[UTgasman]

I got a new computer and wanted to put Superior Drummer 3 on it but the hard drive space wasn’t that much (I got an external HD for this). Was very frustrated, internet not much help. Then I figured it out. Here is how to get it on an external HD. Note that this is NOT moving something already installed (I tried multiple times to do this and failed), so it’s a fresh install with the libraries on the external HD once the process is complete.

1. Install the product manager
2. Install SD3
3. Each part of the sound library has a multiple step process of download then install. You must have enough hard drive space to download ONE part of the sound library. After each part is installed on the external HD you can then clean up the download on the internal HD.
4. Download SD3 Library Part 1 – Basic Sound Library
5. Create a folder where you want everything installed on your external HD
6. Click Install in the product manager
   1. This opens the installer. In this installer there is a spot to change the install location (“Browse”)
   2. Navigate to that folder then start the installation.
7. Once the installation is complete close the installer.
8. Once the installation is complete in the product manager there will be an option to free up disk space. Click on Clean up button underneath that and you will free up that space on the internal drive (it’s not exact but close; I had the properties of my internal HD open when doing this and the numbers weren’t perfect). You will get a message asking to confirm deleting the download that tells you the installation won’t be affected but you may need to redownload stuff later to uninstall/reinstall.
9. Wait a moment for the deletion to complete, then if you want to install more parts of the sound library you can. Just remember to clean up after each part is installed. I was able to get all 5 parts of the SD3 sound library (256 GB I think) installed on my external HD with only 80 GB free on my internal HD when I started the process.

I wish it had been easier to find the info needed to do this (the hold up for me was knowing that I needed enough internal HD space to download only one component of the  sound library because you can clean it up after each part is installed, and that the installer accessed from the product manager is where you have to get to to pick the new path via the browse function).

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Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

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