jerryjigsaw

Q: FCP 7 lost sequence after exporting - auto save vault not working

I started a project a couple of days ago. Today I worked from 11.00 - 20.00 hrs. I exported at 20.00 hrs. to compressor (i got a self contained compressed .MOV file out of that pffff)

 

But then, returning to FCP 7, the sequence I exported (and worked on all day) was completely empty. Everything in the project folder is still there, but the cuts / edits in the main sequence i worked on are all gone.

 

Inside the Auto Save Vault are only four saves from between 11.00 - 11.30 hrs. (not properly every 5 min.) and one from 20.00 hrs. The one from 20.00 hrs. is a version that also has the empty sequence. The whole afternoon FCP 7 seems to have made no auto saves, even though i set the Auto Save Vault to "every 5 min." in the preferences. Auto Save Vault files (of this same project) from a couple of days earlier are all there inside the Auto Save Vault folder.

 

Tried already:  Looked inside the other two locations where i have autosave folders of other projects but the files were not there either.

 

Had a Tiff in the sequence, and a couple of very simple text-motion things.

 

Can anybody tell me whats going on?

And if there is a way to retrieve?

Never had this before, is this a FCP7 Yosemite issue?

 

Thanks in advance!

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.1.x), 8MB RAM, LACIE Quadra FW800 4 Tb , eizo CG223W (calibrated)

Posted on Nov 19, 2014 12:36 PM

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  • by Michael Grenadier,

    Michael Grenadier Michael Grenadier Nov 20, 2014 7:41 AM in response to jerryjigsaw
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    Nov 20, 2014 7:41 AM in response to jerryjigsaw

    could be a yosemite issue.  Hard to know.  fcp was never meant to work in Yosemite, so it's hit or miss.

     

    Autosave misbehavior can happen and resetting your fcp preferences usually solves the problem.  Digital Rebellion makes a great utility to reset your preferences (and it's free). 

     

    www.digitalrebellion.com