Korg Kronos Problemes with Mac

Felix50 · Post by **Felix50** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:25 pm

Hy,

i am new here, i am from Germany.
i have a kronos 61 and Mac.
It tooks me a long time to anderstand whats going on between the kronos
and the Mac.
The Mac writes a lot of files on a USB drive when it was formated on the kronos and you use it on the Computer.
1) downlod on Google the Hidden cleaner 2.01 App
2) Install this App on your Mac
When you work on the Kronos an use an USB Drive that you put later on the Mac ... Drag and drop the USB Drive on the Icon of the Hidden Cleaner App
thats on your Desktop ( On the USB drive Every Metafiles from Apple wil be deleted automaticaly and the USB Drive will be Ejected).
WHY ????
When you put a USB Drive on the Computer and later on the Kronos,
There are Files that makes a lot of Problemes for Exemple
1) The VS100 in a folder ( the kronos is not abble to delete this Folder )
2) When you have this File in a Folder, The Kronos is not Abble to write, To Save in this Folder and a lot more.
Since i am Using the Hidden Cleaner everything works great on the Kronos.
I Hoppe i can help.

Thanks

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:15 pm

Thanks this is good to in know!

SanderXpander · Post by **SanderXpander** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:44 pm

Yet another reason to hate Apple :p

Diego5150 · Post by **Diego5150** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:06 pm

Hey Felix,
Just to clarify I also had this problem with Kidnepro's download which I tried via the Korg website with a PC as well. I am not sure that my issue is exclusive to the Mac. Thanks for the info though.

Felix50 · Post by **Felix50** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:41 pm

Hy All,

sorry i forgot to write that the Metafiles also exists with Windows,
but i work on a mac. I am sure there is also an free Application like
Hidden cleaner for Windows.
The Problem is not Windows or Mac
The Problem is Kronos, because it reads all Files, also unokwn.
I allready called Korg Germany but they never changed something.

Thanks

Yuma · Post by **Yuma** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:17 pm

I have no such issues in Windows. About a year ago I formatted my USB drive on the Kronos and switched back and forth a lot between the Kronos and my Windows PC with no issues at all.
Nowadays I have my Kronos attached to my computer network, which makes file transfer a lot more convenient.

burningbusch · Post by **burningbusch** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:04 pm

Also, if you use an FTP client you should be able to configure it so that it doesn't transfer these metafiles. I use Fetch on the Mac it it works just fine. FTP has many advantages including speed of transfers and it's much better file manager. The only time I use a stick is for OS updates as I believe it's required.

Busch.

ed_f · Post by **ed_f** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:45 pm

Agree this is the way to go. Being able to ftp to my Kronos is the greatest advancement in keyboards for me. So easy to move files back and forth and fast.

burningbusch wrote:Also, if you use an FTP client you should be able to configure it so that it doesn't transfer these metafiles. I use Fetch on the Mac it it works just fine. FTP has many advantages including speed of transfers and it's much better file manager. The only time I use a stick is for OS updates as I believe it's required.

Busch.

pfrocha · Post by **pfrocha** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:35 am

I use a Mac but have never experienced these problems... maybe I was lucky?

Diego5150 · Post by **Diego5150** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:24 pm

Yuma wrote:I have no such issues in Windows. About a year ago I formatted my USB drive on the Kronos and switched back and forth a lot between the Kronos and my Windows PC with no issues at all.
Nowadays I have my Kronos attached to my computer network, which makes file transfer a lot more convenient.

I just formatted my USB on the Kronos last week and I still am having this issue. But with Qui's help he got me through it. I did not have his help with Kidnepro's download issues.

JaySL · Post by **JaySL** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:50 am

Félix why dont you tell spotlight to stop indexing your external drives?
You can do this by going to system preferences, spotlight and then click the privacy tab. Then click On the plus sign and add "/Volumes" then press return key. Now any external hard drive or USB stick wont be indexed as well as not adding the trash folder either. Hope this helps

Felix50 · Post by **Felix50** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:21 pm

Hy

thanks its usfull to know.
but everytime i have a new stick i have to it again. So i think its esier
with Hidden cleaner.

Thanks again

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