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By GuruVirus Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:53 am
Yes. Your library can be saved anywhere. You use the file browser to select and favorite your folder. The browser is found by clicking the icon at the bottom right (or pressing F).
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By GuruVirus Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:50 am
Press F to open the File Browser.
Click dropdown menu near top.
External HDD appears at the bottom of the list. If it doesn't, open Windows Explorer or Finder and identify your drive letter. Then you can click on the file path (e.g. C:\Users\) and delete it and type the drive letter you need, like "D:\" and press enter. It loads the files. Then you favorite this top folder by holding Shift and clicking on one of the five folders at the top.

Lemme know if you get stuck.
By Noobstudioguy Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:28 am
GuruVirus wrote:Press F to open the File Browser.
Click dropdown menu near top.
External HDD appears at the bottom of the list. If it doesn't, open Windows Explorer or Finder and identify your drive letter. Then you can click on the file path (e.g. C:\Users\) and delete it and type the drive letter you need, like "D:\" and press enter. It loads the files. Then you favorite this top folder by holding Shift and clicking on one of the five folders at the top.

Lemme know if you get stuck.



This only lets me change the directory within the software. Basically, Im telling the MPC software WHERE the content is.

How do we actually install the content on a different drive. That is the issue.

Trying to save space on C drive.
By MkSquid Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:56 pm
I had the same need - ended up using Symbolic Link(s) in Windows 10 to "trick" MPC expansions to install on high-speed external drive and to have MPC software see the same as being in a folder on C:.

Do a search on Symbolic Links for Windows 10, and you should be good to go.
By SteveECrane Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:35 am
Bump.

Apart from using the aforementioned Symbolic Links, is there an 'official' Akai way to relocate content on a drive other than the default System drive, hopefully using the MPC app to control this? :hmmm:

It seems utterly ridiculous that the content is hard-coded to a single location. What is this, the 1970's - these aren't IBM S/360's or DEC Vax's!!!? :Sigh:
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By MPC-Tutor Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:45 pm
SteveECrane wrote:Apart from using the aforementioned Symbolic Links, is there an 'official' Akai way to relocate content on a drive other than the default System drive, hopefully using the MPC app to control this? :hmmm:


No. For the moment just use symbolic links and send a feature request direct to Akai.