. Does it matter? Do you think there's a performance factor, or pretty much just an organizational thing?

Oh btw AB - Check out a program named 'Witch' if you prefer alt-tab window switching. You can configure your window switching in OS X with this.

So far I'm pleased with the way Ableton is running under OS X, even with just basic Core Audio and integrated sound. Should be even better when I get the Emu 0404 USB. Biggest problem at the moment is that my QWERTY seems to be missing a few keys... ; p

It's pretty much an organizational thing,the most important thing being leave it alone once it's there....

I put mine in User/Library/App. support/Ableton

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:17 am

4ace wrote:
It's pretty much an organizational thing,the most important thing being leave it alone once it's there....

What happens if you move it? I moved mine and the filepath in Ableton updated automatically. I r OS X n00b.

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:21 pm

Overtone, how is your transition going? Are you going to put XP on the Macbook pro?

I have just finished migrating stuff over from a dump of my old laptop's hard drive (after the laptop died), and will say that I love having both systems on one computer. What is really sweet is that I can access all of my sample files from the XP partition in LIVE on OSX, this saves a lot of HD space!

I also set it up so that iTunes in OSX is reading my iTunes folder on the XP partition, again saving space. Really sweet I must say.

It took a little while (2.5 days) to set up my system exactly as I envisioned it, but it is there now, and I am absolutely loving it.

Best,
AB

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:55 pm

OvertoneZero wrote:
4ace wrote:
It's pretty much an organizational thing,the most important thing being leave it alone once it's there....

What happens if you move it? I moved mine and the filepath in Ableton updated automatically. I r OS X n00b.

It could lead to issue's with file path's being lost.I have had prob's in past version's of live but maybe with the new set manager in 6 these prob's won't be as prevelant.
I also have ALL my projects on ext. FW HD's and it's important not to move anymore stuff around than ya have to,..for peace of mind and less headache's.

OvertoneZero · Post by **OvertoneZero** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:11 pm

anti-banausic wrote:
It took a little while (2.5 days) to set up my system exactly as I envisioned it, but it is there now, and I am absolutely loving it.

AB it's going very well... Yeah I put XP on a 30 gb BootCamp partition and I also created a 25gb virtual XP driver in Parallels. I figure I'll experiment with both and then wipe one out later if needed. Everything is going very well, I'm super pleased with Live in OS X, OS X in general, and the build quality of the machine.

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:13 pm

OvertoneZero wrote:
anti-banausic wrote:
It took a little while (2.5 days) to set up my system exactly as I envisioned it, but it is there now, and I am absolutely loving it.

AB it's going very well... Yeah I put XP on a 30 gb BootCamp partition and I also created a 25gb virtual XP driver in Parallels. I figure I'll experiment with both and then wipe one out later if needed. Everything is going very well, I'm super pleased with Live in OS X, OS X in general, and the build quality of the machine.

I know what you mean. I am glad that I waited, well I would have waited even longer, but my PC died. Glad that I got this revision of the Macbook. The c2d processor absolutely s#$%s all over my old P4 3.2 GHz. I absolutely love this computer, and would dare to say that it is going to change my life.

XP is great as well. A few niggles, I put the computer to sleep in XP, and the trackpad got a little funky after waking, but all in all. Excellent stuff this.

Best,
AB