Hi All, There's nothing in the FAQ about Project manager yet. I promise I have read the manual and Len Sasso book but can't figure these problems out. I hope someone out there can help out. Project MANAGER probz ---------------------- AIM: Started 3 months ago with Logic and Mac. I have lots of "test" audio and songs and wanted to use PM to clean up my drives (in OS 10.2.8, Logic 6.3.1) ACTION: I open the PM window I run a “scan” – but Logic freezes (the spinning rainbow wheel) at 12500 "new files found". So I Force QUIT and try again but it happens at about the same point – the same Lacie FW folder. I delete certain unwanted folders in there and start again, but it keeps crashing. NB: Logic is RED in "Force Quit" After some struggle I find that it is a folder of “Freeze Files” which crashes the scanning. Using < SCan Folder > I finally managed to get a good Database of all the files on all the drives that are relevant to Logic - hooray. - q: Is this a HW pb or a Logic pb? - q: do Freeze Files always crash PM scans (and need to be excluded) and, - q: if so, can you set the path of the Freeze Files in Logic? NB: the Lacie 80Gb firewire is plugged directly into the TiBook, not via the interface I then got to BROWSE in order to check out the AUDIO files and do a clean-up... ………. - SMALL TIP: open the audio files from the bottom up, so you don't have to keep mousing down/ or moving the <page down> button to get to the next triangle to expand the audio file to reveal the audio file itself. Unlike in the Audio Window, there is NO < View - Show All Regions > type of command that will open up all the files for inspection... ……… then... Beneath the Audio files under the waveforms it shows if they are USED by a song (useful!) So I try to delete a file that is unused by any song and Logic says: - "it is used in an open song" But this is impossible - there are no other open songs, only Autoload. So I check “Audio Window” and the Audio file is *not* used in the current open song (Autoload) No other version of Logic is open either... - q: why is this? is it a bug or a feature, some preferences need to be set? - q: if the file IS used in a song why cant it tell me which one & it's path? Thanks for your help, Lu set-up: OS X.2.8 + Logic 6.3.1 + Tibook 1Ghz + Lacie 80Gb FW

> ACTION: > I open the PM window > I run a "scan" – but Logic freezes (the spinning rainbow wheel) at 12500 > "new files found". > So I Force QUIT and try again but it happens at about the same point – the > same Lacie FW folder. > I delete certain unwanted folders in there and start again, but it keeps > crashing. FWIW, I have had massive problems with the PM under Jaguar and OS9 both. I have a LOT of files (over 100,000 including samples and EXS--but no freeze files). I generally get about 90% of the way through the updating ofthe database when I open a song and then I get the dreaded "Try to Save Your song" every time. I've deleted the prefs more times than I can count and I'm just so disgusted with the PM that I have it turned completely off. > then... > Beneath the Audio files under the waveforms it shows if they are USED by a > song (useful!) > So I try to delete a file that is unused by any song and Logic says: > - "it is used in an open song" > But this is impossible - there are no other open songs, only Autoload. > So I check "Audio Window" and the Audio file is *not* used in the current > open song (Autoload) No other version of Logic is open either... > - q: why is this? is it a bug or a feature, some preferences need to be > set? I have had this issue also. It seems that if you have done anything with that file in the current session--even if it is no longer used, PM thinks it can't be deleted. That's my experience anyway... -Dan

> > So I try to delete a file that is unused by any song and Logic says: > > - "it is used in an open song" > > But this is impossible - there are no other open songs, only Autoload. > > So I check "Audio Window" and the Audio file is *not* used in the current > > open song (Autoload) No other version of Logic is open either... > > - q: why is this? is it a bug or a feature, some preferences need to be > > set? > > I have had this issue also. It seems that if you have done anything with that > file in the current session--even if it is no longer used, PM thinks it can't be deleted. That's my experience anyway... By the way, quitting Logic (or maybe just closing the song) and then opening it again seems to reset this and then you can delete the file.