Native Access 3.13.0 New Maintenance Options Don't Do Anything

DunedinDragon

I installed the new NA update and decided to try out the new Maintenance menu for locating content. Maybe I'm not understanding what it's supposed to do, but whether I select a top level folder that contains a bunch of different libraries or a direct parent directory of an installed and functioning libraries it comes back with the same results…0 products found.

I even tried selecting the default loading location in my Windows/Users/Public directory with the same results. All of my libraries are working fine and updates all complete successfully. Generally I always download to the default location on my C: drive then move and relocate them to other external SSD's. Am I missing the point of what this utility is supposed to accomplish per the update instructions posted on this forum?

Maybe I'm missing the point of this feature but it appears to do nothing that I can see.

Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/34052/native-access-3-13-0-new-maintenance-options-dont-do-anything

You will only ever need to "locate" content if NA is displaying a Locate button beside a product OR a series of products.

If everything is already "Known" to NA and working correctly - this button should do nothing as you noted.

VP

Skijumptoes

I could be wrong, I thought it was for copying content from one machine to another? Say if I had a desktop machine and copied the content folder to an external and then plugged that into a laptop with no content installed.

If you already have that content on your machine then it probably won't do anything.

i.e. it's not a relocate function, as that already existed.

Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/34052/native-access-3-13-0-new-maintenance-options-dont-do-anything

You will only ever need to "locate" content if NA is displaying a Locate button beside a product OR a series of products.

If everything is already "Known" to NA and working correctly - this button should do nothing as you noted.

VP

DunedinDragon

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/168351#Comment_168351

That's kind of what I suspected, but it would have been nice if they clarified that little tidbit of information. I thought it might also be useful for giving me a map of where I had my libraries located across all my various SSDs given how the release note was written…which would have been a nice utility, but maybe someday.