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  Finder say FCPX libraries are larger than external hard drive, unable to backup

  Posted by Michael Angelo on January 15, 2024 at 4:43 am

  Finder says FCPX libraries are larger than external hard drive, unable to backup drive! Maybe it has something to do with FCPX libraries being first created as far back as 2012? (documentary project still in progress)

  External Hard Drive = 12TB GRAID RAID 0, finder says drive has 21TB+ data

  Many thanks in advance for any guidance!

  Michael

  iMac Pro 2017

  MacOS: 11.7.9

  Processor: 2.3 Ghz 18-Core Intel Xeon W

  Memory: 128 GB 2666 MHz DDR4

  Graphics: Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB

  Final Cut Pro X v10.6.5

  Michael Angelo replied 1 year, 10 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Eric Santiago

  January 15, 2024 at 10:08 pm

  And your sure its not using the local?
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  Doug Metz

  January 16, 2024 at 4:46 pm

  I’d run Disk Utility on the external, see if there are errors. Given the age of the project (and your setup), I’m assuming the external is formatted HFS+ (Journaled) – if that’s the case, I’d also run DiskWarrior on it.
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  Patrick Donegan

  January 22, 2024 at 4:09 am

  Which of the many RAIDS out there do you have?

  And give a call to that manufactures tech support.
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  Michael Angelo

  July 26, 2024 at 9:11 pm

  Appreciate the feedback, this is related to symlinks, APFS vs HFS+ file systems, and HDD vs SSD hardware. Seems unavoidable unless all your drives are SSD APFS format. To understand and take a deeper dive into this challenge, check out this apple discussions thread:

  https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255413803?sortBy=best&answerId=260067272022

  

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