Imac MAc OS Ventura 13.6.7 Logic pro X projects backed up in dropbox and external HD won't be recognized

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Imac MAc OS Ventura 13.6.7 Logic pro X projects backed up in dropbox and external HD won't be recognized

Recently I had a BIG problem when upgrading to Mac OS Ventura: I lost all backups already stored in dropbox. So I made a new folder and backed up in dropbox and on an external HD all the projects I had left, and, surprise! When I try to open them, the finder and Logic proX won't recognize them as projects but aonly as simple documents to be opened with text edit, although tey are there with all the MB or GB of the original logicX project.

How can I fix this? How can I make my system to recognize those files as what they really are, not docs but logicX projects? I'm so ****** off, there goes all my music production material of A YEAR!

Can someone help me, please?

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iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 30, 2024 8:41 AM

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BenB

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Jul 30, 2024 3:38 PM in response to Lyta2

Were you able to open the files from DropBox before the update?

I have found often that these "bundled" files don't hold up to being transferred to cloud storage, it messes with the file structure. One thing I notice is, Logic project files create an icon of their tracks window. Yours look very generic.

Can you open Logic by itself, then File > Open, see if that works.

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Lyta2 Author

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Aug 2, 2024 4:58 AM in response to BenB

Yes, I was able to work with projects stored in dropbox before the upgrade. My problems started soon after. But even then, when I first backed up manually from "Music" to a folder in dropbox, all the projects where fine. And now they're not. I've tried opening like you suggest File>Open, the result is the same. I think I'll need to recover those bundles, but I don't know how.

Thanks

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