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Folders from PT copying themselves automatically onto external HD. Why ?
I noticed that every time I plug in an external HD, for some reason PT is making copies of following folders onto that drive :
Clip effects presets Documentation Fade Presets Grooves IO Settings and so on... until Video Test Patterns. Is there any way to stop PT from duplicating these folders onto external HD ? Or this is something that is “normal” with PT Studio ? I never had this issue before (PT 5-12 since A.D.2005). Previous versions of PT never copied those folders onto external hard drives. |
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Re: Folders from PT copying themselves automatically onto external HD. Why ?
System details, drive details, other installed software/backup solutions.... more info please.
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Re: Folders from PT copying themselves automatically onto external HD. Why ?
PT Studio 2022.7 on iMac 27-inch, Late 2015. 3,2 GHz, 32GB Memory
OS 10.13.6 High Sierra SSD T7 Samsung |
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Re: Folders from PT copying themselves automatically onto external HD. Why ?
No this is not normal behavior.
You need to troubleshoot what is going on, start by getting clear what/when this happens. This happens when you run Pro Tools right? It's not just the action of connecting/mounting a drive. Pro Tools blindly tries to reinstall files files under ~/Documents/Pro\ Tools every frigging time it starts up. A stupid idea that just slows down Pro Tools start up. What is happening here will likely be an extension of that. (See https://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=421450 and Case 04496592 ... the underlying "copy everything" behavior here should have been escalated to a bug or attached to an existing bug if one exists.) Some things you should likely consider: Have you tried to trash prefs, all troubleshooting starts there, see "help us help you" up the top of every DUC web page. How exactly are you launching Pro Tools? Where is Pro Tools app bundle installed? Have you done anything unusual there? It should only be put in /Applications. Look what is going on with your environment variables HOME and USER, I have no idea how Pro Tools works out the path for the Documents/Pro\ Tools folder but you should be able to work this out if needed. Is your home directory or Documents or Documents/Pro\ Tools is symbolically linked anywhere? Is your home directory using iCloud (don't do that). What filesystem is on the external drive(s)? If it turns out you are not doing something too crazy to cause this please file a support case and push to get escalated to a bug. The underlying blind copy of all this stuff on Pro Tools start up is just stupid. Last edited by Darryl Ramm; 09-20-2022 at 11:30 AM. |
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Re: Folders from PT copying themselves automatically onto external HD. Why ?
Well quick test shows this is not caused by the HOME or USER environment variables. If I create an account and mount drives so that the drive appears mounted under ~/Documents/Pro\ Tools then what you see happens, and in that case is expected. Did you deliberately set up the external drives to mount like this? That is a bad idea for multiple reasons.
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Re: Folders from PT copying themselves automatically onto external HD. Why ?
Thanks so much for responding. Yeah... I have zero idea how the files are organized for PT, but EVERY TIME I start PT is copies those mentioned folders onto an external HD where the session is based (in my case Samsung SSD T7 ProTools HD). After I effectively delete those files from that drive, and work just fine for the rest of the day, the next time I mount the drive - Voila ! It copies those again.
And it’s NOT only this particular drive. PT did it with all other drives I plugged in the past. Always copying those folders onto the drive where the session resides. Strangely enough - it does NOT copy those folders onto Sound Libraries HD where I have entire content of my extensive sample libraries from various developers. Honestly - I am puzzled... |
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