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Logic Pro X projects stored in Dropbox don't show up in "Recent"
Hi all, this is a niche issue and probably not Dropbox's "fault", but thought I'd ask here just in case.
Since I upgraded to the latest version of Dropbox for Mac (which moved the folder location, etc.), Logic Pro X projects stored in Dropbox no longer show up in File > Open Recent or in the Recent tab of Logic's startup window.
The same thing was already happening with Google Drive for Desktop, so I would guess it's a general issue with the File Provider API. However, projects stored in iCloud Drive do show up in Recent.
Other Apple apps (TextEdit, Pages) will show files from Dropbox in the Open Recent menu. (And Dropbox-stored Logic projects do show up in Recent Items under the top-left Apple menu.)
Making the folders available offline doesn't help.
Running Logic 10.7.6 in Ventura 13.1 on an M1 MacBook Pro.
Any ideas?
Hallelujah! It's fixed in Logic 10.8!
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- Oh. What a weird issue though, maybe it’s because a Logic project is in fact a folder. But it should be possible to fix somehow.
Hey Christof - are you using the default /Music folder in iCloud or did you move your /username/Music folder into iCloud? I suppose it doesn't really matter? Maybe i move everything to GDrive?
Google Drive has the same issue as Dropbox, so don't move to that. I've also been using iCloud for Logic projects since having this issue. It doesn't matter what subfolder you use.
- So yeah I got the same answer from the support as someone mentioned.
Wow, this is Apple in a nutshell, they sort of just do what they feel like. The list of changes for using Dropbox on Mac was a rather depressing read. I don’t really trust Apple’s iCloud/cloud services, they have messed up notes and files for me in the past. Confirming that iCloud storage works for keeping track of recents. This is a necessary feature for me and now contemplating moving back to iCloud. Perhaps that is Apple's plan?
Just beware of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/sixyvx/warning_files_on_icloud_drive_are_not_safe/
This is why I strongly hesitate to switch to iCloud. A few years ago it also deleted notes that I had there, by itself. No possibility to get them back. At least with Dropbox it seems this wouldn't happen and we have file history available and everything.
I'm still using Dropbox for the Logic projects and it works OK except syncing seems to take longer and it stops syncing while using the application. I can live with the missing "recent" history, I've gotten used to it by now actually.
I'm also seeing this... so weird!
Ever since updating to the new dropbox, the projects in dropbox to not appear under recents in logic.
I've also seen that Final Cut Pro libraries do not open directly from dropbox anymore...
So far this "update" has been more headaches than anything else.This has been going on for many months. It started when I moved to Monterey on a new Mac Studio – so I think it has little to do with Logic itself. More likely a problem with Dropbox's support of Silicon (which has been a Beta for well over a year now...and continues to produce many erratic behaviors in MacOS file operations).
Yes same problem here, in our studio we use dropbox teams but we don't see our latest projects appear in Logic's recent lists. Was fine before update to the latest Dropbox. Syncing across team members no issue. Hope this gets prioritised and fixed soon as we are all constantly swapping between projects. I'm on an intel MP 2019 btw.
Same problem here since I updated to the newest dropbox... Very annoying. Please fix!
