Deleting multiple rigs on a computer.

Gizmo · Oct 1st 2012

There has been quite a few threads on this but I could get none of the suggested ways to work on my Mac. The Kemper always ended up with one initialised rig and nothing else.

Then I had a brainwave.

I had been using Stuffit to unpack the kpabackup file. That always worked fine and I could delete as many rigs as I wanted.

Then I used Gui Tar or Better zip to repack the folder (then deleting the .tar extension). This always SEEMED to work but even though the Kemper restored it, it ended up with just one rig and nothing else....until I realsed that I was repacking folders within a folder. So the resulting backup file had a folder in which all the backup folders were stored.

So instead of just dragging the top folder to a new backup file, I simply dragged all the contents.

This worked a treat!

Hope it saves someone else a bit of time!

Probably also applies to a PC

Ken

Mats_Nermark · Oct 19th 2012

Hi,

I'm also mainly on a Mac so I would appreciate if you could describe this process in moire detail. I have downloaded Gui Tar and I am ready to go.

Cheers,

Mats N

guitarnet70 · Oct 20th 2012

Mats: basically you must pay attention to repack the directory tree (content) and not the folder generated by unpacking (not existing in the .backup file)

Mats_Nermark · Oct 20th 2012

Quote from guitarnet70

Mats: basically you must pay attention to repack the directory tree (content) and not the folder generated by unpacking (not existing in the .backup file)

OK, I think I get that much. Thanks!

Ken wrote that you must delete the .tar extension, which I also get, but should I also add the .kpabackup extesion that the KPA creates?

Cheers,

Mats N

guitarnet70 · Oct 20th 2012

Yes.

Mats_Nermark · Oct 20th 2012

Quote from guitarnet70

Yes.

Thanks!
Will try during the weekend.

Cheers,

Mats N

Ingolf · Oct 20th 2012

Yes, of course. The suffix must be .kpabackup instead of .tar.
Simply replace the suffix.

Mats_Nermark · Oct 20th 2012

So, one last question. Do have to name the file according to some specific standard or can I call it "mats_small_setup.kpabackup"?

Cheers,

Mats N

guitarnet70 · Oct 20th 2012

Yes, you can!

Mats_Nermark · Oct 20th 2012

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Simply replace the suffix.

Turned out to be not so simple on my Mac as it refused to let me change the suffix.
Any help please?

Cheers,

Mats N

Ingolf · Oct 20th 2012

I'm on a Mac, too.
When I click the name of the file I can change the name.
I'm getting asked if I really want to change the extension and that's it.
What's different with your Mac?

Gizmo · Oct 21st 2012

Hi Mats
Like Doc says, it should be easy
But maybe try to change the suffix using the "Get info" window (right click on the file).
Ken

Mats_Nermark · Oct 21st 2012

Quote from Gizmo

Hi Mats
Like Doc says, it should be easy
But maybe try to change the suffix using the "Get info" window (right click on the file).
Ken

Hi,

Usually I do like Doc but in this case the Mac just would not do it. I then tried the Get info and that worked so now I have a KPA on a diet of only 700-some rigs.

Will do another purge next week.

Cheers,

Mats N

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