Opening projects using drag and drop, Opening projects from earlier logic pro versions, Switching between multiple projects – Apple Logic Pro 9 User Manual

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Browse to and select the file, then click Open.

To open a recent project

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Choose the project name directly from the File > Open Recent menu.

This bypasses the Open dialog. You can clear all items in the Open Recent menu by
choosing Clear Menu.

Tip: If you set the Startup Action in the Project Handling preferences to the Open Most
Recent Project option, Logic Pro loads your last project automatically on startup. See

Opening and Creating Projects Automatically

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Opening Projects Using Drag and Drop

Projects and Standard MIDI files can be opened by dragging them from the Finder into
the Arrange area. The mouse pointer position—when the mouse button is
released—determines the placement of the imported file.

This includes the position (rounded to the nearest bar) and destination of the first track.
For more information about Standard MIDI files, see

Working with Standard MIDI Files

.

You can also open a Logic Pro project or MIDI file by dragging it onto the Logic Pro icon
in the Dock.

Opening Projects from Earlier Logic Pro Versions

You can open Logic Pro 5, Logic Pro 6, Logic Pro 7, and Logic Pro 8 projects in Logic Pro 9.
When loading a project created in an earlier version of Logic Pro, the format is converted
to the version 9 format.

You may find some changes to your channel strip output routing when you open a project
that was created in an earlier version of Logic Pro. For full details about channel strip
output routing, see

Defining a Channel Strip’s Stereo Output

.

Important:

Projects saved in Logic Pro 9 are not backward-compatible with earlier Logic Pro

versions.

Switching Between Multiple Projects

You can open several projects simultaneously, allowing you to copy or move data between
them, or to compare different versions of one project.

To switch between projects

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Choose the project name at the bottom of the Window menu—the active project is
marked with a tick.

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Chapter 7

Working with Projects

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