i just made a horrible mistake.

all of my conponents, vst, vst3 files are gone, i managed to recover them by using Disk Drill.

But all of my vst files are converted into folders. components files are fine. only vst, vst3 files.

Is there any way to convert them into vst file? plz help me...

 

Have tried renaming the folders with ".dll" at the end of the name ? its a long shot but it may switch the file back .

 

How do you even accomplish something like that? Seriously, maybe tracing back your steps could help.

 

Or System Restore if you have it enabled ? ..

 

I changed, System ask me would you change it's format to dll and i said yes. But i's still folder.

 

i just restored them That's itㅜㅜ

 

imac seems don't have that option.

 

Time Machine. But if you do not backup regularly, it's going to go back further than you probably want.

I wish their was a way to auto-delete VST format plugins that get accidentally installed. Logic does not make use of them.

 

use VST3 instead

 

when you get them back:

#!/bin/bash

cd /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/

find . -name "*.bundle" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.VST" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.vst3" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.component" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;
find . -name "*.dpm" -execdir sudo xattr -cr \;

find . -name "*.bundle" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.VST" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.vst3" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.component" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;
find . -name "*.dpm" -execdir sudo codesign -f -s - {} \;

 

Thx. i found backup files.

 

what is this for? i didn' try it yet because i found old back up files. is this bring back old files?

 

it is to re-Codesign everything all at once. After you install all your stuff again, it will make things faster because you will only need to enter your password in Terminal one time; as opposed to once for every plugin/bundle that you install.

Just copy and paste it into Terminal after you fix this issue. It will scan the entire local HD for plugins and codesign whatever it finds, so that they will work again. Anytime you move a bunch of stuff around, you may/will break existing signatures.