Proper ProjectSetUp

[Kevin Monahan]

Project files should live on your boot drive.
Media should be on your external disk.

Kevin Monahan
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[Dave Martin]

Oh…interesting…why is that?

Thanks for the reply

Tim Martin

MacBook Pro
2 gig Ram
FCP 5.1

[Shane Ross]

In case you external drive fails, you don’t lose EVERYTHING. The project file is gold…that must be protected. I keep mine on my internal, and back them up to an external, so in case one drive fails, you have your project backed up.

Media can always be recaptured, but rebuilding an edit takes a looooong time.

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Dave Martin]

Mmmm…Very Good Point…I will start immediately!

Tim Martin – MacBook Pro – 2 gig Ram -FCP 5.1 -Lacie D2 dv external drive

[John Pale]

[Shane Ross] “In case you external drive fails, you don’t lose EVERYTHING. The project file is gold…that must be protected. I keep mine on my internal, and back them up to an external, so in case one drive fails, you have your project backed up.

Media can always be recaptured, but rebuilding an edit takes a looooong time.”

Its also a good idea to put your Autosave Vault on a different drive than your boot drive (if thats where you are storing your project)…this way if your boot drive fails, you dont lose your autosave vault. I also backup my current project to .Mac every night.

[Kevin Monahan]

[John Pale] “Its also a good idea to put your Autosave Vault on a different drive than your boot drive (if thats where you are storing your project)…this way if your boot drive fails, you dont lose your autosave vault. I also backup my current project to .Mac every night.”

Yes and yes.

Kevin Monahan
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