Too little free space on interal harddisk

[SyrinxGC]

Hi!
I have recently installed Logic Studio (Pro 8) after having updated from Logic Express 7.

I am working on an Intel Macbook with 3Gb RAM and 80Gb harddisk.
I'm a newbie to Mac having worked my way with from the early C-Lab Notator on an Atari ST via Logic Gold on a PC.

Because of the limited space on the internal HD, I intended to install the Apple Loops and Garageband instruments on an external harddisk.

Using the Disk Inventory X program I realized that everything ended up on the internal disk - taking 34.2Gb of the available 70+GB.

My question is:
I will probably not be using the Apple Loops at all - at least not within the foreseeable future. Can I simply delete the whole Apple Loops folder or will this give me problems running Logic?

Alternatively - Can I move the whole folder to an external firewire disk?

If yes - what will I have to do to for Logic to find the loops if I should need them?

I will probably be using some of the Garageband instruments now and then.
Can I move the whole Garageband folder or at least the Instrument library folder to an external firewire disk?

Again - If yes - what will I have to do for Logic to find the loops?

Thanks for a great site and forum! A very useful discovery indeed!!!

SyrinxGC

[boo]

I would keep the loops if you can, you might be surprised how you use them. If you move them just drag the folders to the loop browser in Logic and it will ask if you want to reindex them, just say yes. As for garageband, you can move the GB folder to an external HD. Copy the Garageband folder to the external HD then create an alias for that folder. Delete the GB folder in App support and place the alias in HD > Library > Application support.

To create an alias right click or control click on a file or folder and select "create alias".

[garww]

I'm not on Mac, but when I had smaller drives I would pack folders and pull stuff out when I needed it. SF-pack for Mac. Moving the old stuff off-line is a great idea, too.

[garageband]

Boo has it exactly right with the whole alias thing. I've got to de-lazify myself and do the same thing to my MachFive samples.

[SyrinxGC]

Thanks a lot boo! Just the answer that I was hoping for!

SyrinxGC