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Ableton Live

2 log locations · Windows, macOS

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Where Ableton Live keeps its logs

Ableton Live logs to %APPDATA%\Ableton\Live <x.x.x>\Preferences\Log.txt on Windows.

Ableton Live logs to ~/Library/Preferences/Ableton/Live [version]/Log.txt on macOS.

Paths are printed exactly as Ableton Live writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

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