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Is it possible to move HW to an external HD?

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Is it possible to move HW to an external HD?

PostMon Jul 11, 2022 4:44 pm

I am running HW 4.2 on an iMac running High Sierra (cannot upgrade further). The hard drive is about maxed out, although I have deleted all the old sample sets which I used rarely. There is not much else on the computer to delete. I am wondering how I might move HW to an external drive. Is this possible? I searched the forum, but could not find anything.
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Re: Is it possible to move HW to an external HD?

PostMon Jul 11, 2022 8:35 pm

"Changing installation locations" is on page 30 of the v 7 Installation and User Guide, page 25 in the 4.2 guide. Also do a backup first.

One of the posts about this for 4.2:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16439&p=123587&hilit=installation+location#p123587
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Re: Is it possible to move HW to an external HD?

PostTue Jul 12, 2022 2:35 am

Just reinstall Hauptwrk using the "custom" option and choose your external HD for everything except the software itself. Your already installed sample sets will automatically migrate from the internal to the external disk (but better to have a copy somewhere if anything goes wrong)
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Re: Is it possible to move HW to an external HD?

PostTue Jul 12, 2022 3:31 am

Hello soyeso,

[Topic moved here.]

To add to others' replies, here are a couple more previous topics on it:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20386&p=152914#p152914
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15690#p117525

soyeso wrote:I am running HW 4.2 on an iMac running High Sierra (cannot upgrade further).


Just to clarify, in case you do want to upgrade at some point: Hauptwerk v7 is fully compatible with, and supported on, Macs running macOS 'High Sierra' (=macOS 10.13). It should work very well on an iMac running macOS 10.13.6.

(If you do upgrade to v7, make sure you follow the 'upgrading' instructions in the v7 user guide, since on a Mac you need to remove your v4 installation before installing any later Hauptwerk version, but you can keep your Hauptwerk settings, combinations, voicing, etc. in the process by using Hauptwerk's backup/restore mechanism, as covered in those instructions.)
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.
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Re: Is it possible to move HW to an external HD?

PostTue Jul 12, 2022 9:58 am

Many thanks for all the replies!

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