# Flame storage setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware Questions\ **Tags:** jobs\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046 "2025-01-16T00:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seanmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@seanmo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/seanmo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/1 "2025-01-16T00:42:20Z")
Hello, I’m running flame on a mac studio but running out of space. Clearing space and deleting things isn’t helping much. Tried running vic but that isn’t working either not sure what’s happening. I keep getting the below error ![Screenshot 2025-01-15 at 12.33.22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/e/e36504523376e01b8d3ca7a6a50c12b11ba56161.png) My questions Is there a quick solve for this? Should I uninstall everything and reinstall? Currently have two versions on my machine and will be updating to 2025 but not sure if I should uninstall and reinstall. Should I create a partition before installing? Can I get an external SSD and run everything from the SSD? Any help appreciated Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/2 "2025-01-16T01:07:12Z")
Before tackling the vic problem, you mention you have 2 versions. Do you use both of them frequently? Perhaps there’s a large amount of material in an older version you don’t often use. ---
**Author:** ![seanmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@seanmo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/seanmo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/3 "2025-01-16T01:39:35Z")
I have 2023, 2024, and 2025 on my machine currently. 2023 and 2025 don’t have any projects on them, so I’m assuming that it’s not taking up space. ---
**Author:** ![Majush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@Majush](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Majush)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/4 "2025-01-16T02:23:55Z")
How is ur machine setup?Single Mac HD and stone is a folder in that? Or you have partitioned it into two drives? or you have an external thunderbolt drive for Stone? ---
**Author:** ![seanmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@seanmo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/seanmo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/5 "2025-01-16T03:29:07Z")
Single Mac and no partition. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewStalph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andrewstalph/32/3828_2.png) [@AndrewStalph](https://forum.logik.tv/u/AndrewStalph)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/6 "2025-01-16T05:23:49Z")
It’s best to partition the drive so you have a Mac OS space and a Flame framestore partition. We had this issue once, it was a permissions issue. As in one of the component applications (stone&wire, or something) didn’t have permissions to delete files. It happened when we installed Flame originally. I can’t remember how we fixed it. You could try re-installing Flame making sure all the components get permissions as they are installed. We might have archived everything then blown away the system and reinstalled. I can’t quite remember sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Majush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@Majush](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Majush)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/7 "2025-01-16T09:22:37Z")
I remember the MacHD have some permission issues in latest versions of MacOS which users are not allowed to fiddle with. its best to split it up and have a 2nd partition where u setup ur Stone. ---
**Author:** ![AntonisNtelis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/antonisntelis/32/673_2.png) [@AntonisNtelis](https://forum.logik.tv/u/AntonisNtelis)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/8 "2025-01-16T09:37:55Z")
> [@seanmo](#): > > …er not sure what’s happening.I keep getting the below errorMy questionsIs there a quick solve for this?Should I uninstall everything and reinstall? Currently have two versions on my machine and will be updating to 2025 but not sure if I should uninstall and reinstall.Should I create a partition before installing?Can I get an external SSD and run everything from the SSD?Any help appreciatedThank you! Hi, have you deleted the recovery projects from all flame versions? ---
**Author:** ![KuleshovEffect](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/kuleshoveffect/32/4928_2.png) [@KuleshovEffect](https://forum.logik.tv/u/KuleshovEffect)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/9 "2025-01-16T19:05:41Z")
In Service Monitor under Diagnostics, you can run a Full Disk Access diagnostic to confirm all of Flame’s services have the permissions they need. -Ted ---
**Author:** ![seanmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@seanmo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/seanmo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/10 "2025-01-16T20:12:48Z")
> [@AndrewStalph](#): > > …one of the component applications (stone&wire, or something) didn’t have permissions to delete files. It happened when we installed Flame originally. I can’t remember how we fixed it. You could try re-installing Flame making sure all the components get permissions as they are installed.We might have archived everything then blown away the system and reinstalled. I can’t quite remember sorry. I was able to archive everything onto an external drive so I uninstalled all versions of flame. I created another volume on the main HD and installed 2025 on it but it wouldn’t launch. So now I’ve reinstalled it on the main HD again but using a temp external drive as framestore. I didn’t try partition, wasn’t sure if it was going to work or how much space I should put aside for it. Also any recommendation for a good budget external drive with decent storage and read/write speed? ---
**Author:** ![AndrewStalph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andrewstalph/32/3828_2.png) [@AndrewStalph](https://forum.logik.tv/u/AndrewStalph)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/11 "2025-01-16T23:04:11Z")
We’ve tested this with a portable Mac, it works well. [OWC Express 1M2: Portable USB4 NVMe M.2 SSD Solution](https://www.owc.com/solutions/express-1m2) As for the partition with the latest version of MacOS you can resize it after you make it, but I normally leave 500gb for the OS and apps and give the rest to the framestore. As for the install, it used to be that I’d go into System setting and ‘Unlock’ full disk access _before_ I installed Flame. That would mean if I missed a OS alert it was already unlocked. But I don’t think you can do that on Ventura, however we haven’t had the delete media issue for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Majush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@Majush](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Majush)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/12 "2025-01-17T01:12:28Z")
its not flame installation that need a diff partition. its the Media Storage that should be outside. Also run the diagnostics ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/f/f60bf9e8bcff6cc1034424fadf69fff0aa924e41.png) accordingly in macos settings - privacy and security - full disk access, add those needed ones to gain full disk access. ---
**Author:** ![seanmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@seanmo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/seanmo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/13 "2025-01-17T01:47:02Z")
Thanks, I’ll check out the drive. ---
**Author:** ![seanmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@seanmo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/seanmo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/14 "2025-01-17T01:49:31Z")
I’ve set framestore to an external drive. It does feel slow but it was just something I had lying around. I’ll try running the full disk access and then enable them in the Mac setting. Is this the part that will make it so that when I delete something, it gets removed? ---
**Author:** ![Majush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@Majush](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Majush)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/15 "2025-01-17T02:43:52Z")
[https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2025/ENU/?guid=FLAME\_install\_software\_config\_Full\_disk\_access\_html](https://help.autodesk.com/view/FLAME/2025/ENU/?guid=FLAME_install_software_config_Full_disk_access_html) If external drive and not recently formatted, do a chmod 777 /Volumes/your drive to allow permissions ---
**Author:** ![motoronlysync](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/motoronlysync/32/579_2.png) [@motoronlysync](https://forum.logik.tv/u/motoronlysync)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-storage-setup/12046/16 "2025-01-17T22:17:19Z")
> [@seanmo](#): > > I’m running flame on a mac studio but running out of space. Clearing space and deleting things isn’t helping much. Tried running vic but that isn’t working either not sure what’s happening. > > I keep getting the below error You can open up a support case and we can help you look into this and provide some guidance.