Avid Pro Audio Community

Avid Pro Audio Community

How to Join & Post  •  Community Terms of Use  •  Help Us Help You

Knowledge Base Search  •  Community Search  •  Learn & Support
Avid Home Page

Go Back   Avid Pro Audio Community > Legacy Products > Pro Tools 12
Reload this Page Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Register FAQ Today's Posts Search

Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-21-2015, 10:55 AM
anackman's Avatar
anackman anackman is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: New York City
Posts: 205
Default Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
How does one trash prefs properly on PT 12.3? There used to be a free download to aid in getting rid of all unnecessary files in earlier versions of PT. With PT 12.3, is it simpler?

Would love some advice. Trying to somewhat "de-bug" my system a little. Hoping this helps.

Thanks.
__________________

MAC OS Ventura
Pro Tools 2024.3
2020 iMac 27" 3.2 Ghz i5, 64GB Ram
UA Apollo Rackmount Thunderbolt + Dangerous D-Box
2x Glyph Studio 2TB Raid SSD
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-21-2015, 02:58 PM
The Weed's Avatar
The Weed The Weed is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 7,155
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
On Mac, search for Pete Gates' Prefs Helper.

On Windows, guitardom's Trasher.

Cheers,
__________________
Take your projects to the next level with a
non-union national read at reasonable rates
Demos: brucehayward dot com
SonoBus
Source-Connect: brucehayward
Options for Remote Direction
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-21-2015, 04:03 PM
Southsidemusic's Avatar
Southsidemusic Southsidemusic is offline
Moderator
  
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Stockholm - Sweden
Posts: 13,767
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Quote:
Originally Posted by anackman View Post
How does one trash prefs properly on PT 12.3? There used to be a free download to aid in getting rid of all unnecessary files in earlier versions of PT. With PT 12.3, is it simpler?

Would love some advice. Trying to somewhat "de-bug" my system a little. Hoping this helps.

Thanks.
You ask and you shall recieve

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=340741

Here is Petes app for deleting on OSX as I see you are a Mac user.
__________________
Best Regards
Christopher
#thestruggleisreal
—————————————
South Side Music Group
WEBHOME
—————————————
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-21-2015, 04:12 PM
strangeLoop strangeLoop is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Greater Los Angeles Area
Posts: 184
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Here is what I have been doing on OS X 10.10.5 with ProTools 12.3

"Go" with option key/Library/Preferences/Avid/Trash the "Pro Tools" folder with everything in it.

Then,

"Go" with option key/Library/Preferences/Trash the file, "com.avid.ProTools.plist"

This is my experience, but if anyone has any info on this please respond here. There could be more files to trash.

Does anyone know if it is safe to trash the /Preferences/"Pro Tools First" folder?
__________________
John Clavin - AKA: Old Horseface
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-22-2015, 09:01 AM
Pete Gates Pete Gates is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: UK
Posts: 1,353
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
There certainly are more files to (potentially) delete. As Southsidemusic said, download my app (totally free, no Ads, no tracking, no registration) and even if you don't want to use it you can see all the possible things to delete!

Pete
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-22-2015, 12:54 PM
strangeLoop strangeLoop is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Greater Los Angeles Area
Posts: 184
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete Gates View Post
There certainly are more files to (potentially) delete.
A simple text list of these files would be nice if anyone has that.
__________________
John Clavin - AKA: Old Horseface
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-22-2015, 03:31 PM
Gemylon's Avatar
Gemylon Gemylon is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Norway
Posts: 868
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Quote:
Originally Posted by strangeLoop View Post
A simple text list of these files would be nice if anyone has that.

Why not try out Pete's app ?


It works great !


G
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 11-22-2015, 08:27 PM
guatamas guatamas is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 645
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemylon View Post
Why not try out Pete's app ?


It works great !


G
+1. By far the best app for cleaning house
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 12-17-2016, 11:54 AM
amagras amagras is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 3,399
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Weed View Post
On Windows, guitardom's Trasher.

Cheers,
Where can I find this?

Nevermind, I just find it
http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=316863
__________________
Dell XPS 8700. Intel Core i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz. RAM: 16GB. Windows 10 Home x64. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645. NI Komplete Audio 6. Pro Tools Software 2019
amagrasmusic.com
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 01-07-2017, 12:07 PM
adam79's Avatar
adam79 adam79 is offline
Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 597
Default Re: Trashing Prefs on PT 12.3?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete Gates View Post
There certainly are more files to (potentially) delete. As Southsidemusic said, download my app (totally free, no Ads, no tracking, no registration) and even if you don't want to use it you can see all the possible things to delete!

Pete
I ran you app and when reloading Pro Tools 12.4 the Plugin Presets were still missing. Any adivce would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Trashing Prefs & Such baaablacksheep macOS 3 04-30-2012 06:30 PM
Trashing prefs....why? audiogeekzine 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) 14 04-28-2008 12:35 PM
Trashing prefs in PT 7? guy.fi 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) 12 11-02-2006 04:47 AM
Trashing Prefs kikumoto 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Mac) 1 05-23-2006 05:01 AM
Trashing PT Prefs Rockman-Songwriter Pro Tools TDM Systems (Mac) 1 06-21-2003 05:26 PM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:13 AM.

Contact Us - Home Pond - Archive - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service - Top

Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Forum Hosted By: URLJet.com