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Q: My entire library disappeared, and with it, all my projects

I was doing some editing for my school, as well as completing a freelance project. I imported some footage that I received at day, and when I finished I ejected the SD reader. Immediately Final cut crashed, and with it went about 2 hours worth editing. That happens from time to time, it isn't that big of a deal. But when I opened it up, all the files were gone, and it was asking me to import the media. This has never happened to me before and when I went to restore it, the backup said that all the files were missing and that all my projects were empty. I tried loading an older version, and it said that no backups were found. Where are my files and how do I get them back?

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), iOS 9.2

Posted on Jan 7, 2016 8:32 AM

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Q: My entire library disappeared, and with it, all my projects

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  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jan 7, 2016 8:51 AM in response to Sky Savior
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    Jan 7, 2016 8:51 AM in response to Sky Savior

    Just to clarify, is your thread title correct that your original working library disappeared?  Did you subsequently locate it?

     

    Where did you store your media? In the library? In some other location?

     

    Please open the latest  backup library that was created before your crash. Post a screenshot of the Browser and Library List.

     

    Russ

  • by Sky Savior,

    Sky Savior Sky Savior Jan 7, 2016 1:02 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jan 7, 2016 1:02 PM in response to Russ H

    To my understanding of the problem, the title is correct. This is the picture of my library right after I loaded the latest backup that was generated. I store my library and its subsequent backups in the default location and try not to tamper with them, precisely to avoid this sort of scenario. I think I stored a backup of my library in a hard drive, but that was over a year ago, so it must be incredibly out of date.Screenshot 2016-01-07 12.41.23.png

    Maybe not keeping them more organized was a bad call, but these are the main backups that I store. It goes Movies --> Final Cut Backups --> Backups

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Jan 7, 2016 1:25 PM in response to Sky Savior
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    Jan 7, 2016 1:25 PM in response to Sky Savior

    IT looks like the library is there, but the media is missing. Does the actual library Untitled look the same as the backup? Where was the medua stored, inside the library or externally? Is it still where it's supposed to be?

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jan 7, 2016 2:27 PM in response to Sky Savior
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    Jan 7, 2016 2:27 PM in response to Sky Savior

    Sky Savior wrote:

     

    To my understanding of the problem, the title is correct.

    I can't tell from the screenshot whether your original library is in the list or not.

     

    Screenshot 2016-01-07 12.41.23.png

    Maybe not keeping them more organized was a bad call, but these are the main backups that I store. It goes Movies --> Final Cut Backups --> Backups

    Keeping your backups in Movies is a reasonable choice of locations . But bear in mind that the library backups that FCP makes automatically  don't include the media.

     

    Both Tom and I have asked where you stored the media.When you import clips, the import dialog gives you control over whether to copy them to a given location, or if they're already on the Mac, to leave them in place. Depending on what you chose, the steps involved in relinking will be different.

     

    Russ