Kontakt Stopped Seeing External Drive
Hi,
I'm using Kontakt 6 with Studio One on a Mac Mini M1
I've had no issues before until now when Kontakt has stopped seeing my Sandisk external 1Tb drive.
"Show Removeable drives" is ticked under View.
I have other VST instruments (UVI and Ample Sounds) with samples stored on the same drive which are still working fine.
I've disconnected/reconnected the drive but no change.
Can anyone help/suggest something?
FYI - I did recently update to Ventura 13.0 - any known issues?
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For Logic ExFat is a big no no and causes issues. I'm fairly sure the same goes for audio apps in general. Its recommended to use APFS, especially for later OSes and SSDs, or at the least Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
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@kripke Yes, @Jojo123 is right, you should reformat your drive to APFS. Notes on Hard Drive Formats on Mac Computers
Kontakt should still be able to see the drive though, as I said before, there is an issue with Ventura that causes our programs not to see external hard drives formatted to NTFS, ExFat and MsDos. This will be fixed by updates.
You should reformat anyway, this way this problem won't affect you and you will also save yourself from future issues.
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Hi thanks for the reply
Not sure what format the Sandisk is or how I find that out.
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Its a Sandisk 1TB Extreme Pro Portable SSD
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You need to right-click the drive and choose get info:
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Okay thanks
The drive is ExFat formatted
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For Logic ExFat is a big no no and causes issues. I'm fairly sure the same goes for audio apps in general. Its recommended to use APFS, especially for later OSes and SSDs, or at the least Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
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@kripke Yes, @Jojo123 is right, you should reformat your drive to APFS. Notes on Hard Drive Formats on Mac Computers
Kontakt should still be able to see the drive though, as I said before, there is an issue with Ventura that causes our programs not to see external hard drives formatted to NTFS, ExFat and MsDos. This will be fixed by updates.
You should reformat anyway, this way this problem won't affect you and you will also save yourself from future issues.
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