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Ejecting a drive once FCPX has it.
So last night I had FCPX in the process if exporting/sharing a handful of long projects. In the mean time I needed to look for a file on another media drive that wasn’t plugged in. After plugging it in FCPX found an event library on it and immediately loaded it. Not a problem until I found that the file I was looking for was not on that drive. At this point I can’t eject the drive because FCPX is using it. I can’t quit FCPX because its in the middle of an overnight share. I tried to find a way to have FCPX eject the drive but was unable to find anything like that. Is it there and I am just missing it? I am using FCPX 10.0.7.
Thanks in advance,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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The only way to safely do it is to Quit Final Cut first.
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That’s what I was afraid of. Time to head off to Apple to submit another feature request.
Thanks for the reply,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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I kinda wonder if this isn’t another database thing.
You have a database defined by loaded project A.
You load project B – and the database has to not just add all that data, but make it available as a searchable and sortable addition. It’s essentially an IMPORT of new data into the general POOL of existing data. You’re not sequestering it – you’re mixing it all together.
Now you want to DETATCH just the recently imported data from the overall database?
Isn’t this kinda sorta like mixing blue and yellow paint to get green and then wanting to get the yellow back out? (I know it’s yet another tortured analogy, sorry.)
Seems like it might be more difficult than just mounting or unmounting a “walled off” drive.
But then I’m in no way an expert in these things.
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[Bill Davis] “Seems like it might be more difficult than just mounting or unmounting a “walled off” drive.”
You can do it with SAN Locations to your heart’s content. Why FCPX doesn’t have an internal project manager for local attached drives is beyond me as SAN Locations work very well and are very helpful. You can mount and unmount to your liking without having to stop or quit FCPX.
Sometimes, Bill, the answer is that FCPX simply does not have this capability, and it’s just not smart enough quite yet.
It’s really that easy.
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I agree, this feature is a must. If I could do this, I’d rarely ever need to close FCPX.
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