Native Access Q1 Update

Got it - but still do not see a Relocate Button - regardless of what I look at in NA v3.8.1 (Win 10 22H2)

If I scroll to a library that is NOT installed (like say Damage) - I see a very clear Install button on the right by default. AND if I click the three dots beside that button - I see a Locate option and a Release Notes option.

Then if I target a library that is installed - like say Kontakt Factory Library 2 - I see a greyed out Install button and the three dots to the right of that - gives me Reinstall, Release Notes, Installation Paths and Uninstall

But still no "Relocate" button anywhere.

VP

But what exactly would need to occur (in my perfectly installed and working environment) that would justify a need to press a button called "Relocate"? (If it ever became visible)

I get "Locate", "Install" and "Uninstall" with 100% clarity.

But how a "Relocate" could ever become necessary escapes me.

"Relocate" makes 100% sense if it always appears next to an already installed library and one day I suddenly change my mind about where it is installed and want to "Relocate" it somewhere else - but that is all I can think of for this.

Maybe its only for "damaged" installs? (based on that article you linked) - but even that article is massively confusing - in one section it's Repair/Relocate then Repair/Reinstall in the very next section.

When I rebuilt my DAW a few weeks back - and fired up NA and pointed it to where my existing libraries were from my previous build - all I ever saw was a Locate option. No repair. No relocate and no Reinstall.

VP

Ah - fair enough - I get it now.

NA knows about a library and assumes it is in its normal place and then some unforeseen event - or move - suddenly makes a Relocate button appear.

Still - bad logic and button labelling though - when "Locate" would be the correct term in this case as well.

As in - "I can't find my keys! Where are my keys?"

I do not gather my friends and have them help me "relocate" my keys - I have my friends help me "locate" my keys.

Tomatoe - Tomato.

VP

The difference between Locate and Relocate:

Locate Is for libraries that have never been installed on a computer (e.g. you have your libraries on an external disk, you plug it in a new computer and tell NA where to locate them, instead of having to redownload them). Probably it will point NA to the folder where they are located and create eventual files/links needed in order for them to work (and also activate them)

Relocate is for libraries that have already been installed on the same computer but e.g. moved to another place.

I think people are getting hung up on semantics. Call it whatever you want, but moving NI libraries is broken. I think we can we all agree on that lol?

In a perfect world there should be two maybe three options inside of NA to move libraries (ie shouldn't have to move them manually in Finder, Explorer or command line)

1) Move all libraries - Moves everything to a destination folder... pretty self explanatory

2) Move selected libraries - Select several libraries or one library to move to a destination folder

With the file locations in preferences still being the default location when downloading and installing new content.

I still think there needs to be a "find library" feature though. In my mind NA should work similar to how you can move your personal Downloads, Documents, Photos folders in Windows.

Right now D:\Downloads contains all my downloads. If I click Move and select E:\Downloads it will offer to move all the files for me or leave them be. Alternatively, I can manually create a new Downloads directory, move whatever I want there, and click Find Target to specify a new target. Now this analogy doesn't fit 100% because the Downloads directory is a single item, but you get the gist.

Cheers

Well typically people don't install Windows programs to Downloads or My Documents so it's not an issue. But yes Windows will happily relocate your Downloads, Photos, Documents etc.. directories and all if it's contents for you. However I don't believe it will change any references to anything in those folders... in other words.

If for whatever reason you decided to install something to your downloads directory in Windows and then moved it to another directory I would almost guarantee that the program wouldn't work anymore.

Again, it's not the best analogy because the folders serve different purposes. I was more talking about how you could move or locate a folder.