Give a specific example- proxy files are a fraction of original files size and designed specifically to aid performance on lower specification Macs. How does mixing original/proxy reach that goal. Also you can easily and safely all delete proxies at any point during an edit and switch to originals.
1 extra TB should hold proxies for several large projects at once and would cost less than $100. So not really getting why this is an issue.
Noah
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