Find original media source?

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Find original media source?

Hello,

I am looking for some travel photos that I used to make a montage. In my FCP, the files are missing and I do not remember where they were (USB key, hard drive, SD card, etc.). So I wondered if it was possible to see the file's allias redirects to which source exactly. Is it possible?

As I understand it the alias is a shortcut to the original file. Is it possible to know where the alias decides to go looking for the photo?

Thank you.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Mar 11, 2018 8:48 AM

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Meg The Dog

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Mar 11, 2018 9:07 AM in response to gr4v1ty

If you click on a missing file in the FCPX browser and then go to the menu File > Relink Files, the panel that opens will show the file path where FCP expected to find the file:

MtD

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Mar 11, 2018 8:56 AM in response to gr4v1ty

In the browser control-click and choose Reveal in Finder. Then press command-I to open the Get Info window. It will tell you where the alias is pointing to.

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