Native Access 1 and NA2

More info on HD space, specifically how much free space, are you using external drive, what OS etc would be helpful.

Its very important to have adequate free space in the installation process. It is much more than the actual size of the library. One thing you can do is download the big libraries one at a time. I did this with K CE on a fairly small drive and had no probs.

As to the updates, Im not sure but I think the actual content stays intact, but Id like some clarification on this too.

Wise choice, but thats just me.. Im still on NA1 as well and have found it floorless even on a slow connection. I also have iZotope stuff but with the NI aquisition and things still messy with combining everything through NA2 (eventually), Im staying far away.

In my experience you do not need to redownload all that data to get updates. But the updates will still take a while and look like they are downloading all that time. I think (speculating) that they are checking the data on your drive, creating checksums, sending those up and the server is creating checksums there, to determine what needs to be downloaded for the update. Checksums are small, but take time to create.

I know it's not actually downloading all the data, because I have a network monitor that shows me data going up and down, and when I updated Factory Library 2 I could see that it did not redownload the entire library. I also have done a ‘reinstall’ of a library which had all the data on my local drive, but I had a changed configuration I wanted to restore, and it downloaded no data, just checked it against the remote server and updated my configuration.

So if disk space or internet bandwidth is your concern, I would not worry. Queue some up for updates and do something else while they go.

I would stay with Native Access 3 (not 2, has not been 2 in a long time but some people keep calling it that) unless it is causing you problems. It is stable and solid for many people, myself included, if not for everyone (like most software). I am one who initially switched back to NA1 when the new one was still called NA2 because I had problems with it. I switched to the new one again so long ago (before it became NA3) that I can't recall when it was and now would not go back.

Mark

Do remember that NI is retiring NA1 permanently on Feb 29, 2025.

I know it feels like a long time from now - but you may be putting yourself in a real jam here soon.

If you want this install to actually work as we head into the new year - maybe consider a move to NA 3.14.0

VP

I agree, he should upgrade NA to the most current version.

Many times, I have noted that updates to NA happen in advance of upgrades to the individual apps, instruments, and libraries.

Well - I would challenge this a tad :)

Here is what we see when we search "Native Access" (searched 10 seconds ago):

And when we download on Windows we get this:

And this when examining Properties:

Really hard not to see this as any but Native Access 2. The confusion continues for the Windows crowd anyhow.

Cheers

VP