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I am trying to work out a system where my friend can begin editing a Final Cut Pro project, and I will finish it. I gave him a SanDisk external hard drive, and he copied his FCP Library onto it and gave it to me to work on. The Library and files are there when I plug the drive into my MacBook, but the project is not. Is there any way to fix this issue?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.6
Yeah, we don't need to work on it at the same time. We were planning to pass the drive back and forth--he will edit the first draft on his computer and then I will finish the project on my computer. The library is only stored on the drive, but we both have FCP on our computers.
As Tom mentioned, a new FCP user will sometimes mistakenly edit inside a clip rather than creating and working in a project. If you think this might be the case, look for a clip that has a duration around what you'd expect the project to be and a modification time that matches when your other editor worked in the library.
That’s technically not possible unless they are editing inside a clip container or inside a compound clip.
It's not possible to edit across two computers?
You mean two computers working off the same hard drive? It’s possible on a network, but only one computer can open the library at a time.
That works fine. I don’t understand why the library doesn’t contain the project if it was done properly.
Editing a FCP Project Across Two Computers with External Drives
