Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 128)

Chapter 6 Work with projects 128
Open projects
You can open an existing project to continue working. You can also open several projects
simultaneously, allowing you to copy or move data between them, or to compare different
versions of a project.
Opening projects created in earlier Logic Pro versions
You can open projects created in Logic Pro 5 or later. Projects saved in Logic Pro X are not
backward-compatible with earlier Logic Pro versions.
When you open a project created in an earlier version of Logic Pro, the project is converted to a
Logic Pro X project. In the Save dialog, you can select whether to save the converted project as a
project package or a project folder.
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Project package: Project assets are copied to the project package, or are referenced from
another location, depending on which asset types are selected in the Save dialog. By default,
the converted project is saved inside the existing project folder, if one exists.
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Project folder: Project assets are copied to the appropriate subfolders of the project folder, or
are referenced from another location, depending on which asset types are selected in the
Save dialog. By default, the existing project folder and subfolders are used, if present, and any
additional subfolders needed for project assets are created.
Important: After a project is saved as a Logic Pro X project, it can no longer be opened in earlier
versions of Logic Pro.
You can configure Logic Pro to open a project automatically on startup by choosing a startup
action in the Logic Pro > Preferences > General > Project Handling pane. For more information,
see
General preferences .
Open an existing project
1 Choose File > Open (or press Command-O).
If another project is open, a dialog appears, asking whether you want to close the open project.
You can turn off this prompt in the Logic Pro > Preferences > General > Project Handling tab.