moving sound libraries from internal mac fast disk to external slower disk, how?

[Matthew Darcy]

I’ve been using Superior 3 and EZkeys on my internal Mac fast disk for a while now, over the years my libraries have grown and I’m finding myself using a lot of internal disk space on my mac. My mac is a macbook pro with the storage soldered in so I can’t change / upgrade it so I was thinking about leaving the binaries on the fast disk and moving the libraries to slower permanently connected hard disks with greater capacity

How do I do this as I have Superior 3 with a lot of SDX expansions and a lot of EZdrummer expansions and midi packs. and EZKeys with a few expansions

what is the best way to actually do this – or is it better to move the whole thing, in which case, same question how do I do it.

 

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

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[Matthew Darcy]

I’ve launched superior 3 in standalone mode rather than a plugin and in the settings changed the library path to the external disk and copied the data across to the external disk – it appears to be working fine, is it that simple ?

[Brad]

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It is just that easy. If all your SDXs were in one folder on your internal drive, just move that folder to your external drive. In SD3 settings > Libraries >Browse for Library Path(s).

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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