I would indeed love to be able to install Native Access or IK Product Manager or whatever on the system drive, download a zip with the libs, and simply tell them where these are. The whole point in computers is to do the same thing over and over - that's THEIR job 😝 I'd rather let the computer worry about that in the background while I do stuff! One more rant being after purchasing the thing, I had to wait almost a week to get a download link and serials etc.

Do I really want to babysit a machine rather than doing something useful? In the latter case, I find the folder containing the library (often in Library/Application Support/company name), move it to an external and set up a symbolic link in the original location.Īfter the nightmare downloading of an IK Multimedia Total Max Pro (or something) package, it seemed not to allow me to download the sample libraries straight onto an external drive had to do literally one instrument at a time as, as you know, Mac SSDs are either tiny or silly expensive these days. In my experience with Macs, some installers let you choose the location for large libraries others default to the internal drive. If the OP is asking about keeping large sound libraries on an external, I've done that too. Maybe WIndows machines are different, I'm just relating my experience with Mac software. I'm not sure the location from where you run the installer matters, since all plugin files must go to specific locations on the Mac and those are hard-coded in the installer. When you're ready to install, move the file to your internal drive (or install it from the external, that may work fine). Just specify your external and download there. What is this 'DLL' file you speak of? 🙂Īnytime I download something I've had the ability to select the download location. There are never the latest version installers and ISOs on these 'boxed' drives. So, when a drive is full, you don´t need a larger drive urgently.īoxed versions don´t prevent from download.

I make a backup of downloaded installer- and ISO files later.īecause NI Access allows to change the download/ content path,- you can move libraries around later and relocate ´em in NI Access window.

I´m doing that on my DAW and w/ an internal 10k upm WD VelocyRaptor HDD I use for downloads and audio recordings, just only to avoid too quick wear and tear of my SSDs.Īll my downloads go there and I install from there. drive to your computer and tell NI Access where product downloads should go.īut have in mind, downloads to s standard SATA HDD mounted in an ext. I'd like to download the VST application software and sound libraries to an external MY Passport HDD (not SSD)įor NI Komplete (U / UCE), you just only need to install Native Access on your system drive.

Mac mini external storage