Where does djay store playlists, cue points, and other data?

djay Pro stores data in the following locations. To access these folders, activate the Finder, select "Go To Folder..." from the "Go To" menu, and copy & paste the respective path below.

djay Pro AI

  • App Data: 
    ~/Music/djay/

    This folder contains the following data:​

    • djay Media Library: playlists, history, queue, as well as all per-song metadata like cue points and loop regions
    • Backups: automatic backups of "djay Media Library"
    • Key Bindings: custom keyboard shortcut sets
    • MIDI Mappings: custom MIDI controller mappings
    • Recordings: audio and video recordings
    • Samples and Sampler Presets: custom samples and sampler presets
  • Track analysis data: 
    ~/Library/Group Containers/VJXTL73S8G.com.algoriddim.userdata/Library/Application Support/Algoriddim/

djay Pro 2

  • App Data: 
    ~/Music/djay Pro 2/

    This folder contains the following data:​

    • djay Media Library: playlists, history, queue, as well as all per-song metadata like cue points and loop regions
    • Backups: automatic backups of "djay Media Library"
    • Key Bindings: custom keyboard shortcut sets
    • MIDI Mappings: custom MIDI controller mappings
    • Recordings: audio and video recordings
    • Samples and Sampler Presets: custom samples and sampler presets
  • Track analysis data: 
    ~/Library/Group Containers/VJXTL73S8G.com.algoriddim.userdata/Library/Application Support/Algoriddim/

djay Pro 1

  • If you downloaded djay Pro from the Mac App Store: 
    ~/Library/Containers/com.algoriddim.djay-pro-mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Algoriddim
  • If you downloaded djay Pro from the Algoriddim website: 
    ~/Library/Application Support/Algoriddim

    This folder contains the following data:

    • djay Preset Library.plist: cue points, first down beats and all other data set by the user
    • Metadata: per-song analyze data (e.g. waveforms, beat grids, etc.)
    • Sets: your DJ set history as displayed in the djay Pro media library
    • Samples: custom audio samples (including recorded samples)
    • Sampler Presets: custom audio sampler presets
    • VideoImageEffects and VideoImageEffects.plist: custom image overlays for the djay Pro video mode
    • VideoTextEffects.plist: custom text overlays for the djay Pro video mode

Note: To move djay Pro to another Mac, simply copy these folders to the same location on the new Mac.

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