Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1502)

The number of items in the pop-up menu for a project depends on the settings in the
Autosave Vault options in the General tab of the User Preferences window and corresponds
to the current number of autosave versions of the project in the Autosave Vault folder.
Choose the project file
you want to use.
4 When a message appears asking if you want to restore the file, click OK.
The current project in the Browser is replaced with the autosaved version of the project
you selected. Your project continues to be named by its original name and new autosave
files are added to the existing vault. Make sure you save the project by choosing File >
Save or by pressing Command-S.
You can also open an autosaved project and then work with it as a new project, different
from the original.
To restore a previously autosaved project as a new project
1 Click a project’s tab in the Browser or Timeline to make it active.
2 Choose File > Open.
3 In the dialog that appears, select the autosave file you want to use, then click Choose.
The autosave file opens as a new project with the project name and the date that the
autosave file was created.
The new restored project will save files to a new autosave vault. Make sure you save the
project by choosing File > Save or by pressing Command-S.
Opening a Project File If Your Computer Is Unexpectedly Shut Down
If your computer is abruptly shut down, you can open the most recently autosaved project
file after you restart your computer.
In this situation, you have several options:
• Open the project file and restore the latest autosaved version.
• Open the latest autosaved version of the project directly from the Finder. In this case,
Final Cut Pro treats the opened autosaved project as a completely separate project,
leaving your original project file unchanged. If you choose this approach, you should
move or copy the autosaved project file to the location where you normally store your
project files and rename it without the additional time and date suffixes added by the
autosave process.
1502 Chapter 88 Backing Up and Restoring Projects