I just bought FCPX and have what I suspect is a simple question. I have not used the application yet... and I am a total FXPX novice. I have done a few projects in iMovie.
I cannot figure out how to "move" or "set" the location of my event Library. I have the default one (~/movies/Final Cut Events)... but I do not want to keep my events there... as I have better uses for my 768GB SSD in this new iMac.
I have the following named drives in this iMac:
I would like to keep my FCPX Event Library in: "Pegasus R4/Media/Movies/Final Cut Events". However, I cannot seem to accomplish that. When I use FCPX to move my events to "Pegasus R4"... I simply get a "Pegasus R4/Final Cut Events" at the root of the Pegasus drive. I don't want it at the root.
Another problem is that I do a CCC clone from "Pegasus R4" to "Seagate 3TB" drive every night... just as a local media backup of my Pictures, Music and Videos. The problem is that "Seagate 3TB" displays in FCPX as event library location... and when I launch FCPX, I often get an error that my R4 events cannot be opened because they exist the the same name on the backup Seagate drive. I guess it depends on which FCPX sees first... because I only get my events on one of the two external drives.
What I want: "Pegasus R4/Media/Movies/Final Cut Events" display as the only location for my Event Library. Maybe I just took some stupid pills this weekend... but I cannot figure it out.
Thanks in advance.
/Jim
I cannot figure out how to "move" or "set" the location of my event Library. I have the default one (~/movies/Final Cut Events)... but I do not want to keep my events there... as I have better uses for my 768GB SSD in this new iMac.
I have the following named drives in this iMac:
- Macintosh HD: 768GB SSD
- Pegasus R4: 8TB Thunderbolt array, configured as 4TB RAID 10
- Seagate 3TB: 3TB single spindle Thunderbolt HDD, used only as a cloned media location (for work continuity in the event of failure of Pegasus R4).
I would like to keep my FCPX Event Library in: "Pegasus R4/Media/Movies/Final Cut Events". However, I cannot seem to accomplish that. When I use FCPX to move my events to "Pegasus R4"... I simply get a "Pegasus R4/Final Cut Events" at the root of the Pegasus drive. I don't want it at the root.
Another problem is that I do a CCC clone from "Pegasus R4" to "Seagate 3TB" drive every night... just as a local media backup of my Pictures, Music and Videos. The problem is that "Seagate 3TB" displays in FCPX as event library location... and when I launch FCPX, I often get an error that my R4 events cannot be opened because they exist the the same name on the backup Seagate drive. I guess it depends on which FCPX sees first... because I only get my events on one of the two external drives.
What I want: "Pegasus R4/Media/Movies/Final Cut Events" display as the only location for my Event Library. Maybe I just took some stupid pills this weekend... but I cannot figure it out.
Thanks in advance.
/Jim