Libraries and procedures management after formatting

Hi. I use Kontakt Player 6 on Mac Silicon M1 and I have some questions to ask:
1-after system formatting can I launch Native Access and reinstall everything? I mean, can I find everything I need in the NA database (program installer, serial etc etc)?
2-I must have made some confusion and now I find some libraries purchased on the system HD and others on an external HD. How can I move all libraries to external drive without problems?
I'll give an example of how I've done it up to now: in the NA preferences the content location is in /user/shared. I bought a Heavyocity library and installed it on the external disk (procedure performed from the Heavyocity portal). I inserted the serial into NA and installed the library as required. Naturally I am left with two installation paths. Everything works fine but I would just like to know how to avoid having this in the future. Thanks for the support.
Marco
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Hi Syd56,
I will try to help you.
1 - After formatting the computer, yes, you should see all the non-installed software available in Native Access. Just open Native Access and then go to Library / Available.
2 - You should be able to move the libraries to the same Hard Drive. After doing so, you will see an error message in Native Access stating that the library is not found, or maybe you will find a "locate" button instead.
Just click in the "Locate" icon and navigate up to the path where the library is.
Also, take a look at the settings in Native Access and check that the Installation directories are set to the desired path.
Please, take a look to these articles for more detailed information:
https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210278605-How-to-Move-a-KONTAKT-Library
Hope this helps you.
Best regards,
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Hi Syd56,
I will try to help you.
1 - After formatting the computer, yes, you should see all the non-installed software available in Native Access. Just open Native Access and then go to Library / Available.
2 - You should be able to move the libraries to the same Hard Drive. After doing so, you will see an error message in Native Access stating that the library is not found, or maybe you will find a "locate" button instead.
Just click in the "Locate" icon and navigate up to the path where the library is.
Also, take a look at the settings in Native Access and check that the Installation directories are set to the desired path.
Please, take a look to these articles for more detailed information:
https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210278605-How-to-Move-a-KONTAKT-Library
Hope this helps you.
Best regards,
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Hi Raikro. So in the future I'll just need to put the serial in NA and install the library from there without installing from the library portal, first changing the path which is now /user/shared to the new future path.
Thank you ;-)
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Hi Syd56,
Yes, that's right.
In fact you will only have to have a "special" care with some third-party libraries that does not install from Native Access, like the Heavyocity Fundations series, for example. But they are pretty rare cases right now.
For all Native Instruments libraries or for the vast majority of NKS partners all the installation process can be done with Native Access. You will only have to add the new serial number once, and then you will have it linked to your Native ID.
Have a nice day. :)
Best regards,
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