how do i save my project in final cut pro x?

[Jeremy Garchow]

https://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.3/#ver3b4e6d1

[King Law]

ok the link u gave me says nothing about saving the project please explain to me if you can i just wanna know that i will be able to continue editing from where i left if i quit final cut now! thank u

Kinglaw

[Ben Holmes]

https://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.3/#ver79aa3d71

Short answer – you don’t have to save, FCPX, like other modern Lion apps is constantly saving every change you make. If you close the app (or it crashes) it will reopen exactly where you left it – except you obviously lose your undo queue.

FCPX also regularly saves backups in the background, in case a project gets corrupted.

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[King Law]

oh man thank u so much for your answer man but i cant retrieve the file i was working on last night after closing final cut x dont know if theres anything i can do now!! but i do appreciate you taking your time to answer my question!

Kinglaw

[Joe Loesch]

Same problem the other guy was having and why he was asking about the save. I closed down the other day and all of that project is gone, so I understand why he was asking. I’m hoping for the best after spending all day on my current project. I’ll let you know how it goes tomorrow.

[Jeremy Garchow]

You can always duplicate Projects to save other copies.

[Steve Stevens]

On Mac platform, your event and project are saved to your “movies” folder…there you will see your Final Cut folders containing your projects. Before starting a new project, you should first create a new event… when creating the event you can designate the storage location… best to store on an external. Hope this helps…let me know

[Kevin Barhydt]

Yes, that helps a lot. Straight answers often do. Many thanks.

[Vincent Strader]

We just cracked open a macbook and fcp. Super slow , beyond slow, upgrading abilities with a municipality.

OSX Yosemite
10.10.5

FCPX 10.2.2

Ive read this thread, thanks for all the input. It auto saved the project I was working on just as somebody in this thread posted. What if I’m working on two or three projects? Where are they saved to? Same area? I see the xueewbrversion.fcpevent. When I click on it it’s just a document with a lot of scripts. I guess thats the auto save information? What if there are 3 other projects? I did the “reveal in finder” on a clip to open up the file folder. I guess I’m not looking in the same area where the project file is to open up? I did a search for “movies” and it only pulled up Imovies. I’ve never had luck with Apple Finder on our macpro and now this macbook.

[Ronny Courtens]

In FCP X you create a Library into which you import your media and create your projects. FCP X automatically saves your work inside the Library so you never lose any work. If you have multiple projects in your Library, they all will be saved inside that Library.

The Library can be stored any place you wish. You never should open a Library in Finder and mess with its contents, that’s a recipe for disaster and that’s exactly why Libraries are closed containers. Everything you ever need to do in FCP X can be done right within the user interface.

Besides automatically saving your work, FCP X also creates regular backups from your Library. These are stored in the Movies folder by default, but you can save them anywhere you wish from within the FCP X interface. Library backups can help you restore your work even when a Library gets corrupted. Again, you can open the Library backups right within the user interface and you never need to go into any FCP X folders in Finder.

– Ronny