Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? Sent from my iPhone On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife wrote: > Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play > well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no > luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb > drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high > prices. > > Anybody have any tips or recommendations? > > Thanks, > > Cameron.
Re: Pro Tools and operating systems revisited, sorta
You may even be able to resize without formatting. I'm sure that's what I did. Sent from my iPhone On 3 Jan 2013, at 21:53, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Hi Krister, > > OK, use something like Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to clone your > internal drive to the external drive. To be truly diligent, it would be best > to make yet a third copy onto some other drive as well since you'll be > erasing the original internal drive. If you really, truly wanted to get super > geeky about it, I'd format the first external drive to be a bootable drive. > In Disk Utility, you'll need to create a single partition first then click > the Options button to make sure the drive is a bootable partition. > > After making the clone, boot into the external drive just to make absolutely > sure the system is all there and your files are as well. Now, you can erase > the internal drive and use Disk Utility to partition the internal drive into > 2 partitions. Depending on your drive size, you can allocate a smaller size > to the Lion partition. If you're only running Pro Tools on that drive, you > can get away with 30 GB or so. I'd give it as much as you can reasonably > afford, however. It's not a bad idea to have 50 GB or 100 GB available on > that partition, of course. > > Go through the steps to install Lion as well as Mountain Lion on the other > partition. For the Mountain Lion installation, you'll be asked whether you > want to pull in information from from another computer or hard drive. That's > when you point to the external drive and suck in your previous operating > system's data. > > The Mac Visionaries list can help with questions about the installation > process. Cheers! > > Slau > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Hi, again many thanks. Time for next stupid newby question: How would one go >> about formating an internal drive in the way you suggest on the Mac? Isn't >> there a risk that i lose all data on my 1 tb internal drive or that apps >> installed now won't work after formating? I can back up everything, i think, >> because i've got a 2 TB Readynas to which i can move important documents and >> stuff. What's your suggestion there? >> /Krister >> >> 3 jan 2013 kl. 19:57 skrev Slau Halatyn : >> >>> Hi Krister, >>> >>> While that setup will technically work, your internal drive will become >>> fairly fragmented over time. Again, it'll work but I'm not sure if it'll be >>> adequate. If you're just doing a few tracks for fairly small projects, I >>> suppose it'll suffice. One other thing to consider is that most internal >>> drives are 5400 rpm unless they're desktop models. You really should be >>> using 7200 or 10,000 rpm drives. Just a suggestion: why not partition your >>> internal drive to dual boot and just use the external drive for >>> backup/media? >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jan 3, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>> Hi and thanks for the tip. I'm more and more leaning towards the following setup: External 1 TB drive as bootup with system and PT on it and my internal drive as a media drive. Would that be advisable? Sorry for asking similar sounding questions, i just wanna be sure i'm doing the right thing. Please keep in mind, i'm a total newby when it comes to PT. IVe only used digital portastudios in the past and also have attempted with various results to use sonar. /Krister 3 jan 2013 kl. 19:03 skrev Slau Halatyn : > Hi Krister, > > The makers of Pro Tools have always recommended using a separate drive > for media and advise not using the boot-up drive. That doesn't mean Pro > Tools won't work. It'll record fine for limited numbers of tracks with > few plug-ins and relatively short lengths. The more you use the internal > drive, the more it will become fragmented. While that isn't generally a > problem under OS X, it all depends on the volume of work we're talking > about. Put it this way, for small things, it's OK but not advisable. A > studio would never record to the boot-up drive. It's asking for trouble. > I would follow the manufacturer's recommendations and keep the boot-up > drive and media drive separate. > > cheers, > > Slau > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Ahem, not sure i catch your drift there. How is your setup? My thought >> was to dedicate an external drive for PT and the operating system, but >> do i need another disk for the recordings? Can i not use the internal >> one for that, or is there a problem with that? >> /Krister >> >> 3 jan 2013 kl. 14:30 skrev Chris Norman : >> >>> PT needs another drive to record onto? I'm using 1 HD here, and PT has >>> ran fine for the last 2 years or so LOL. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> On 03/01/2013, Krister Ekstrom wrot
Re: Pro Tools and operating systems revisited, sorta
I'm not sure either. I only have one drive, and I've not noticed anything bad. Sent from my iPhone On 3 Jan 2013, at 13:54, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Ahem, not sure i catch your drift there. How is your setup? My thought was to > dedicate an external drive for PT and the operating system, but do i need > another disk for the recordings? Can i not use the internal one for that, or > is there a problem with that? > /Krister > > 3 jan 2013 kl. 14:30 skrev Chris Norman : > >> PT needs another drive to record onto? I'm using 1 HD here, and PT has >> ran fine for the last 2 years or so LOL. >> >> Cheers, >> >> On 03/01/2013, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>> Hi, Things are never easy are they?:-) Ok, next question then is how big a >>> partition do i need in order for ProTools to function correctly? I'll have >>> to try to reorganize things on my internal hard drive. Lucky i have a >>> readynas to play with. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 3 jan 2013 kl. 02:32 skrev TheOreoMonster : >>> either the partitioning of the internal drive to have 2 versions of OSX or running it off an external drive. but remember pro tools will want another separate physical drive for recording thats not the drive with the OS on it. So if you go the External HD route for Lion, you will i believe still need a second external hd for recording drive. On Jan 2, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi folks. > This week i'll probably get my protools with MBox bundle. My situation > will be a bit on the odd side, you see i'm running an IMac with Mountain > lion v10.8.2 and i don't want to downgrade, however something in PT is > broken under Mountain lion which means i can't use PT as far as i > understand. I had originally thought i would use a virtual machine with > an earlier OsX version in it, but that may not be the ideal solution for > this, so what is the best option for running Mountain lion for my > non-musical work and an earlier os for PT? A partition on my internal > hard drive?, a bootable external hard drive? Will the latter option be as > good as an internal hard drive in terms of speed and so forth. I've got > an external WD MYbook Studio with 1 TB that i could format and make it a > disk for music, would that work? > What other options are there? > /Krister >> >> >> -- >> Take care, >> >> Chris Norman. >> >> >
Re: Pro Tools and operating systems revisited, sorta
Right. I'll start doing that one myself then. Cheers, Sent from my iPhone On 3 Jan 2013, at 18:03, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Hi Krister, > > The makers of Pro Tools have always recommended using a separate drive for > media and advise not using the boot-up drive. That doesn't mean Pro Tools > won't work. It'll record fine for limited numbers of tracks with few > plug-ins and relatively short lengths. The more you use the internal drive, > the more it will become fragmented. While that isn't generally a problem > under OS X, it all depends on the volume of work we're talking about. Put it > this way, for small things, it's OK but not advisable. A studio would never > record to the boot-up drive. It's asking for trouble. I would follow the > manufacturer's recommendations and keep the boot-up drive and media drive > separate. > > cheers, > > Slau > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Ahem, not sure i catch your drift there. How is your setup? My thought was >> to dedicate an external drive for PT and the operating system, but do i need >> another disk for the recordings? Can i not use the internal one for that, or >> is there a problem with that? >> /Krister >> >> 3 jan 2013 kl. 14:30 skrev Chris Norman : >> >>> PT needs another drive to record onto? I'm using 1 HD here, and PT has >>> ran fine for the last 2 years or so LOL. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> On 03/01/2013, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, Things are never easy are they?:-) Ok, next question then is how big a partition do i need in order for ProTools to function correctly? I'll have to try to reorganize things on my internal hard drive. Lucky i have a readynas to play with. /Krister 3 jan 2013 kl. 02:32 skrev TheOreoMonster : > either the partitioning of the internal drive to have 2 versions of OSX or > running it off an external drive. but remember pro tools will want another > separate physical drive for recording thats not the drive with the OS on > it. So if you go the External HD route for Lion, you will i believe still > need a second external hd for recording drive. > On Jan 2, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > >> Hi folks. >> This week i'll probably get my protools with MBox bundle. My situation >> will be a bit on the odd side, you see i'm running an IMac with Mountain >> lion v10.8.2 and i don't want to downgrade, however something in PT is >> broken under Mountain lion which means i can't use PT as far as i >> understand. I had originally thought i would use a virtual machine with >> an earlier OsX version in it, but that may not be the ideal solution for >> this, so what is the best option for running Mountain lion for my >> non-musical work and an earlier os for PT? A partition on my internal >> hard drive?, a bootable external hard drive? Will the latter option be as >> good as an internal hard drive in terms of speed and so forth. I've got >> an external WD MYbook Studio with 1 TB that i could format and make it a >> disk for music, would that work? >> What other options are there? >> /Krister > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Take care, >>> >>> Chris Norman. >>> >>> >> >
Re: Have I waisted my money?
Hi Trevor, Did you mean to say that you've sorted out the activation on the Avid site? Did you have an iLok authorization deposited into your iLok account? Did you successfully transfer the license to your iLok key? Slau On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:10 AM, trevor wrote: > I have just bought protools expansion pack 2 and, now I've downloaded the > activation code on to my smart key, nothing seems to have changed. > I'm really hoping that there is something I haven't done properly. > > I installed them from the CDs and then I had a problem at first authorizing > the activation code and I think they went to the not used plug in folder. > > I've sorted out the activation on my usb smart key and I'm hoping someone > will tell me how to get it working. > > > Thank you, > > Trevor
Re: Have I waisted my money?
Hi Slau, I don't know if the site was down but I had a problem at first authorizing it, but, someone from avid very kindly authorized it for me. Then I went on to the ilok site as he told me and downloaded licences. I checked them and the one I wanted was there so, I am fairly certain that I added it to the USB smart key. Do you think I will need to reinstall the CDs? Thank you for your help. Trevor On 4 Jan 2013, at 13:39, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Hi Trevor, > > Did you mean to say that you've sorted out the activation on the Avid site? > Did you have an iLok authorization deposited into your iLok account? Did you > successfully transfer the license to your iLok key? > > Slau > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:10 AM, trevor wrote: > >> I have just bought protools expansion pack 2 and, now I've downloaded the >> activation code on to my smart key, nothing seems to have changed. >> I'm really hoping that there is something I haven't done properly. >> >> I installed them from the CDs and then I had a problem at first authorizing >> the activation code and I think they went to the not used plug in folder. >> >> I've sorted out the activation on my usb smart key and I'm hoping someone >> will tell me how to get it working. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Trevor >
Re: Have I waisted my money?
Hi Trevor, That shouldn't be the case. First, you need to verify that you downloaded the license to your iLok. Go to their web site, log in with your iLok key inserted into an available USB port and take a look at what's on the key. You shouldn't need to reinstall any plug-ins. The software should immediately detect the available licenses. slau On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:19 AM, trevor wrote: > Hi Slau, > I don't know if the site was down but I had a problem at first authorizing > it, but, someone from avid very kindly authorized it for me. > Then I went on to the ilok site as he told me and downloaded licences. > I checked them and the one I wanted was there so, I am fairly certain that I > added it to the USB smart key. > > Do you think I will need to reinstall the CDs? > > Thank you for your help. > > Trevor > On 4 Jan 2013, at 13:39, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> Hi Trevor, >> >> Did you mean to say that you've sorted out the activation on the Avid site? >> Did you have an iLok authorization deposited into your iLok account? Did you >> successfully transfer the license to your iLok key? >> >> Slau >> >> On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:10 AM, trevor wrote: >> >>> I have just bought protools expansion pack 2 and, now I've downloaded the >>> activation code on to my smart key, nothing seems to have changed. >>> I'm really hoping that there is something I haven't done properly. >>> >>> I installed them from the CDs and then I had a problem at first authorizing >>> the activation code and I think they went to the not used plug in folder. >>> >>> I've sorted out the activation on my usb smart key and I'm hoping someone >>> will tell me how to get it working. >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Trevor >> >
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
Thanks for the offer but I don't trust torrented software. On 1/4/13, Chris Norman wrote: > I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere > sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife wrote: > >> Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play >> well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no >> luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb >> drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high >> prices. >> >> Anybody have any tips or recommendations? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Cameron. >
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
Slau, how would one go about downgrading once ml is purchased from the app store? Thanks, Cameron. On 1/4/13, Cameron Strife wrote: > Thanks for the offer but I don't trust torrented software. > > > > On 1/4/13, Chris Norman wrote: >> I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere >> sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play >>> well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no >>> luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb >>> drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high >>> prices. >>> >>> Anybody have any tips or recommendations? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Cameron. >> >
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
Truthfully, I never usually use it, but I didn't really have much choice, as I tried to go through the official channels first, and couldn't find any legal way of obtaining Snow Leopard that was fast enough. Also, I'd purchased SL in the past, so I didn't feel bad about getting it torrented just the once. Cheers, Take care, Chris Norman. On 4 Jan 2013, at 17:18, Cameron Strife wrote: > Thanks for the offer but I don't trust torrented software. > > > > On 1/4/13, Chris Norman wrote: >> I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere >> sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife wrote: >> >>> Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play >>> well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no >>> luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb >>> drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high >>> prices. >>> >>> Anybody have any tips or recommendations? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Cameron. >>
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
Hi Cameron, I think someone else mentioned booting with Command-Option-R for Lion recovery. Never tried it myself but it's probably worth digging around a bit to see if it's viable. cheers, Slau On Jan 4, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Cameron Strife wrote: > Slau, how would one go about downgrading once ml is purchased from the > app store? > > Thanks, > > Cameron. > > > > On 1/4/13, Cameron Strife wrote: >> Thanks for the offer but I don't trust torrented software. >> >> >> >> On 1/4/13, Chris Norman wrote: >>> I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere >>> sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife >>> wrote: >>> Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high prices. Anybody have any tips or recommendations? Thanks, Cameron. >>> >>
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
Hi, My views are if a program is no longer being sold and you need it for any reason for accessibility or other reasons then downloading it however you can get it is fine as the company is no longer selling it so no real loss for them. Nick Gawronski On Fri, January 4, 2013 3:46 am, Chris Norman wrote: > I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere > sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife wrote: > >> Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play >> well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no >> luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb >> drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high >> prices. >> >> Anybody have any tips or recommendations? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Cameron. >
Re: Have I waisted my money?
Hi Slau, I have done as you said and the USB has the protools licence and the expansion pack 2 licence but, I don't see a lot of difference in protools. According to the CD, there is 55 gig of instruments on the five cd's and, I would have thought I would have seen quite a difference in the number of instruments in protools. A couple of extra things have gone on but, nowhere near what I was told there should be. Thank you, Trevor On 4 Jan 2013, at 16:50, Slau Halatyn wrote: > Hi Trevor, > > That shouldn't be the case. First, you need to verify that you downloaded the > license to your iLok. Go to their web site, log in with your iLok key > inserted into an available USB port and take a look at what's on the key. You > shouldn't need to reinstall any plug-ins. The software should immediately > detect the available licenses. > > slau > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:19 AM, trevor wrote: > >> Hi Slau, >> I don't know if the site was down but I had a problem at first authorizing >> it, but, someone from avid very kindly authorized it for me. >> Then I went on to the ilok site as he told me and downloaded licences. >> I checked them and the one I wanted was there so, I am fairly certain that I >> added it to the USB smart key. >> >> Do you think I will need to reinstall the CDs? >> >> Thank you for your help. >> >> Trevor >> On 4 Jan 2013, at 13:39, Slau Halatyn wrote: >> >>> Hi Trevor, >>> >>> Did you mean to say that you've sorted out the activation on the Avid site? >>> Did you have an iLok authorization deposited into your iLok account? Did >>> you successfully transfer the license to your iLok key? >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:10 AM, trevor wrote: >>> I have just bought protools expansion pack 2 and, now I've downloaded the activation code on to my smart key, nothing seems to have changed. I'm really hoping that there is something I haven't done properly. I installed them from the CDs and then I had a problem at first authorizing the activation code and I think they went to the not used plug in folder. I've sorted out the activation on my usb smart key and I'm hoping someone will tell me how to get it working. Thank you, Trevor >>> >> >
Re: Have I waisted my money?
Hi Trevor, I'm not sure what the expansion pack is supposed to include. I've always used HD so that stuff was included. You might try contacting Avid about the issue or at least take a look at some documentation to see what you should be seeing. Cheers, Slau On Jan 4, 2013, at 2:50 PM, trevor wrote: > Hi Slau, > I have done as you said and the USB has the protools licence and the > expansion pack 2 licence but, I don't see a lot of difference in protools. > > According to the CD, there is 55 gig of instruments on the five cd's and, I > would have thought I would have seen quite a difference in the number of > instruments in protools. > > A couple of extra things have gone on but, nowhere near what I was told there > should be. > > Thank you, > > Trevor > On 4 Jan 2013, at 16:50, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> Hi Trevor, >> >> That shouldn't be the case. First, you need to verify that you downloaded >> the license to your iLok. Go to their web site, log in with your iLok key >> inserted into an available USB port and take a look at what's on the key. >> You shouldn't need to reinstall any plug-ins. The software should >> immediately detect the available licenses. >> >> slau >> >> On Jan 4, 2013, at 10:19 AM, trevor wrote: >> >>> Hi Slau, >>> I don't know if the site was down but I had a problem at first authorizing >>> it, but, someone from avid very kindly authorized it for me. >>> Then I went on to the ilok site as he told me and downloaded licences. >>> I checked them and the one I wanted was there so, I am fairly certain that >>> I added it to the USB smart key. >>> >>> Do you think I will need to reinstall the CDs? >>> >>> Thank you for your help. >>> >>> Trevor >>> On 4 Jan 2013, at 13:39, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>> Hi Trevor, Did you mean to say that you've sorted out the activation on the Avid site? Did you have an iLok authorization deposited into your iLok account? Did you successfully transfer the license to your iLok key? Slau On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:10 AM, trevor wrote: > I have just bought protools expansion pack 2 and, now I've downloaded the > activation code on to my smart key, nothing seems to have changed. > I'm really hoping that there is something I haven't done properly. > > I installed them from the CDs and then I had a problem at first > authorizing the activation code and I think they went to the not used > plug in folder. > > I've sorted out the activation on my usb smart key and I'm hoping someone > will tell me how to get it working. > > > Thank you, > > Trevor >>> >> >
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
Hi, If you've purchased it from the Mac App store, you should be able to redownload it. When it opens the installer, go find it in your downloads or applications folder (I think it's in the latter place) and make a copy of it. Then you can either quit the installer or go ahead and install. If you've not bought it on the mac app store and you can't find it there anymore, see if anyone you know can do the above. Then they could use something like Lion Disk Maker http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/ We have done this a couple of times. Geoff.
Re: Tracking down OSX Lion?
When I phoned Apple, they said they are still selling it, but only while stocks last. And stocks hadn't lasted in any of the 3 nearest stores to me. Seems they have got copies, but they're not restocking, so if they're out, they're out. Cheers, Take care, Chris Norman. On 4 Jan 2013, at 19:20, Nick Gawronski wrote: > Hi, My views are if a program is no longer being sold and you need it for > any reason for accessibility or other reasons then downloading it however > you can get it is fine as the company is no longer selling it so no real > loss for them. Nick Gawronski > On Fri, January 4, 2013 3:46 am, Chris Norman wrote: >> I had to get mine from thepiratebay, as I couldn't buy it from anywhere >> sensibly. I can upload it to my web server if you like? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 3 Jan 2013, at 22:44, Cameron Strife wrote: >> >>> Hi everybody. since Mountain Lion, voiceover, and pro tools don't play >>> well together, I am attempting to track down OSX Lion. I am having no >>> luck though. It's not available in the app store and the few thumb >>> drive copies I've found on e bay are being sold for stupidly high >>> prices. >>> >>> Anybody have any tips or recommendations? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Cameron. >> > >
