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Store Final Cut Pro Libraries on External Storage?

I have a 2017 MacBook Pro with 500GB of storage, about half of which is taken up by my libraries in Final Cut Pro. If I transfer those onto an external hard drive to relieve storage on the built-in hard drive, will I be able to access and use them normally while the external drive is plugged in? Thanks.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 27, 2022 10:15 AM

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Posted on Jun 27, 2022 10:21 AM

Yes.

You just have to first allow FCP "Full Disk Access", so that it can read and write to external drives.


Go to System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Privacy, click "Full Disk Access", click the padlock, enter your password;

click + and add Final Cut Pro to the list. It will look like this:


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Store Final Cut Pro Libraries on External Storage?

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