• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Backing up FCPX data

  Posted by Advanced Spectrum on September 15, 2012 at 3:08 pm

  Hello,

  I just finished a project. I need to remove this from my laptop so that I can begin on another project.

  If I simply make a up of the event and project folders associated to the project (Final Cut Events -> Project_Event and Final Cut Projects -> Project_Name), will that be sufficient to restore the project in the future?

  Your guidance would be appreciated.

  Thanks,
  Jim

  Jiri Fiala replied 13 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  September 17, 2012 at 3:52 pm

  That would work.

  You can also use FCPX to “Move” material to a new drive (in the File menu(. This also ensures file verification.

  Jeremy
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  Jiri Fiala

  September 18, 2012 at 3:37 pm

  A nice way to backup FCPX stuff is to use disk images:

  https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_x_managing_disk_image_martin.html

  I personally use Carbon Copy Cloner to do just that automatically every night. Might save my bacon if there was a major disaster and Projects or Events got corrupted. You can exclude files that can gen re-generated automatically (Render, Analysis…) to have smaller backup sets.

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