Where is the Halion mediabay3.db file in cubase elements 14?

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I have been using cubase elements 12 (mac) . When i bought a laptop, i copied the mediabay3.db file from the PREFERENCES folder on my desktop over to my laptop. I did this so that all my ratings could be ported to the laptop.

I just installed version 14 onto my laptop. my media bay has all the new ratings… if i make rating changes on my laptop (see why … following) i would copy the pref file over to my desktop… but i don’t see the mediabay3 in my elements 14 preference folder !

now…
the reason i am bringing this subject up is that i have just clicked on OPEN LOOP BROWER from the main menu (i don’t think i’ve ever done this before)…
when i open the loop browser, all the ratings are ‘3’, so the must be the factory defaults…
i would like to rate these patches and copy them to my desktop… but i don’t know where these ratings are stored…
seeing as i don’t see the mediabay3.db file in my elements 14 directory, i don’t even understand how the mediabay panel is getting updated ratings that i created using version 12… unless its looking at the elements 12 folder system… (maybe i should not delete elements 12)

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Thats because Mediabay doesnt live in the Cubase preferences folder, it lives in its own MediaBay preferences folder that should be right by the Cubase one…

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ok… i found something…

There is actually a mediabay3.db
here:
library>preferences>cubase elements 12>mediabay3.db
but is not in the equivalent version 14 folder.

and as i think you noted:, there is one here:
library>preferences>steinberg mediabay server> mediabay3.db

if i make a rating change in the loop browser or in the mediabay, i see in Finder that the .db file is updated.

so i don’t know what file in version 12 is doing… it must have been used as the database in the past because,
i did ask support when i bought the laptop and i had cubase 9.5. They told me to look in the cubase folder i highlighted above … when i copied that one over to my laptop, my laptop had the updated ratings…

so i suppose you have solved my issue !
thanks