How to Move Library from computer to desktop drive with only original media

To quote: "To check once the copy is completed, use the Inspector after selecting the NEW Library in the Browser, Proxy and Optimised should read nothing the respective sections:"

Checked that, and both Proxy and Optimised are ------- just like in your example.

So, ....

Do you think it would be a safe assumption if both items are negative like that, then if one can see the edited video and the cam clips, that the media must be "original" media? Off hand, I would think the answer would be "yes".

QUESTION: So, that brings up another question, can you think of any way the edited video could actually be proxy media?

I've got some very old videos that have never been finished or archived, and I can't guarantee (to myself) that when the library was moved that it was done correctly. The person who wrote the comment about the "not so good video" possibly using proxy media leaves me worried.

Having said that, your solution here is looking like a winner -

P.S. So you've been around here since 2009? That's a decade! Think I started here not too long after that after moving over from iMovie 06. FCP7 was what everyone was using and FCP had just recently come out. Forgot what year that was. The one thing I remember was the steep learning curve after making the switch.

Just thought of one more question: Do you know if when doing a "Copy" that all the media gets copied, even some clips or photos that weren't used during the edit? This part is important because some (many?) of the Libraries I'm moving are still a work in progress.

Thank you VERY much!

Even after doing lots of research, and the two references I mentioned in the beginning are just the tip of where I've looked for information, there was no place that said exactly what was going on that I could find. If an Apple person that writes or approves the KB articles, or Help articles, etc., reads this, please realize that not everybody wants to Share or Archive something.

In my case, there are a lot of videos that have been edited, some to completion, more-or-less to completion, and some where I may have other plans for the future. In these cases one may want to retain as much footage or other files as possible.

Al, what you wrote really helps with "The devil is in the details" way for doing things. Saying what should NOT be done in order to do something (with the ramifications of what happens if you do it) is just as important as saying what to do. There are a lot of places in a step-by-step process where one can get to a point "what if I just do this ..." but the process never provides a warning at the point. There are many places where the back-arrow or undelete doesn't work. Oh my god, how many times have I been there!!!

Your answers above are a keeper and going into my binder of Supplements to FCP X. And, with a date AND an X version number. (The devil is in the details!)

Thanks again!