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December 18, 2018
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Total newbie question

  • December 18, 2018
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Completely new to AE. Just opened it for the first time and got this message.

Can someone explain it to me in plain English? I have an iMac, these are my drives.

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    Correct answer imeilfx

    You have the answer in that message from AE.
    Your cahce size that you specified in preferences is more than you have on drive that you specified to be cache disc. As you are newbie - those are probably default settings in your AE.
    To access those settings you have to go to Edit>Preferences>Media & Disk Cache

    You can turn off disk cache completly  (uncheck that blue mark) or edit preferences to your discs. So 1 chose place where your cache wil be stored (chose folder) - best wuold be ssd drive that is not system one. Then you have to chose max Disk Cache size (it should be about less than 80% of your free space avaliable.
    After that you will not see that message.
    But that message is just information and it is not disturb any AE work or stability (more or less).

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    imeilfx
    imeilfxCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    December 18, 2018

    You have the answer in that message from AE.
    Your cahce size that you specified in preferences is more than you have on drive that you specified to be cache disc. As you are newbie - those are probably default settings in your AE.
    To access those settings you have to go to Edit>Preferences>Media & Disk Cache

    You can turn off disk cache completly  (uncheck that blue mark) or edit preferences to your discs. So 1 chose place where your cache wil be stored (chose folder) - best wuold be ssd drive that is not system one. Then you have to chose max Disk Cache size (it should be about less than 80% of your free space avaliable.
    After that you will not see that message.
    But that message is just information and it is not disturb any AE work or stability (more or less).

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      Shadetree Sam
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      March 4, 2021

      Excellent advice from imeilfx. I would simply add something implicit in what he said. The purpose of cache files in general is to improve performance. They have to be located on the fastest storage medium available, which is why he recommended putting them on an internal ssd. If you have limited space on your ssd, consider moving the auto save database to a slower device, like a flash drive. If you do that, you should also lower the frequency of autosaves, which is another option. It's a trade-off you should only use if you can't fit the cache files on the fast storage device, and you can't find any other way to free up space. The penalty for moving the auto save database to a slower device is that you'll get brief periods of slower performance while an auto save is running, but those should be relatively short and infrequent.

      Hope this helps.

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