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[drumjack52]

Jeffrey Sheppard wrote:

Agree. Just got a new laptop and have to install multiple libraries and countless updates. Too many clicks and passwords to count.

Love the software, but the installation and update process sucks. Take a cue from Softube, Native Instruments, Arturia, and others. Simply “update all” and the magic happens without user intervention. You have so many products now that I think this is a necessity!

Jeff

The problem with Arturia’s way is if you don’t have ‘silent install’ enabled you have to deal with multiple clicks for each update. That would be almost tolerable if the clicks to ok something were all in the same place.

Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.3.7
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[drumjack52]

While I like the Product Manager right now I only have Superior Drummer 3 so the way it operates isn’t an issue. That being said I have other music s/w that gives the option of doing a bulk install or a one-by-one. And that’s a good thing. Especially if it allows the install with only asking once like you mention to input your user name and password.

As to having to update after just having installed something I can see the point of the way ToonTrack does it. It makes for a LOT smaller update download than having to download a multi-gigabyte file all over again. It’s also a lot easier on the developer. Say you downloaded and installed something and updated it. And then comes an update down the line. With Toontrack’s way you’re not downloading a multi-gigabyte file. And that makes it easier on the end user.

Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.3.7
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

• This post was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by drumjack52.

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