Final Cut Pro x lost timeline

Worked for hours editing project. I had designated the working folder that was on an external drive.

I closed the computer to take it home and without thinking, disconnected it from the external drive-it seems as FCP was saving everything there.

When I started back this am, I saw the error message that the backup or whatever location couldn't be found. (I think that was echoed as I was shutting things down.)

Now I can accessed the external drive and see my folder.

But the unnamed project and that timeline is gone.

Do I have to start over from scratch and import that original material again?

Thanks, Tim

iPad, iOS 9

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 11:40 AM

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Tom Wolsky

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Posted on Nov 20, 2020 11:56 AM

Probably not, unless you disconnected the drive while it was still mounted.

The default location for the FCP library is your Movies folder. There’s probably a library called Untitled in there. Is that the library you were working in? Also, do a Finder search for .fcpbundle, which is the library extension. See what comes up.

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