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Backing up a FCPX Project without relink
I backup my project to another drive by dragging the folder to the new drive. It is a 100% exact duplicate. Later, I open it and have to relink half of the media. Is there a way to avoid this so everything opens up and is connected like it was on the original drive?
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If you import your media into the Final Cut library, then copy that library to another drive, you will not need to relink anything because everything is contained within the library file.
If you leave the media in place outside of the library, then your library will contain a link to each media file that you imported. If you copy only the library, and the media remains in its original location, the pointers in the backup library will still point to the original media. However, if you’ve also copied the media and want the backup library to point to the backup media you will need to relink each media file to point to the backup media.
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What you are seeing is normal. You will have to relink if you move a library and media around to different volumes.
You can have a look at Postlab which allows you to check libraries in and out and it will track different media pools so you will only have to relink the first time, and it should track after that. There’s a free trial to get started on.
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If after copying all linked media to another drive, you maintain the original pathnames and volume name, it will not require relink. The normal procedure would be copy all media, eject original drive, rename new drive to original volume name, launch FCP, open the library and it will connect. In a hand-off situation you’d also copy the library itself to the new drive. The location of the library itself doesn’t matter, but the media files must be in the same relative locations and on the same volume name as the library expects.
Obviously if you ever plug in two drives with the same volume name, that can be confusing since Finder only shows the “friendly” name. The terminal command “ls Volumes” will show a uniquifier suffix added to the 2nd drive.
Ideally FCP should have a UI for altering the root volume name in the library, while maintaining the rest of the pathnames.
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