Proxies and consolidate projects in FCP X 10.1.4
What is the best workflow to edit sith proxies and consolidate the correct way to make sure a project will come back to life in the future.
Thanks.
Final Cut Pro X, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
You only should edit with proxy if your mac can't keep up with the original or optimized media.
And you certainly do NOT need to create both optimized and proxy media for everything - that is huge waste of disk space.
That said, it is very easy to switch to or from using proxy: just click the little triangle at the top right of the viewer and choose either Proxy or Optimized/Original.
Don't forget: if you edit in proxy, switch back to Optimized/Original before you export, or you will be exporting in lower quality, smaller size proxy.
The last part of your question is more open, but to keep it simple: as long as you keep your media inside your libraries, which is the default, when you are finished with a production you can just store the library wherever you want. If you needed back, just open it.
I suggest creating one library per production, so as to keep things manageable. Of course, this depends on each editor's workflow, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution.