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Logic pro X - macbook air
I’d REALLY like to get it installed on the Air. I’m willing to live with some performance degradation, but I understand it may require putting the sample files on an external (preferably SSD) drive.
What’s the current wisdom? I’d welcome advice from someone who’s using it in a similar environment.
Thx!
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What you could do is to install the 'base' Logic Pro X (~2,5GB or so) then in the settings relocate the audio-library to the external drive before downloading all the additional files (It's roughly ~80GB fully loaded).
I used to keep the audio libraries on an external SSD (Samsung T5) but since the internal drive in the Mini is >3 times faster I relocated the files back to the internal drive to avoid 'delays'(we're talking <0.1s to >5seconds) when loading the bigger patches.
Depending in the drive and size it doesn't hurt to try...
Depends on the type of external flash drive. A T5 is indeed slower compared to the internal flash drive but if your mac has TB3 then this will be just as fast as your internal flash. https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-envoy-pro-ex-thunderbolt-3
I don't have any Thunderbolt drives yet, just using the USB3.1 version which gives me around 500MB/s Read & Write.
The internal drive reads closer to 3GB/s(2,8GB/s with BlackMagic Bench app) and it's definitely something that can be 'felt' in everyday use. I'm on the 2018 MacMini 3.0Gz 6-Core i5, 256GB SSD and 8GB Ram.