GarageBand Question regarding Jam Packs
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MacBoobsPro
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It should be possible. I however dont know how to do it. But I would think making Garageband access files from an external drive will slow it quite considerably?
DavidLeblond
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On my iBook I had it where the Garageband library (I think it may be in Application Support) pointed to my external hard drive as a symbolic link. Is that what you're looking for? I'm not at my Mac so I couldn't give instructions right now...
margotspop
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I have all the JP loops loaded onto an external drive. Not the instruments, though - just the loops. I think you can get the instruments onto an ED, I just don't know how to do it. However, there's plenty of advice on the Apple support pages.
For the loops: I'm not sure that you can load your loops onto an external drive during the initial import - the default is going to be your internal drive. However, once they are loaded, just cut and paste them onto your external drive. Then open up GB, open the loop browser, abd drag and drop them onto the browser. GB gives you the option of keeping them where they are or copying them to your local - obviously you want to keep them where they are. That's it.
For the loops: I'm not sure that you can load your loops onto an external drive during the initial import - the default is going to be your internal drive. However, once they are loaded, just cut and paste them onto your external drive. Then open up GB, open the loop browser, abd drag and drop them onto the browser. GB gives you the option of keeping them where they are or copying them to your local - obviously you want to keep them where they are. That's it.
quigleybc
macrumors 68030
This is what I do.
I just go to the folder where all my Jam pack loops are
then I highlight them all in each folder and holding down the apple key, I drag them to a folder called "jampacks" on my external (holding down Apple will cause them to be moved instead of copied) then I highlight all the loops I just moved to my external, and while holding down apple+option I drag them back to the folder where they were originally (holding down apple+option causes the items to be copied via an alias/shortcut.) So when garageband goes to check the folder on my main HD for the loops, it sees the alias' and loads them from my external....
I just go to the folder where all my Jam pack loops are
then I highlight them all in each folder and holding down the apple key, I drag them to a folder called "jampacks" on my external (holding down Apple will cause them to be moved instead of copied) then I highlight all the loops I just moved to my external, and while holding down apple+option I drag them back to the folder where they were originally (holding down apple+option causes the items to be copied via an alias/shortcut.) So when garageband goes to check the folder on my main HD for the loops, it sees the alias' and loads them from my external....