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  • After Time Machine rebuild my timelines are gone….

    Posted by Frank Miller on December 11, 2023 at 8:14 pm

    Hi

    I’m on an iMac and my hard drive recently died. I was able to have a new drive installed and do a complete backup from my Time Machine with no issues.

    However.

    When I go into Resolve (18.6) and try to open a project, my timelines are gone.

    That’s when it opens. Trying to open a different project just crashes the app outright.

    I’m on the free version, so phone support isn’t a thing.

    Can any of you help? Thanks!

    Michael Gissing replied 2 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Michael Gissing

    December 12, 2023 at 5:40 am

    I would restore your database from a backup done by Resolve, not Time machine. It is just a good idea to keep a backup of individual projects regularly and a total database backup monthly. This should be to another drive, not the system drive.

    Secondly I would reinstall software like Resolve after the Time Machine restore. If you do a proper full install then import the database or project backups, I would expect them to open correctly

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