Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 405)

Chapter 15 Manage media files 405
6 Click OK.
Final Cut Pro duplicates the project using the option you specified. The project is given an
incremented name (for example, “Bill’s movie1”), and the project appears in the location
you specified.
In most situations, viewing your backup projects and events is as simple as connecting your
storage device to Final Cut Pro and locating your backup project or event in the Project Library.
For more information about locating or viewing your project, see
Common media management
issues on page 416.
Back up your Project Library and events using the Finder
To create a single backup copy of your Project Library and events, you can copy the Final Cut
Projects folder and Final Cut Events folder to an external storage device.
If you are backing up incrementally, create a folder structure that helps you easily navigate
through your backup folders. You could label the folders with the date you made the backup
copy, for example.
Important: To avoid issues, it’s essential that you place the backup files in a folder (named “2012
Final Cut Pro Backups,” for example) that is not at the root level of your external storage device.
1 In the Finder, locate and select your Final Cut Projects folder and Final Cut Events folder.
Your Movies folder is the default location for all project and event files:
/Users/username/Movies/
Important: If you moved a project or event after you created it, it will not be in the
default location.
2 Drag the Final Cut Projects and Final Cut Events folders to the external storage device.
The folders are copied to your external storage device.
To restore events and projects that you backed up using the Finder, copy them back to their
original location in the Final Cut Projects folder and Final Cut Events folder.
Note: When you import media into Final Cut Pro, you have the option to select the “Copy files to
Final Cut Events folder” checkbox, which duplicates the source media files on your hard disk. If
you import files with this checkbox deselected, Final Cut Pro creates reference files (file aliases)
that simply point to the source media files without copying them. When you back up events and
projects that use these files, Final Cut Pro copies the reference files only (not the source media
files). If, after you back up your project or event, you want to replace the reference files with the
actual source media files, select the events and choose File > Organize Event Files.