Why have all my old Kontakt libraries disappeared when I start up Kontakt or Cubase?

Chris Tookey · 2025-03-16T10:40:06+00:00

There was an error rendering this rich post.

These libraries are all installed, as I see when I start up Native Access, but there are no instructions on how to make sure they show up in a way that is usable. (It doesn't seem to matter if I try Kontakt 7 or Kontakt 8.) This is clearly a Kontakt bug, but I can't understand why it has not been fixed.

Find more posts tagged with

Accepted answers

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/43453/why-have-all-my-old-kontakt-libraries-disappeared-when-i-start-up-kontakt-or-cubase

Have you been using Clean My Mac ? - If you have used CleanMyMac then you might have to reinstall products affected.

Else :

Unless using a legacy OS, are you then using latest version of Native Access for your OS ?

And have you given ALL NI apps including NTKDaemon must have full disk access. ? : How to Enable Full Disk Access on macOS

And are your disk of correct format ? : Notes on Network Drives and Disk Formats

Also then some libraries are compatible with Kontakt 6 after updating : Previous versions of recently updated Kontakt libraries / compatibility with K6 older libraries

Else then you can try reinitialize the KONTAKT Database for each Kontakt version ,

remember to run as standalone once before use in a DAW.

Chris Tookey

I have been using Clean My Mac. So I shall try reinstalling a product or two that have disappeared, and come back to you. Thanks for the advice - although I must say that if this is true I shall never use Clean My Mac again! They should have corrected such bugs before releasing it to the market.

All comments

Chris Tookey

And how do I get my old libraries back?

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/43453/why-have-all-my-old-kontakt-libraries-disappeared-when-i-start-up-kontakt-or-cubase

Have you been using Clean My Mac ? - If you have used CleanMyMac then you might have to reinstall products affected.

Else :

Unless using a legacy OS, are you then using latest version of Native Access for your OS ?

And have you given ALL NI apps including NTKDaemon must have full disk access. ? : How to Enable Full Disk Access on macOS

And are your disk of correct format ? : Notes on Network Drives and Disk Formats

Also then some libraries are compatible with Kontakt 6 after updating : Previous versions of recently updated Kontakt libraries / compatibility with K6 older libraries

Else then you can try reinitialize the KONTAKT Database for each Kontakt version ,

remember to run as standalone once before use in a DAW.

Chris Tookey

Quick links

Unanswered questions