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recovered files in trash??
Hello,
I was wondering if someone might be able to give me some information. I have searched “recovered files” in this forum and couldn’t find the info I need. I found some info, but could use a little more specific information.There is a “recovered files” folder in my trash. It has two fcp files in it. I CAN open them. I have no idea why these files were recovered. I can then assume that I have done something wrong somewhere. I just have no idea what it was or where to begin, and of course how to fix the problem. and … What do I need to do with these files?
The files have names that I do not recognize, although when I open the file, it seems to be the same timeline that is in another project.
Could these files be render files that have been lost in the past?
I have lost render files before, and couldn’t seem to re-locate them, but I figured I would just render the project again and move on. Is this wrong for me to think and do?Here is a little more information: I started working on this project with the intention of it being a fairly small finished project and it has turned out to be big with many project files referencing the media used in the original project file, the project file that I imported all the media in. When I say reference I mean that I created many additional project files that I copied and pasted different parts of the original from. I used more appropriate sequence settings in some of these newer projects.
If there is a problem, I would like to fix it.
Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
thanks
joe -
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If you have autosave enabled, FCP will start trashing old copies. You can specify this in preferences.
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Cool. Thanks. Good to know.
I am operating mostly with the default settings of FCP (7). So it probably is autosaving.
Is it better to keep these files? or does it really matter?
I usually ‘save all’ from time to time just to be sure work is not lost.thanks
joe
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