I recently purchased Cubase Pro and I am going through the process of downloading all the included packs/samples/instruments/etc to my 2TB external where my other libraries are. The problem is, while the Download Assistant is downloading everything to that drive, it also seems to be downloading multiple gigs of things to my internal drive on my MacBook Pro (which I do not want). Is this something I can fix or am I worried about nothing, and it will clean itself up? Thanks!
Well, I don’t know if this helps, but SDA allows you to choose a download directory in the settings. You choose the hard drive of your choice.
Also, Steinberg Library Manager allows you to choose the hard drives on which you want to install the libraries associated with HALion, Groove Agent, Cubase and other VSTi.
These two utilities do all the work for you.
Have a nice day!
Correct. I already have the path set to my external HD and the downloads ARE there, but something was also taking up over 30 gigs of space on my laptop HD after I downloaded all the extra things to my external HD.
It can go up even more than that, depending on what you have installed, Cubase, Absolute, HALion, and other libraries…
I have a folder named ‘Steinberg’ on an external hard drive that contains the libraries of Groove Agent, Padshop, Retrologue, The Grand and a VST Sound folder from Cubase that totals 145 Gigs. On another external hard drive I also have a folder named ‘Steinberg’ with the libraries of HALion that totals 75 Gigs.
This is only the space occupied by the Steinberg products that I bought. If I added to that the Native Instruments products, I am close to a terabyte…
30 gigs, it’s not much…
Right. Sorry if I’m unclear. I want ALL the libraries in the download assistant on my one external HD. I have the pathway set to that HD. I only have 35 gigs left on my laptop internal HD which is why I don’t want them on their. When I download everything it puts them on my external HD but something is also taking up close to 30 gigs on my laptop because I was losing that storage when I was downloading everything. I’m trying to figure out what/where that stuff is so I can take it off my laptop HD and make sure it is just on my external HD.