If you are setting up a new Mac, clean-installing your software, or migrating your samples, this guide will walk you through using the Addictive Drums 2 Library Placer on macOS. Step 1: Prepare Your Directory Structure
: Ensure you provide the XLN Online Installer with hard drive permissions when prompted by macOS to ensure it can write to your chosen folder. addictive drums 2 library placer mac
Moving your Addictive Drums 2 audio files to an external drive saves valuable internal storage on your Mac. XLN Audio uses a utility called to tell the plugin exactly where those heavy sample files live. If you are setting up a new Mac,
The Windows version of Addictive Drums 2 often comes with a file named Library Placer.exe . Clicking this utility automatically writes the path of your external or local library folders into the system registry. XLN Audio uses a utility called to tell
On macOS, this process is remarkably transparent. The utility respects Apple’s file system guidelines, using secure copy and trash operations rather than risky mv commands that could break aliases. Once complete, AD2 remains unaware that its samples have migrated from an internal NVMe drive to a external Thunderbolt SSD; the plugin loads kits with identical speed, assuming the external connection is fast enough.
: For user MIDI files, the default Mac path is /Library/Application Support/Addictive Drums 2/External MIDI Files .
How to Use XLN Audio Library Placer on Mac for Addictive Drums 2