When I read the release notes for V17, especially these two bullet points,
I backed up presets and /Library/Application Support/MeldaProduction and ~/Library/Application Support/MeldaProduction and then removed all Melda from the system. Reinstalled from scratch with the V17 MPluginManager.
V16-Install:
590.2 MB /Library (after I cleaned out a bunch of cruft)
39.9 MB ~/Library
V17-Install:
448 MB /Library
475.9 MB ~/Library
So the system library usage went down and the user library usage spiked. What?
I had a closer look.
Seems that part of the so-called internet connection optimizations are to leave a PKG directory in the user library with 404 MB of packages. I tested what would happen if I moved that out of the way, and MPluginManager didn't seem to care.
I assume it will download it again if it can't find it?
Calling it what it appears to be, a cache, please add an option in MPluginManager, perhaps under settings, to remove this cache.
Moving that out of the way, and taking a closer look at the folders again sorted by size, things are little better than they were. I mean yeah, MCabinetDevices/ and MTurboAmpDevices/ and MeldaProduction MXXX/ directories are no longer in the system melda library (I don't have those installed), so that is a step forward. You're no longer installing devices for every plugin. Bravo.
But Melda, you are still spamming my drive with presets for every one of your plugins and then some. Now, not only are they spammed into the system melda library, but also into the user melda library. That's right, now I have 37.1 MB of MGuitarArchitect.presets (not installed) ... not once, but twice. 74 MB of just wasted space, and I can go down the list. I'm sure it totals into the 100s and 100s of MBs just on presets installed for uninstalled plugins. I know some of those files are smaller but they add up.
So tell me what about this "new virtual file system" has resulted in "fewer files on my hard drive" exactly?
Thank you for the updates, and for the continuous improvement. I applaud you for considering user drive space and internet connections, but your release note statements ring false in practice. To be blunt, your installation is still full of lazy cruft. I had hoped one of the benefits of the new plugin manager would be that I don't have a mess (literally) of presets for plugins that are not installed. Now I get them twice. Ai yi yi
I thought it was too good to be true. As it turns out, yes it is.* It features a new virtual file system, resulting in fewer files on your hard drive and faster installation.
* Packages are highly optimized to save your internet connection and disk space.
I backed up presets and /Library/Application Support/MeldaProduction and ~/Library/Application Support/MeldaProduction and then removed all Melda from the system. Reinstalled from scratch with the V17 MPluginManager.
V16-Install:
590.2 MB /Library (after I cleaned out a bunch of cruft)
39.9 MB ~/Library
V17-Install:
448 MB /Library
475.9 MB ~/Library
So the system library usage went down and the user library usage spiked. What?
I had a closer look.
Seems that part of the so-called internet connection optimizations are to leave a PKG directory in the user library with 404 MB of packages. I tested what would happen if I moved that out of the way, and MPluginManager didn't seem to care.
I assume it will download it again if it can't find it?
Calling it what it appears to be, a cache, please add an option in MPluginManager, perhaps under settings, to remove this cache.
Moving that out of the way, and taking a closer look at the folders again sorted by size, things are little better than they were. I mean yeah, MCabinetDevices/ and MTurboAmpDevices/ and MeldaProduction MXXX/ directories are no longer in the system melda library (I don't have those installed), so that is a step forward. You're no longer installing devices for every plugin. Bravo.
But Melda, you are still spamming my drive with presets for every one of your plugins and then some. Now, not only are they spammed into the system melda library, but also into the user melda library. That's right, now I have 37.1 MB of MGuitarArchitect.presets (not installed) ... not once, but twice. 74 MB of just wasted space, and I can go down the list. I'm sure it totals into the 100s and 100s of MBs just on presets installed for uninstalled plugins. I know some of those files are smaller but they add up.
So tell me what about this "new virtual file system" has resulted in "fewer files on my hard drive" exactly?
Thank you for the updates, and for the continuous improvement. I applaud you for considering user drive space and internet connections, but your release note statements ring false in practice. To be blunt, your installation is still full of lazy cruft. I had hoped one of the benefits of the new plugin manager would be that I don't have a mess (literally) of presets for plugins that are not installed. Now I get them twice. Ai yi yi
Statistics: Posted by kidslow — Sat Aug 17, 2024 8:01 pm — Replies 0 — Views 15