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Greetings,

One time -- one time -- the external volume containing my MachFive samples failed to mount when I booted my Mac, and I didn't notice it. I launched DP and opened a project with MachFive in it. Understandably enough, MachFIve complained that it couldn't find the samples. I quit DP and rebooted my Mac. The external drive mounted normally, as it always had before and has since. No clue why it didn't mount that one time.

Anyway, now for any DP project with MachFIve in it, the first time I open it since this incident, it complains that it can't find its samples. I have to go through its "Find all missing samples" procedure, which involves first remounting (within MachFive) the MachFive disk images from the external samples drive. Once I've done this, it reconnects with the samples, and I never have to do it again for that project.

But why is this happening? It's enormously annoying to have to do this every time I open something that hasn't been opened since that one fateful day. Is there any way I can cure MachFive of this behavior?

Thanks!
DM

It could be that the your OS directory structures are corrupted. Have you run a Verify Disk lately to check, and then if needed run Repair Disk?

I'm not sure about ver 2, but in ver 3 you can define the paths. The file system was much improved and even when the software and/or files were moved off machine into a new OS getting the path right in M5-3 is a breeze. Come to think of it, I don't think M5-2 has that feature. Maybe someone (Hugy?) has a solution but as I am not running ver 2 (as your sig says you are) then I'm of little help. Sorry. I'd probably look at trashing the M5 plists for a starter and resetting the path if it is something the plist requires you to do the first time but again, I my be just pissing in the wind.

Thanks for the replies!

billf, no -- I haven't done a verify/repair of the disk. Why, you may ask? Because it makes too much sense. Will do this as soon as I'm through with the current project.


DM