Q: FCPX Backup from Copy / Pasted Time Machine Drive does not contain any of my edits.
So I had to reformat my computer, but before I did that I made sure that Time Machine backed up my computer. When re-installing the OS, I DID NOT choose to re-install from Time Machine backup. Instead I started clean, and then just dragged and dropped my FCPX Library file from the Time Machine external drive onto the newly formatted Mac Desktop. When I open the 500GB library, none of my edits exist, even though I had about 40 hours of edits into the project. I'm sure the backup is somewhere, but I just can't find it. Any tips?
Posted on Aug 11, 2016 7:38 AM
Thanks Tom! What happened was when I brought over the Library folder and footage folder, it didn't bring over the backup folder. Your suggestion of looking in the ~/Movies folder helped me. I just navigated appropriately, found the backup folder and file, copied the most recent file over to my desktop, and *poof*! There it was! Thanks again Tom!
Posted on Aug 11, 2016 8:20 AM