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Hey there,
I have just re-built my system after I ran into major problems with changing the home directory to a different drive other than my system SSD. Well, I say major problems, it all appeared to "work" but it must have messed up my permissions as I could no longer get iLok Manager to recognise my iLok banghead which is a rather important ingredient for me running Pro Tools and subsequently eating..
The process I went through was at first naive (the old adage "a little bit of knowledge = A LOT of danger" springs to mind) as I copied my entire Users directory from my SSD to another drive (SATA3, 2TB HD) where I wanted to store and use it in the future as a means of saving valuable space on my system SSD (which I'm sure most of you are aware of) I run pro audio programs on my mac/s and am very aware of using separate drives for doing different things (mainly from Pro Tools experience) and that got me thinking.. I investigated the file structure of OSX and realised that it was a little more difficult to separate where OSX 'wants' things to be and where I 'want' them to be..
I tried changing the location of my home directory using advanced options in "Users and Groups"
I have just re-built my system after I ran into major problems with changing the home directory to a different drive other than my system SSD. Well, I say major problems, it all appeared to "work" but it must have messed up my permissions as I could no longer get iLok Manager to recognise my iLok banghead which is a rather important ingredient for me running Pro Tools and subsequently eating..
The process I went through was at first naive (the old adage "a little bit of knowledge = A LOT of danger" springs to mind) as I copied my entire Users directory from my SSD to another drive (SATA3, 2TB HD) where I wanted to store and use it in the future as a means of saving valuable space on my system SSD (which I'm sure most of you are aware of) I run pro audio programs on my mac/s and am very aware of using separate drives for doing different things (mainly from Pro Tools experience) and that got me thinking.. I investigated the file structure of OSX and realised that it was a little more difficult to separate where OSX 'wants' things to be and where I 'want' them to be..
I tried changing the location of my home directory using advanced options in "Users and Groups"
This 'worked' on the surface.. I did lose most of my settings which started to worry me.. I set things back to my preference and continued on in ignorant bliss..
Upon booting Pro Tools, I realised that something had gone wrong.. It asked for an authorised iLok, which mine is.. I was unable to repair my disk permissions (I thought it might have been a longshot, but gave it ago anyway) to enable it to work again..
I then tried and re tried 'repairing' my iLok from the device's own management tool.. But to no avail.. I guess what saved my sanity was having a "real" macbook pro (and one that I hadn't messed around with the user directory on) at my disposal. I was able to establish that my iLok is working correctly and the problem was obviously due to the fact that I moved something I shouldn't have (users directory) that holds valuable information that the iLok requires to authenticate and work correctly..
That led me to trying to re store my system from a time machine back up (which worked, but being a bit of a perfectionist I wanted to optimise and slim down my system, so I elected to re-install from a newly partitioned ((erased)) SSD) And here I am..
I haven't installed anything other than tuning my set-up with MultiBeast and tweaking system preferences.
I am trying to establish an efficient and stable way of moving my users directory to my preferred HD so I can keep my SSD free from unnecessary abuse (thanks OSX architecture)
I realise I have some options..
FUSION DRIVE:Great idea, I have the hardware available to do it, but I also worry that it will not be stable enough for pro audio work.
SYMLINKS:Good option, just have to get my terminal on.. Still worried that it won't be quite as neat.
PERVIOUS WAY: Move everything before I install everything and hope for the best..
I write this with hope that it saves someone else the effort and frustration I have just experienced if they are thinking of doing things along the same lines..
I also hope that someone slightly more versed in this area would be able to give me a couple of pointers or suggest a better way of achieving what I would like to happen..
Many thanks
Upon booting Pro Tools, I realised that something had gone wrong.. It asked for an authorised iLok, which mine is.. I was unable to repair my disk permissions (I thought it might have been a longshot, but gave it ago anyway) to enable it to work again..
I then tried and re tried 'repairing' my iLok from the device's own management tool.. But to no avail.. I guess what saved my sanity was having a "real" macbook pro (and one that I hadn't messed around with the user directory on) at my disposal. I was able to establish that my iLok is working correctly and the problem was obviously due to the fact that I moved something I shouldn't have (users directory) that holds valuable information that the iLok requires to authenticate and work correctly..
That led me to trying to re store my system from a time machine back up (which worked, but being a bit of a perfectionist I wanted to optimise and slim down my system, so I elected to re-install from a newly partitioned ((erased)) SSD) And here I am..
I haven't installed anything other than tuning my set-up with MultiBeast and tweaking system preferences.
I am trying to establish an efficient and stable way of moving my users directory to my preferred HD so I can keep my SSD free from unnecessary abuse (thanks OSX architecture)
I realise I have some options..
FUSION DRIVE:Great idea, I have the hardware available to do it, but I also worry that it will not be stable enough for pro audio work.
SYMLINKS:Good option, just have to get my terminal on.. Still worried that it won't be quite as neat.
PERVIOUS WAY: Move everything before I install everything and hope for the best..
I write this with hope that it saves someone else the effort and frustration I have just experienced if they are thinking of doing things along the same lines..
I also hope that someone slightly more versed in this area would be able to give me a couple of pointers or suggest a better way of achieving what I would like to happen..
Many thanks