I acquired a new digital external hard drive. I transferred my FCPX media and project files from an older hard drive. This was about 900 gigs of files. When I launched FCPX I found almost all the files need to be relinked. What is the best way to fix this so I can continue working from the new drive?
iMac 27″, macOS 11.3
Select the library itself in the browser sidebar.
Choose File->Relink Files...
Select either Missing, or All. In this case, I suppose you may want to select "All" so every clip in your library points to the new location. Select all the files in the list, and click Locate Selected...
Select the top level of the new drive and click Choose
Now click Relink Files and let FCP relink them all. It may take a little while.
Select the library itself in the browser sidebar.
Choose File->Relink Files...
Select either Missing, or All. In this case, I suppose you may want to select "All" so every clip in your library points to the new location. Select all the files in the list, and click Locate Selected...
Select the top level of the new drive and click Choose
Now click Relink Files and let FCP relink them all. It may take a little while.
You should just be able to Relink everything in one go and after that just keep working.
If something fails to relink then tell us more.
How do I relink everything in one go? I seem to be able to only relink one file at a time. That would take a considerable about of time.
Thank you, this worked.
Transferring FCPX project and media files
