FCPX files on hardrive - Urgent

benj09 · Jun 28, 2013

I have been editing this project for the last 3 months and I have been editing with all the files on a hardrive and I have been a bit scared to switch the computer off, incase I lose the edit. All the files are located on the hardrive.

What can i do to get some peace of mind about switching off my mac, my version of FCPX is 10.0.7

Any suggestions or advice for me?

jils johny · Jun 28, 2013

Is it an external or internal?

benj09 · Jun 28, 2013

external.

mlesemann · Jun 28, 2013

copy all of your files on to another hard drive to use as a back-up.

benj09 · Jun 28, 2013

okay, so if i dont have another hardrive around without having to go out and buy one, what else can i do to get peace of mind.

Alcove Audio · Jun 28, 2013

benj09 said:
what else can i do to get peace of mind.

There's prayer.........

I shut down my entire studio when I am done for the day - the computer, external hard drives, interfaces, everything - and then the power switch on my power conditioners. When I use my preferred brand of external drives (Glyph) I have no worries. I do back-ups every day.

mlesemann · Jun 28, 2013

you can back stuff up on dropbox or something else cloud-based.

benj09 · Jun 28, 2013

So Alcove, just to clarify, if i've edited something from my external hard drive, when i've turned it off, it will all be back on there the next day. thats my only problem because you cant force a save on FCPX
and it makes me very nervy, i've edited a 45 minute project and for me to lose it would be financially and time economically devastating.

CraigL · Jun 28, 2013

benj09 said:
you cant force a save on FCPX

Wow, Apple really did do a number on that version, didn't they? I'd never use a piece of software that didn't allow for a forced save.

Closing FCPX will surely save it though?

You say it's on an external, but you must have an internal drive also, right? Copy it to there. Burn it to CD/DVD. Pen drive. Or, look into one of the numerous cloud-based backup systems.

CraigL

Alcove Audio · Jun 28, 2013

benj09 said:
my only problem because you cant force a save on FCPX

Wow, that's a real FUBAR!!!!

I don't know, but it seems rather bad programming that you can't shut off your computer without losing all of your work.

Have you checked Apples FCPX User Forum? Maybe Creative Cow?

Zensteve · Jun 28, 2013

Do you have any particular reason to believe that now, after three months, is the time for it to crash? Or are you just paranoid :hmm:

Fwiw, you can get 7gb free cloud-space from Microsoft Skydrive, and the paid extra space is very cheap.

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Phil_UK · Jun 28, 2013

Close FCP X, eject your hard-drive, power down your computer. It could use a rest. It'll be faster when you restart it anyways. Connect your external drive again and it'll pop up in FCP X again. I've been doing it the whole time, no problem!