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564 Chapter 24 Managing Audio Files
Moving Audio Files
The Audio Bin’s Audio File > Move File(s) command (default key command assignment:
Control-M) enables you to move selected audio files to another location on your
system.
If the source drive or partition is the same as the target drive or partition, the files are
simply moved to the other folder. This is a very quick and convenient way of organizing
the drive and the project.
This function is useful when you want to move all audio files used in a project to a new
folder, for example.
To move all used audio files to a new folder:
1 Choose Edit > Select Used from the Edit menu.
This selects all audio files (in the Audio Bin) that are being used in the Arrange area.
2 Choose Audio File > Move File(s) in the Audio Bin menu.
An alert will indicate the number of files to be moved.
3 Click the Move button.
4 In the ensuing file selector box, select the desired folder (or create a new one), then
click Save. All audio files used in the Arrange area are saved in the selected folder.
It may be useful to choose the Audio File > Show Files in Finder command before
moving any audio files. This command opens a Finder window that displays the path
and location of the selected files. The folder name or notes or other files in the folder
may provide clues as to whether or not it’s safe to move the files. If you’re not sure, it’s
better to use the Copy/Convert command (see below).
∏ Tip: Logic Express updates the path information for all open projects that use a given
audio file. This makes projects easier to manage when moving audio files. Following
the movement of files to the new location, save each open project to update all audio
file storage references.
Warning: Be very careful when using this function as files are removed from their
original location. Other projects may use the same audio files. This can lead to you
being prompted to search for the files that were moved when opening other projects
(see “Finding and Replacing Orphaned Audio Files” on page 569).