Finding and Replacing Orphaned Audio Files

Sometimes, Logic Pro can’t find a file that was previously used in the project. This could be due to one of the following:

You have not connected the relevant hard disk, or you have renamed the volume.
You have stored the files in a different volume, or moved them to another volume.
You have renamed the files in the Finder, or renamed them in the Audio Bin of another project.
You have deleted the files.

In these situations, Logic Pro opens a dialog similar to this one:

You can respond in any of the following ways:

Skip All: Click this button if you know that more than one audio file no longer exists, or was renamed. Otherwise, you need to use the Skip button for each individual missing/renamed file.
Skip: Click this button if you know that the audio file no longer exists, or was renamed.
Search: Click this button to make a search in the current volume. If the search is unsuccessful, Logic Pro provides a file not found dialog.
Locate: Click this button to manually define where to search for the file. A dialog, containing the name of the audio file being searched for in the title bar, appears onscreen.

If more than one file with a matching name is found, you can select the correct file in a dialog.

If Logic Pro cannot find one or more audio files, the regions are shown as blank areas.

To assign a replacement file later

Do one of the following:
- Double-click the relevant region in the Arrange area.
- Double-click the exclamation mark beside the audio filename in the Audio Bin tab.
- Choose Audio File > Update File Information in the Audio Bin.
Click Locate in the dialog, and another dialog opens (containing the name of the audio file being searched for in the title bar), allowing you to locate and load the necessary audio file.