6.16 can't create database

[paat]

"Create new database..." -> enter a name -> press OK. Nothing seems to happen. No database is created in the media explorer.

Reaper 6.16, macOS 10.15.7

[Justin]

Hmm can you make a .gif of your process here? E.g. using licecap ( https://www.cockos.com/licecap )? Thanks!

[paat]

I try it twice: once with a custom database name, once with the default provided name.

[schwa]

Is this a portable installation, or by any chance are there special characters in the resource path? You can run the action "show REAPER resource path in finder" to display the path.

[paat]

not a portable install. resource path is "/Users/patmaddox/Library/Application Support/REAPER"

[Justin]

Can you attach your reaper.ini? Thanks!

[paat]

https://pastebin.com/raw/enGEWE8c

[Justin]

Thanks! Hmm...

Do you have an MediaDB directory in your resource path? Can you show us the output of this command from the terminal:

ls -lR /Users/patmaddox/Library/Application\ Support/REAPER/MediaDB

[paat]

I did have one! But it was a Finder alias... to something that is not there anymore. I deleted the alias, created a normal folder, and it all works fine.

Thank you for walking me through this.

[Justin]

Thanks for catching this, we're updating it to explain that it failed to create the file (at least pointing the user in the right direction)