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In the past, Final Cut Pro automatically saved my projects on my external disk. A test project saved as well. Now I'm working on a bigger project and for hours editing and so forth... When I went back to work on it, i could not find it anywhere on the disk! Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro with Retina display
By default (you can change it), it saves in your Home folder: Users/user/movies/final cut pro backups. They should be there.
Having said that, I've found that the backup feature does not always work. I've found backup libraries in very unexpected places. And I have also experienced the failure to make any backup files whatsoever. So I find myself checking in the Finder regularly.
Russ
Thank you Russ, you answered my question as well. As long as I leave it at the default setting it backups regularly at the moment. However, I wanted to save space on main HD and elected to go external. No good. Is this a problem with FXP X and do you know whether Apple is considering solving the problem in the future? Sure would help.
Thanking you
Mitaka27
Mitaka27 wrote:
and do you know whether Apple is considering solving the problem in the future? Sure would help
No inside info about any Apple plans.
I do think it's worthwhile to report it on the Feedback link (from the FCP X men).
Good luck.
Russ
PS: Meant to comment that these BU libraries generally don't take up a lot of space.
The project was found in backup -- but a different version of it, but at least it was there. I guess this random issue exists with FXP X. I saved my project now in three different places, included external drive and I forced a backup. It's too bad this problem popped up when I had a deadline, but isn't that the way it goes?
Thank you all for your replies.
I can strongly recomend this App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/backups-for-final-cut-pro/id586594646?mt=12
How did you force that backup?
Russ
I found my project and backed it up while talking to a support rep on the phone. She sent me this link for back-up information:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5773
Final Cut Pro X: Backing up, consolidating, and moving projects
Use these helpful resources to learn more about backing up and organizing your Final Cut Pro X projects.
Help! my project is not automatically saving to my external drive!
