I have both Logic 5 and 6 installed in Mac OS X. Why do the Help files get confused and how can I fix them?

If you have both Logic 5.x and Logic 6 installed on OS X, there is a problem when using the on-line help with Logic 6: the system will always direct you to the Logic 5 help! And because the opening pages of the Logic 5 and Logic 6 online help files look the same, you probably won’t notice it until you get deep into the content.

Another problem arises when you search for a topic (like “autodrop”, for example) and you get two entries: one for Logic 5 and one for Logic 6. The problem is they are both identified as “Logic Platinum Help”. You don’t know which result is for what program.

Well, this was driving me nuts, so I decided to go and fix it. Here are the steps you have to follow:

DISCLAIMER: this involves modifying files in the Logic application bundle. This is pretty safe if you know what you are doing, but I imagine Emagic/Apple would STRONGLY urge you against doing this. You backup of your Logic files before doing this. But then, you should backup your Logic files anyway :)

1. Go to your Logic 6 app in Finder. The easiest way to do this (if you have logic 6 on your dock) is to click-hold on its dock icon and select “show in finder” from the menu.
2. Ctrl-click on the Logic 6 app icon (on my system it is called “Logic Platinum 6.0.0”) and select “Show package contents” from the menu.
3. Double-click on “Contents”
4. Open Info.plist in your favorite text editor. You will have to drag-and-drop it on the editor as you cannot navigate to this file using the standard File->Open… dialog.
5. Towards the bottom of the file, you’ll see this block of text:
|CFBundleHelpBookFolder
Logic Platinum Help
CFBundleHelpBookName
Logic Platinum Help

Change it to:
CFBundleHelpBookFolder
Logic 6 Platinum Help
CFBundleHelpBookName
Logic 6 Platinum Help

and save.

6. Back in the Finder, double-click Resources and then whatever language you view your help in. I opened “English.lproj”.
7. Rename the folder “Logic Platinum Help” to “Logic 6 Platinum Help”, then double-click on it.
8. Rename “Logic Platinum Help idx” to “Logic 6 Platinum Help idx”. Rename “Logic Platinum Help.htm” to “Logic 6 Platinum Help.htm”
9. Open “Logic 6 Platinum Help.htm” in your favorite text editor. Change the line to
10. Restart Logic (if it’s running).

Now when you click on help, you’ll always be directed to Logic 6’s help page. In addition, if you open up the help library or search for a keyword, the files that belong to Logic 6’s help will be clearly identified as “Logic 6 Platinum Help”.

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