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Old 11-04-2023, 06:49 AM
Tim R. Tim R. is offline
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Default Workspace catalog files lost

Hey Folks. While troubleshooting an issue, I trashed my prefs with Pete Gates' "Pro Tools Prefs 2". Subsequently restored them with the app, but my workspace catalogs were not restored. Where are these files kept, so I can dig into a possible backup to get them back? Or am my missing something with Pete's app that will get them back?

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Old 11-04-2023, 08:45 AM
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Default Re: Workspace catalog files lost

Catalog files should be in the Workspace file (Workspace.wksp) which is stored in Users/Shared/Pro Tools.

This will be backed up to ~/Documents/PT Prefs 2/backup date/Shared/Workspace.wksp

Can you see a backed up file there?

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Old 11-04-2023, 08:56 AM
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Just tested creating catalogs/quitting Pro Tools/trashing Workspace/starting Pro Tools/Catalogs gone/quitting Pro Tools/restoring Workspace/catalogs back.

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Old 11-04-2023, 08:57 AM
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Default Re: Workspace catalog files lost

Awesome. Thanks Pete. Is there a setting in the app to restore the workspace with the other prefs after trashing or is it always a manual thing?

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Catalog files should be in the Workspace file (Workspace.wksp) which is stored in Users/Shared/Pro Tools.

This will be backed up to ~/Documents/PT Prefs 2/backup date/Shared/Workspace.wksp

Can you see a backed up file there?

Cheers,
Pete
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Old 11-04-2023, 09:01 AM
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Hey Tim,
You can restore all prefs from a backup set on the Restore page. You can't selectively restore currently (working on that right this second actually!). If you want to restore just the Workspace you will need to do that manually.

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Pete
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Old 11-04-2023, 02:46 PM
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Default Re: Workspace catalog files lost

I did the "restore" button, but the catalogs didn't come back, other prefs did however.

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Hey Tim,
You can restore all prefs from a backup set on the Restore page. You can't selectively restore currently (working on that right this second actually!). If you want to restore just the Workspace you will need to do that manually.

Cheers,
Pete
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Old 11-04-2023, 03:19 PM
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Hmmmm, and have you looked in your backup sets to see if there are backups of the Workspace.wksp file?

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Old 11-04-2023, 04:37 PM
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If you have trashed prefs multiple times you might need to look through several backups - possibly for the Workspace file that is larger.

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