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Q: archive a fcpx 10.2.1 project

Having problems sorting out the many versions of "correct way to archive FCPX project and media" Several articles have been written and are causing confusion because they don't seem to work with 10.10.4 OS and 10.2.1 FCPX. Any one have the latest info to move or copy a complete archive from one disk to another ?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 11:59 AM

by Tom Wolsky,Solvedanswer
Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky
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What exactly are you doing? If you copy or move to a library on the same drive the function will be very quick depending on the length of the media. What is not working? What happens when you do whatever it is your doing? The instructions are very accurate.

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 6:31 PM

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  • by Russ H,Helpful

    Russ H Russ H Aug 18, 2015 1:52 PM in response to vetteguy
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    Aug 18, 2015 1:52 PM in response to vetteguy

    This support doc is mid March and I don't see anything about it that would make it outdated.

     

    IMO, there is no right way. It depends a lot on how you organize projects and libraries where you store your media and what kind of environment one works in.

     

    Curious about the archiving methods that aren't working. Can you provide links? Thanks.

     

    Russ

  • by vetteguy,

    vetteguy vetteguy Aug 18, 2015 6:27 PM in response to Russ H
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    Aug 18, 2015 6:27 PM in response to Russ H

    I am trying to follow a post I found on line a few weeks ago and it is not working. I know you can copy and move all the stuff around to any drive any time and most any way but I was hoping I could follow the procedure below and automate the whole process. I believe the failure point is at the copy/move decision point. When I do copy or move nothing seems to happen ??? I must be missing something or the procedure is broken.

     

    See below:

    JerryG

     

     

     

    You select the Project or Projects you want to archive in the Browser.

     

    You then choose file > Copy to Library (or Move to Library) > New Library.

     

    Copy will copy media, move will move material out of the current Library.

     

    Name and save the New Library to your archive location.

     

    FCPX will ask if you want to include optimized or Proxy media, you can choose if you'd like to keep this media or not.

     

    Then once FCPX is done saving, you select the new Library and choose File > Consolidate Files and choose to either consolidate the media directly in to the new Library you just created, or into a folder next to the Library in your archive location.

     

    Jeremy

  • by Tom Wolsky,Solvedanswer

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Aug 18, 2015 6:31 PM in response to vetteguy
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    Aug 18, 2015 6:31 PM in response to vetteguy

    What exactly are you doing? If you copy or move to a library on the same drive the function will be very quick depending on the length of the media. What is not working? What happens when you do whatever it is your doing? The instructions are very accurate.

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    vetteguy vetteguy Aug 18, 2015 7:07 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Aug 18, 2015 7:07 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Thanks for the confirm of the procedure Tom !!! I went back and checked that I was doing everything specified and I found the mistake I was making.

    I was following the words literally and going directly to the project file and clicking on the project itself. I tried again and this time I clicked on the EVENT containing the project and the files. Everything moved over fine and now is archived with almost a one click procedure. Problem solved !!! Thanx for the help !!!

     

    JerryG