• Apple Final Cut Pro

  The library appears to be damaged!

  Posted by Emmanuel Guillaud on March 3, 2022 at 9:39 pm

  Hello,

  I have a very important library, full of videos, projects that are key to me. I opened it today (first time in months) and I’m greeted by a “The library appears to be damaged and won’t be backed up” message.

  I rushed to back ups…but there is nothing there (maybe because it has been few months since I’ve lasted opened that library).

  What should I do while I can still access the library? Should I copy all my projects in a new library and relink assets? But won’t the issue be copied as well?

  Library is on a reliable (I think?) external SSD (SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD).

  Thank you for your help.

  Patrick Donegan replied 4 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  T. Payton

  March 3, 2022 at 9:49 pm

  Likely this was a temporary corruption that happened and is possibly resolved. I’ve seen this happen several times. However, to be safe, copying everything to a new library. It will likely resolve the corruption issue. If not, check out this article, starting with #4. https://blog.frame.io/2016/09/13/recognize-fix-common-problems-fcpx/
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  Patrick Donegan

  March 3, 2022 at 11:53 pm

  Sometimes files on SSDs dont last so long … they are not rated for long time storage unless constantly plugged in to do the refresh cycle.

  Maybe that happened.

  And maybe after the SSD being plugged in for a certain amount of time those files can be restored?

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