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Dec 30, 2013 11:51 AM in response to Dale Garberby judysings,Hi Dale,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The articles below will explain the best practices for backing up your data before updating to FCPX 10.1
Once you've followed these steps, and confimed access to all of your events and projects in the new version, you may decide later to delete extra copies to free up space on your external drive. I believe in the practice of maintaining at least two separate copies of your important data.
Final Cut Pro X 10.1: How to back up important Final Cut Pro X 10.0.x files before updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5550
Final Cut Pro X Help: Update your projects and events to Final Cut Pro 10.1
https://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/#ver2df430747
- Update All: Click Update All to allow Final Cut Pro to organize your existing projects and events into libraries. This is the simplest option. The projects and events on each volume are combined into a single library for that volume. After the update, you may want to organize your libraries and events to suit your particular workflow. For more information, see Organizing libraries overview.
- Update Later: If you’re not sure what to do, you can defer the update. When you choose this option, a new library is created. You can immediately start using Final Cut Pro 10.1 to create new events and projects. You can always update your existing events and projects later, by choosing File > Update Projects and Events.
Managing Media with Final Cut Pro X Libraries
http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/docs/Media_Management.pdf
Final Cut Pro X 10.1: Updating and working with libraries FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5958
I hope this information helps ....
Happy Holidays!
- Judy
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Dec 30, 2013 12:22 PM in response to Dale Garberby AppleMan1958,Yes, iMovie and FCPX use hard links to point to the same files so you do not duplicate disk space. However, if you copy to another drive, the iMovie and FCPX projects will each be copied so you double the space.
I just moved all my Events and Projects to a big DROBO 5D drive.
Here is how I did it.
1) In iMovie 11, I moved each event and project to the new drive, using Command-Drag.
2) I deleted the existing FCPX events that were transferred from iMovie AND the existing iMovie 10 Libraries. Do not delete any FCPX events or projects that you originally created in FCPX. Do not delete the iMovie 10 libraries if you no longer have your iMovie 11 projects and events.
3) In FCPX 10.0.8 I ran the command to import all iMovie Projects.
4) Then in iMovie 10, I ran the command to convert to iMovie 10 projects and events. (IF YOU DONT NEED IMOVIE 10, skip this step)
5) I made a backup of the FCPX app before upgrading, just in case. TO do this, I followed the advice in the Ripple Training video e.g. compress the app and store it in a folder.
6) Install FCPX 10.1
7) Convert all FCPX projects and events.
This should leave you with all your iMovie projects and events available to FCPX on the new drive, without doubling the space.

