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Better CPU 100% - apple charges a crazy markup for storage. Do you even need 2tb SSD? I have the 512gb and it's fine - I just archive my sessions on an external raid and in the cloud when I'm done with them. More secure than storing them on your internal drive, and that money you save could instead go towards and external SDD and then some.

I use a 1tb external SSD for my samples and it works great. If you really think you need 2 TB you could get this and still save $100 from the apple upgrade from 1tb to 2

You might want to take a look at Reaper if you're just getting started. It's a whole world of cash less expensive, and just as fully featured as ProTools, without the commitment. There's also PT First, which is... a thing, but not an expensive thing, so that's good.

There's a built in feature on macs called Automator that can rename hundreds of files at the same time within certain criteria.

If this isn't what you're talking about then you might be stupid...

If you want a free/cheap DAW that is really good I highly recommend trying out Reaper.The trial never ends and has zero restrictions. However if you go that route it's highly advised to pay the very very measly $60 for the license.

Just buy a standard iPad - I bought mine brand new for around $250 new on Amazon when they had an offer on. That's what I use with the artist dock. Seems they're 300 on amazon right now, which is 30 bucks cheaper than the apple site.

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPad-10-2-Inch-Wi-Fi-32GB/dp/B07XL7G4HH/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=ipad&qid=1586960913&sr=8-3

So this happens to all sessions you save with Pro Tools?

Just a few preliminary things you can do. Download and install Ccleaner. Run it, use the Cleaner on the top left. Click the "run cleaner" button on the bottom right.

After the cleaner does its thing, click "Registry" on the top left. Tell it to "Scan for issues". Once it finds them, click "fix" and then "fix all". It will give you the option of backing up, say yes and save the file to a folder somewhere.
Restart, then follow the instructions here and make sure you schedule a disk check. This will scan for bad sectors on your hard drive and attempt to recover them.
After you schedule the check, restart again. It will now boot and use chkdsk. It could take awhile, just leave it alone until it loads your desktop. Then try Pro Tools again.
This time, create a session and save it before you import session data. Then quit PT and try to load that session again. If it works, import the session data from your faulty project. Save, then quit again. Open the new project with all the imported assets and see if it works.

If the newly saved project won't open before you import session data, something's very wrong. If it opens fine, but fails to open after you import session data, then something's wrong with either the audio data or plugins used in that project.

Good luck!

you wont have problems about hardware compatibiliy with pro tools with this build. and it will run flawlessly with much less.

your build is fine. i wil look for a GPU that can handle multiple monitors. my setup is 3 monitors.

about the ram, your motherboard with that cpu supports natively up to 2933mhz of ram speed. what you got is 3600mhz. it will work, but to actually get that 3600mhz speed you will need to overclock it. if you wont OC, look for other ones, that work arround 3000 or 3200 to save some money.

about the ssd, its is good, no doubt about it. but audio will not really benefit from the speed of that drive, and it is huge. i use my SSD m2 drive for software, and a regular HDD for storing the audio and long-term storage. you could use some of the m2 space for your current working session, if them are heavy. if you need to cut expenses, go with a 500gb m2 sdd and a 2tb hdd. you will have plenty m2ssd space for soft and more than a few sessions.

about the power supply, its more than what you will use. that machine will work with less than 600w (even with a kind of powerfull gpu). but its ok to over shoot. look for one that is arround 700-750w and you will be safe. 80+ gold its not a must, but a nice to have.

for thunderbolt, you will need something like this

if the computer will be seating in the same room, try and look for water cooling or silent cooling. if it is posible placing it in another room, go for it.

Just something that connects via usb that allows you to map a keyboard key to it. Something like this.

Yes, in my case the issue turned out to be DRM related (I believe). I use NordVPN and something about connecting to NordVPN was causing the issue. Deeply frustrating but reliably resolved by disconnecting from VPN before launching Pro Tools. Can recreate the issue by connecting to NordVPN again so definitely the issue for me. Hope this helps!

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