Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1373)

22 Part I Media and Project Management
Restoring Autosaved Projects
If you’re working on your project and decide you want to go back to an earlier
autosaved version, you can use the Restore Project command. Restore Project allows
you to choose from all of the available autosaved versions of the currently active
project, based on the time and date they were created.
For example, suppose your client saw the newest cut of a project and didn’t like it. If
you know that the client liked a version created on the morning of July 31, 2004, you
can use the Restore Project command to open the autosave file that was created
closest to that time. This way you can restore the project to a version that you know
your client liked.
Important: If you restore a project, your project inherits the autosave name
“MyProject_MM-DD-YY_HHMM.” Final Cut Pro then creates a new autosave process,
placing the project files in a folder with the name of the autosave file, instead of the
original project name. If you want to maintain the same set of autosave files between
the old project and the restored project, you must use the Save As command and
rename the project with its original name.
Using a “First-In, First-Out” Strategy
Final Cut Pro uses a “first-in, first-out” strategy for keeping autosave files. When
Final Cut Pro reaches the limit for the number of copies created or projects saved,
the oldest autosave file is placed in the Trash (unless the oldest project is currently
open) and a new autosave file is created. If you’re working on several projects and
you know that one is about to be deleted (you’ve reached the number specified
in the “Maximum of N projects” field), you may want to make a backup copy of
the earliest autosaved project folder and its contents for future use.
The autosave feature will never delete projects or folders automatically. Instead,
files that exceed the maximum numbers of copies and projects you set in the
Autosave Vault options (in the General tab of the User Preferences window) are
placed in the Trash, but the Trash is not emptied. That is left for you to do, in case
you later change your mind about what files you want to keep.