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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
i am curious, why is your app removing apple audiomidi prefs?
thanks scott
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ok guys i bought a G5 dual 7.2 with 8 gig of RAM i'll be getting it going this week and back to work and if i still have the same problems i'll resurrect my PROBLEMS PROBLEMS PROBLEMS thread i've had to downgrade to HD3 due to reduces slots in the G5 under the slot capacity of the G4 in order to have a digi approved puter....i guess i can sell the Accel card to pay for the computer...who wants it? what a nice labor of love to make this macro or whatever it is....thanks for sharing i can't wait to try it....can you add in one that restores fresh audio "sweet" favorites?
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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
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And if I'm not home (ex: Working on a show setup at 2 am) I cannot start Chicken of the VNC and take control of their Mac and do it for them (and I only have one of the studio setup for that). So I wrote those scripts. Quote:
Sometime just closing the OS session is OK. Quote:
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I will also add on another button the "Volumes" folder in MacHD > Library > Application Support > Digidesign > Databases. I forgot to add it in the script 2 years ago, and I did not miss it. Plus I think it hold the "catalog" that I created in the digibase, and I don't want to lose them (there will be a warning when you click on that one) I transformed these scripts into an application using Project Builder from the apple developer tools because I wanted to learn it. It took me half an hour to find where to change the version number as the french documentation I have for AppleScript Studio date back to 2004. As I learn more AppleScript I will add a button for: It is working well now, so make a copy of all my prefs so I can restore them later and one for: I'm having problem right now so let's try a restore of those prefs to see if it cure all those problems I will also add a French, Italian, Spanish, Polish translation. History: I wrote those scripts at the first OS X version of ProTools, it was a simple script. Tell finder to delete this and that file and delete Digi database on all disk. Then came OS X 10.3 and the Digi Database script didn't work because of a new Network volume that the Finder was seeing, and ProTools was naming it's pref with the version number. In a discussion on the DUC Tiago Silva wrote the actual Delete database script tell application "Finder" set disk_list to disks repeat with i in disk_list set folder_list to every folder of i repeat with j in folder_list if name of j is "Digidesign Databases" then delete j end repeat end repeat end tell So it's a simple copy and paste, but it gave me the basic knowledge to face the changing name of the prefs (ProTools v6.4, 6.7, 7.xx preferences) with this script tell application "Finder" set file_list to every file of folder "Preferences" of folder "Library" of home repeat with i in file_list if name of i starts with "Pro Tools" and name of i ends with "Preferences" then delete i end repeat end tell Then, yesterday, I opened the book to learn how to integrated them into one AppleScript Studio application, went to the theatre, then made a version 1.1 with 5 independent buttons because Andre Knecht asked for it. I will not transform this application into a 20 windows with 5 tabs each and a 10cm thick book to cover all troubleshooting options. It will stay a simple one window with 3 big buttons for the non geek ProTools users, and I will add translations for all those users who can't really read English well (for that I really like the command-control-D place the mouse over a word and see it's definition). If you have ideas or some script that you want in this little app, then ask for it, and I will look into it. JC |
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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
Thanks JC, this is cool.
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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
version 1.2 is out
Delete ProTools Pref and Database new button for com.digidesign.CoreAudioManager.plist moved com.apple.audio.AudioMIDISetup.plist out of the main scripts Added version history JC |
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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
Nice scripts JC925602! You could also build this with Automator and then have the actions sitting on your tool bar or, make it a "workflow," that is only accessed when you control click. Automator works for all programs that have the requisite "handles;" the finder, Filemaker Pro, iTunes etc. But not Pro Tools itself.
Kevin
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If you're going to do this with Automator, please test it rigorously. Automator has issues.
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Yes absolutely!! Automator has bugs and should be thoroughly tested. But for simple tasks like this it can save a minute or two. You just have to learn it's "quirks." I can't program apple script so thanks again to JC925602 for writing and posting this app.
Kevin
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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
Thanks JC
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Re: A new & free helper application for ProTools
JC, you might consider moving DigiSetup.OSX away from the first button. I've found that I never need to trash it, but about once a week I trash the following, and all is well.
Pro Tools YYY Preferences com.digidesign.protoolsYYY.plist DAE Prefs All Digidesign Databases folders on system and audio drives My setup uses 4x 192 I/Os loaded with DA exp. cards and a Big Ben clock, so resetting DigiSetup.OSX, one interface at a time, is time-consuming. Therefore, it makes sense to give it a separate button if it rarely needs to be reset. Thank you for making this application!
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