My project disappeared!
by Lars Larson
on
Jun 5, 2008 at 4:54:25 am
I was working on a project that is scheduled to air next week when I tried to save the progress, after doing so successfully several times, and it told me the "operation is not allowed". I quit to try starting from my last saving point and the project is now GONE! What the hey?
Re: My project disappeared! by Lu Nelson on Jun 5, 2008 at 8:52:07 am
Check your Autosave Vault
Do you also have previously saved versions of the project?
I use a combination of both the Autosave vault *and* resaving my current project under a different name every day, like "My Project_20080605" for today's date because I don't trust FCP not to cause corruption, as it used to do back in the version 4/5 days
I have on occasion lost work but usu. not more than until the last Autosave. I also keep the Autosave interval at 15 minutes.
However the caveat with Autosave is that the interval is reset every time you hit Command-S, which means if you habitually save your work after every change, you can go for hours with no Autosaves being generated.
My rule of thumb with FCP and saving/backup is to err *WAY* on the side of caution
