The BEST way to move Logics Sound Library to external hard drive

Move Logic Pro X Sound Library and save internal hard drive space!

Steps:

1. Start by locating Logics Sound Library. Go to / Macintosh HD / Library / Application Support / Logic

2. Move the "Logic" folder to your external drive the the desired folder. In my case I used the following:

DISK NAME / Sound Library / Logic Content / Logic

“Logic Content” is the name of the folder I created. “Logic” is the moved folder.

3. Now let's delete the original content on the System drive.
Delete the Logic folder inside /Library/Application Support/

4. Open Terminal

5. Type in the following: sudo -s

It will prompt you for your password. Type your password and press enter.

6. Next, type ln -s followed by a space.

7. Drag and drop the Logic folder from your external drive onto the terminal window.

8. Next drag and drop the Application Support folder inside the main Library.

9. Press back space to get rid of the blank space and enter /Logic to name your link “Logic”. You should now see:

ln -s /Volumes/DISK NAME/Logic\ Content/Logic /Library/Application\ Support/Logic

10. Hit Enter. Now you have linked Logic Library to your external hard drive.

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[misterbenuk]

For anyone coming to this video in 2024, there's now a built in option in the top navigation. Logic Pro > Sound Library > Relocate Sound Library

[christiandavisproductions]

the way you've singlehandedly solved two issues that have been eating me alive all week.... i can't thank you enough

[WilliamChiu]

Always concise and straight to the point with the Logic videos man. Appreciate It!

[slaayyr]

Bruhh!! You Straight Legit!! I had been lookin through other vids trying different ways over and over again and nothin would wrk it had me thinkn the new high sierra update patched it or somethin but luckily i found your vid and your method works!! Thanks a lot!

[lehamjayofficial]

I just need to say THANK YOU!! This video has helped me over and over again because my computer has crashed my links to my hard drive numerous times

[bharathirajae]

Excellent one! Got rid of low space issues, instantly....

[DJMinxDetroit]

Life saver! Thank you SO much for the clear, concise instructions. Appreciate it!

[youllfigureitoutb]

Literally just bought an external hard drive today. You the goat

[Automaticdonut]

Really great video. Very simple straight forward and clean. Thanks much!

[richdubose]

Thank you, man! Your directions are super clear and I was able to follow thru and make it happen. Greatly appreciated. I subscribed for any other goodies you may have.

[badgepolitnikoff]

Great help! After getting a new external drive, I moved all my Logic sound library content to the new drive, stupidly forgetting that I should have done it within Logic using the "Logic Pro X \ Sound Library \ Relocate Sound Library" command.

When Logic inevitably couldn't find the sound library files, rather than download and install them all again to the new location, I went hunting. Twenty-plus YouTube videos, websites, and forum posts later...I found this, which actually gave me exactly what I needed! Bravo!!

[xwinger]

I did this ages ago with logic and also with my iTunes library and iPhone backups. It works flawlessly.

[soulfreemuzik]

Brilliant!!! Used this method to move more folders and created more space. Thank you

[Preston_Rowe]

Thanks! also FYI, if you don't have the external drive in when you run logic and it creates a new logic folder, you must repeat the last step

[adamdutchdurham]

Worked for me. If you are doing this with other folders such as Native Instruments that have two words involved, be sure to make sure \ is after first word just like in the terminal window.

[dahal.bibek]

I have also faced the same problem that was damn too much frustrating, finally i got solution for that. just go to Sound library and reallocate it your SSD and download it there. It will take 5-10 hours. After downloading it create symlink file in ssd and paste to Application support folder in your internal hard drive and reopen and reindex all your loops. Do same for Apple loop in its own directory. And again reinstall your logic pro with dmg file. Now you will see all loops get installed.

[bludogg]

Awsome tutorial! Sure saved some room on my Macbook Pro drive! Thanks a Bunch!!

[argiebargie]

Thank you so much for this!!

I've been trawling the internet trying to find this for hours using a simple "make alias" link

You're a star, thank you :)

[TimotheeDuport]

My english too bad to tell you how grateful I am !! Many thanks from France !!

[nodira_filmcomposer]

Yey! Thanks so much! I was frustrated with this issue for a few days