Q: Upgraded Library from 10.1 to 10.2, Projects now missing
Hi! So here are my particulars: running OS X 10.10.3; running Final Cut Pro 10.2.
I upgraded from 10.1 not too long ago. I had been working on a project in an older version of FCP, upgraded to 10.1 and converted my clips and Projects into a Library. I continued working on the Project, then upgraded to 10.2. Today I opened the Library, it updated, and… the Project I was working on is gone. All the clips are still there in their correct Events, but all the Projects (three Projects in three different Events) are gone. To make sure I wasn’t just overlooking them, I created a brand-new Project in one of the events, and lo and behold it showed up in its Event just like any other Project.
In Finder I right-clicked on the Library to “show package contents.” I’m seeing CurrentVersion.fcpevent, Original Media, “Brand-New Project I Created Two Minutes Ago,” and Render Files. No sign of the old projects.
I’ve converted other older libraries to 10.2 without problems (and with different problems), but this is a new one. How did the Projects get lost in the update? Is there any way to get them back? Thanks!
Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on May 7, 2015 3:36 PM
The folders must be called Final Cut Events and Final Cut Projects. Nothing else. They must be in two specific locations only. On the system drive they must at the top level of Movies. On an external drive, these two folders have to be at the root level of the drive.
Posted on May 8, 2015 10:41 AM