Beware of DP 10 demo...

[TnMike]

I have been using DP Control app with my iPhone 4 to remote control DP 9.52 and it has worked pretty good in most commands (still won't save without crashing app).
However, Demoing DP 10 the other day made the "open sound control" driver in Control Surface Setup disappear is DP 9.52.
I renamed DP 9.52 to "Digital Performer 9.52" before installing DP 10 so it would not overwrite 9.52.
DP 10 shows "open sound control" in it's Control Surface Setup window, but it is gone when I open 9.52.
Unfortunately, the studio is down until I figure this out. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
TnMike

[cuttime]

Try reinstalling 9.52?

[TnMike]

I haven't tried that yet. Does reinstalling DP 9.52 overwrite of your preferences and templates?

[FMiguelez]

Before you do more changes, make sure you create a clone of whatever's left of your workable system first.

NEVER install software, especially new software, in an otherwise working machine without making a clone first! Doing that clone, in a worse-case-scenario, is the difference between spending 2 minutes to return things to normal and wasting hours or days chasing unknown new problems and unnecessary stress.

In your case, I hope reinstalling DP9 is enough and there are no consequences... Ask Jim about it...

[dix]

NEVER install software, especially new software, in an otherwise working machine without making a clone first!...

Is there not a way to roll back to an earlier version using Time Machine?

I haven't tried that yet. Does reinstalling DP 9.52 overwrite of your preferences and templates?

My understanding is no, it does not. I've reinstalled many times over the years and templates and prefs remain.

[FMiguelez]

NEVER install software, especially new software, in an otherwise working machine without making a clone first!...

Is there not a way to roll back to an earlier version using Time Machine?

There is, but nowhere near as convenient as popping an SSD in a case... literally, 10 seconds -no consequences.

If the OP had done this on a test disk, he wouldn't even need to do that... Simply restart the computer as usual and back in business immediately, as if nothing had ever happened and DP10 was just a bad dream.

[dix]

NEVER install software, especially new software, in an otherwise working machine without making a clone first!...

Is there not a way to roll back to an earlier version using Time Machine?

There is, but nowhere near as convenient as popping an SSD in a case... literally, 10 seconds.
If this were a test disk, he wouldn't even need to do that... simply restart the computer as usual and back in business immediately.

I see. The only problem is that clones don't have Recovery partitions - the ones created with SuperDuper on El Cap don't anyway. Is there a way to create clones that can boot into Recovery mode if need be?

[FMiguelez]

I see. The only problem is that clones don't have Recovery partitions - the ones created with SuperDuper on El Cap don't anyway. Is there a way to create clones that can boot into Recovery mode if need be?

CCC can create the Recovery partitions for you.

It always asks you automatically if you want one when it detects a system disk without the recovery partition.

I LOVE this program! It really brings peace of mind for in-addition-to-TM backups!

[TnMike]

I backup my main drive (with DP on it) to Time Machine and iDrive (online backup). Would you recommend reinstalling DP 9.52 first to see if that fixes there problem?...and then if it doesn't, use Time Machine or iDrive?

[FMiguelez]

I backup my main drive (with DP on it) to Time Machine and iDrive (online backup). Would you recommend reinstalling DP 9.52 first to see if that fixes there problem?...and then if it doesn't, use Time Machine or iDrive?

That's what I would do if unhappy with DP10 ATM.

[dix]

I see. The only problem is that clones don't have Recovery partitions - the ones created with SuperDuper on El Cap don't anyway. Is there a way to create clones that can boot into Recovery mode if need be?

CCC can create the Recovery partitions for you.

It always asks you automatically if you want one when it detects a system disk without the recovery partition.

I LOVE this program! It really brings peace of mind for in-addition-to-TM backups!

Oh, very cool! Thanks FM!