RetakeSafe

Guides

Written for the bad day, and useful whether or not you ever install anything of mine.

Your set opens with missing files

What "offline" really means, how to read the paths Live shows you, and the two cases that no amount of relinking will fix.

You saved over your project

The Backup folder most producers have never opened, how to use it without destroying it, and what to do when it is the audio that is gone.

How to back up Ableton properly

What Collect All and Save, Dropbox and Time Machine each cover โ€” and the gap all three leave open.