Linden

Since Max 6.1 and Live 9 are finally out and both run under 32 and 64 bit, i think one has also to think about file organization to keep things clear and runinng.

I work mainly on two computers one running windows and the other running mac osx. Regarding Max i like to have my patches available on both computers and when i work on one that i have the latest version of it on both machines. A Dropbox folder added to the search path is my friend here which contains basicly all my patches and externals . But obviously there are things which are only on mac or on windows which makes it complicated time to times. But every time a new max version comes out one has to update certain folders inside the Cycling 74 folder like helpf files, clippings and so on. Is there an easy way to update these folders or is it a good idea to add the old cycling 74 folder to the search path or does this lead max to confusion because of too much duplicate files?

What would be a good idea to manage files regarding that probably many externals will not be ported to 64 bit?

I would be interested in how other users manage their file workflow.

Since Max 6.1 and Live 9 are finally out and both run under 32 and 64 bit, i think one has also to think about file organization to keep things clear and runinng.
I work mainly on two computers one running windows and the other running mac osx. Regarding Max i like to have my patches available on both computers and when i work on one that i have the latest version of it on both machines. A Dropbox folder added to the search path is my friend here which contains basicly all my patches and externals . But obviously there are things which are only on mac or on windows which makes it complicated time to times. But every time a new max version comes out one has to update certain folders inside the Cycling 74 folder like helpf files, clippings and so on. Is there an easy way to update these folders or is it a good idea to add the old cycling 74 folder to the search path or does this lead max to confusion because of too much duplicate files?
What would be a good idea to manage files regarding that probably many externals will not be ported to 64 bit?
I would be interested in how other users manage their file workflow.

file-organization

You might be interested in Max 6.1's new "Packages" feature, which is under discussion in some other forum threads. Check out the readme file in "/Applications/Max 6.1/packages/about packages.txt" for more information.