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5.7.1 Changing the Library Location, Upgrading an Old Library
The Library can reside in the hard drive location of your choice. In the Preferences' Library
tab, you will nd the Change Location button.
The Change Location
button.
Clicking the Change Location button will allow you to create a new Library by pointing to
an empty folder or creating a new one. Once you've selected a Library path, one of several
possibilities will occur, depending on the new location:
If the target location is an empty folder on a different hard drive, you will be given the
option to copy your current Library to this new location. Live will then offer to open a
Explorer (Windows)/Finder (Mac) window so that you can delete the Library from the
old location.
If the target location is an empty folder on the same hard drive, you will be given the
option to move your current Library to this new location.
If the target location is not empty but does not contain a Library, Live will create a
subfolder called Library at this location, and then offer to copy/move the old Library
contents.
In all three of these cases, you may also choose to create a new Library, without copying
or moving any content from the previous location. Live will then offer to install any default
packages to the new location.
If the target location is a Library that was made with an older version of Live, you will
be warned about possible compatibility issues. It is generally not a good idea to try
to share a single Library between two different versions of Live.
Note: Live will not allow you to create a Library inside an existing Project.
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