Final cut pro x doesn't load projects on external hard drive

I'm sorry that this application does not work and does not support the same hardware configuration as the application you were using previously.

You have many differences between when you said it worked, and now doesn't First, you used it with FCP7 or earlier, second without using a Hub:, third, you have not said, I don't think, whether the Hub is powered?

This is not an application problem, but rather an interface problem.

Ernie

Guys, this setup HAS worked for 5 months aside from intermittent interface/recognition/application problems.

If it were a hub/usb problem it NEVER would have worked.

I would appreciate someone with feedback who isn't solely out to prove USB doesn't work when in fact it has and does but without consistency.

If all you want to say is that it is the USB, thanks but I disagree. Did you LOOK at the screenshot where FCP 10 sees EVERYTHING?

Please, let's not waste any more of each other's time on that.

You have not presented any info that is has worked exactly as currently configured -- what did I miss?

Let's examine some expert sources:

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/200/887710

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1139827

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/8061

The latter of these links references advice from an Apple Store.

See also:

http://blogs.saic.edu/fvnmatech/files/2012/09/FCPX_BASICS_091112.pdf

where on page one, it has a note: *USB 2.0 drives are not supported.

You can beat your head against this briick wall all you want, but . . . .

Ernie

To summarize: Every drive is separately recognized by FINAL CUT X whether connected by USB or HUB. Drive A works regardless of which drive is alongside it. Drives B (with the project/event files) and C don't; one knocks the other out during the setup process on FCP X - after first being recognized by it. Neither Drives A or C have any visible project/event folders. Drive C DID have project/event folders until I copied/moved them onto my hard drive yesterday when the conflict presented itself. PLUS: When I try to eject the drive not showing up in FCP X, I get the popup that says it cannot be ejected because it is being used by FINAL CUT PRO X. !!!

+ I just tested another DRIVE (D) (with project/event files) from another project I worked on the last few weeks - and it shows up fine in FCP X regardless of another drive.

ERGO, it is only a conflict with DRIVE (B) and DRIVE (C). Something in the files is posing a conflict!!

Does Apple say "USB drives are not supported" or just a blog? Whatever the case, the fact is that USB 2.0 WORKS with all my drives except one at the moment. If Apple officially doesn't support it then that' a whole other issue. If they "supported" it in FCP 7 but not in FCP 10, then they should at least make FCP7 available now -- or otherwise all my work is lost unless I upgrade?

They are all formatted correctly - MAC OS Extended (Journaled).

There is no disagreement: Firewire 800 is better than USB for video.

But I don't have Firewire ports on my new/used Macbook. And that is not what the problem is. To repeat, only one drive is creating an issue in terms of viewability, the rest are visible and perform perfectly.

You should look in the manual for your beloved FCP7. Look in the section called Choosing a Hard Drive, followed by the section on Types of Hard Drives. You will not find a single mention of USB drives.

There are older white papers in more detail, but unfortunately finding anything on the Apple support pages is an excercise in futility.

Tom, Do you have OCD of USB? Clearly you don't read my posts. Clearly you can't help me. Fine, move on and stop beating a dead horse.

What the frak are you talking about? You asked:

Does Apple say "USB drives are not supported" or just a blog?

And I answered. The FCP7 manual is not a blog. It specifically does not mention of say anything about choosing USB drives for use with its application.

i read this here and that are nearly the same problems i have.

Just buy a new usb 3.0 Harddrive because Thunderbolt is too expensive and copy my folder FCPX Events and Projects to the root of it, than put the originals on the internal in a hidden folder.

The new harddriva was formatted with ExFat, because i don´t want to store the files double and work with PC too

so everything you advise before is not correct

i had a fw 800 drive mac os extende formated too before and it disappear after some secons at the loading from fcpx too

and now in my ExFat new harddrive i have the Final Cut Projects and the Final Cut Events Folder only - copied from the internal harddrive with the finder - thats why i put the original folders on the internal in a hidden folder to make no conflicts and NOW the wonder !!!!

FCPX show me the Project i copied to the external

but it DONT show me the events i copied ....

this is very awesome right ?

so if i open the project all the thumbnails go away because he don´t find the right event ... lol

now in my ExFat new harddrive

Nnnnnooooo!!!!

The drive must be Mac OS formatted.

Please post screen shots of the root level of the problem drives and the Finder info for the drives.

i understand that before - and if this is right it makes me very very angry again - i don´t wan´t to buy hdds on hdds only for save my files on mac os formatted and ntfs formatted - i and many other NEED a drive where i can change the type of computer - apple laughs about us all at this

this is a data structure i want ok ?

i oinly edit with fcpx on my mac

other things i do with my pc

and it is better because if i do any other things with my imac 2012 it slows down because it is not a heavy computer

so - if i want to archive a film project i need to put it all on ONE drive - not only the fcpx folders - also the documents, pictures and much more

and if Exfat is so bad with FCPX why is that nowhere on the apple site ????

and WHY did i see my PROJECT but the Events not ? I see the Harddrive under Events but nor the events

what is that creepy ?

and i told you before that i have the same problem with a firewire800 mac formatted harddrive it shows and than go away ...

that is today the same - thats why i bought a new one, and try to copy all my project files from the internal new to it because i need more space on the internal

and i think the biggest BUG is :

if i want to copy my files from external harddrive g to external hardrive h for a backup inside of fcpx as everyone say because of the ids - this is NO WAY if you internal harddrive have not eniough space - before i had a 1 TB internal harddrive but my project and event was 1,5 TB so i can´t copy it in fcpx only in the finder, because fcpx buffered the whole copy before on the internal drive - what a mess - the finder don´t do that

😟

you ask after screen shots - don´t know how to take them - my new drive only have the two folders i describe

You have two separate problem. One problem is the drive format. No Apple doesn't say you can't use ExFAT. Apple says you have to use Mac OS extended for this application. The other drive has a different problem. I've you just want to rant, that's OK, but I'm not interested.

Shift-Cmd-4 to drag a screen selection and save it to the desktop.

You can probably *archive* your projects and events in an ExFat volume, but you can't edit from that drive.

(Or perhaps you can, if you use a disk image on it).

But if you are serious about your data, you can't expect to have just one drive, anyway.

ExFat is a good cross-platform option for data storage, but for FCP X it is not supported.