Hey everyone, just joined so hi to all!
Have had my macbook for a couple of years now with no issues at all, just a couple of things have cropped up recently that im not sure how to solve.
Firstly im a professional mobile DJ and i use virtual DJ, i keep a database of around 20,000 tracks, some of which are replicated in various playlists/folders. Have had a few teething problems over the past couple of years but nothing i havnt managed to solve eventually.
1st problem: One thing that has always been a problem though is that when i type the name of a track into the search bar within the virtual DJ software, the file will show up but it wont load because basically the file doesn't exist on the mac any more. It shows up files that have already been deleted. This leads onto the same problem when i search for tracks on the mac outside of the software, again they show up but at the bottom of the box it doesn't show a destination folder because again they don't exist anymore on the laptop.
Also recently i have been searching for music that i know exists because iv located it in certain folders, and these don't show up, this seems to only apply to downloads i have done say in the past month. However if i go into a folder where i know where the file is then there it is so the files are definately there and i have managed to copy and paste them into my desired playlist folder no problem.
Question is, why are these files showing in search if they don't actually exist anymore.
2. Another problem, i have a back up external hard drive, today i have gone to do a back up and its saying that i need 100gig of space on the volume but only have 8mb available. This isnt the case as I have deleted everything from the external hard drive and there is nothing showing on the volume but the mac is insisting there is only 8mb of space
Any ideas on this?
Just incase anyone asks, I have today updated everything so all software on the mac is up to date and have since restarted.
Cheers for your help in advance
Phil
Have had my macbook for a couple of years now with no issues at all, just a couple of things have cropped up recently that im not sure how to solve.
Firstly im a professional mobile DJ and i use virtual DJ, i keep a database of around 20,000 tracks, some of which are replicated in various playlists/folders. Have had a few teething problems over the past couple of years but nothing i havnt managed to solve eventually.
1st problem: One thing that has always been a problem though is that when i type the name of a track into the search bar within the virtual DJ software, the file will show up but it wont load because basically the file doesn't exist on the mac any more. It shows up files that have already been deleted. This leads onto the same problem when i search for tracks on the mac outside of the software, again they show up but at the bottom of the box it doesn't show a destination folder because again they don't exist anymore on the laptop.
Also recently i have been searching for music that i know exists because iv located it in certain folders, and these don't show up, this seems to only apply to downloads i have done say in the past month. However if i go into a folder where i know where the file is then there it is so the files are definately there and i have managed to copy and paste them into my desired playlist folder no problem.
Question is, why are these files showing in search if they don't actually exist anymore.
2. Another problem, i have a back up external hard drive, today i have gone to do a back up and its saying that i need 100gig of space on the volume but only have 8mb available. This isnt the case as I have deleted everything from the external hard drive and there is nothing showing on the volume but the mac is insisting there is only 8mb of space
Any ideas on this?
Just incase anyone asks, I have today updated everything so all software on the mac is up to date and have since restarted.
Cheers for your help in advance
Phil