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59 Backing Up
and Restoring Projects
Routine backups are a critical part of the editing process.
If necessary, you can go back to earlier versions of a project.
This chapter covers the following:
 Backing Up and Restoring Projects (p. 937)
 Archiving Completed Projects (p. 941)
Backing Up and Restoring Projects
Final Cut Express has several methods for backing up, reverting, and restoring projects.
If you have made changes you don’t want to keep, or if your project file becomes
corrupt in some way, you can use these features to quickly get back to an earlier
version of your project.
Using the Revert Project Command
Sometimes you may make a series of trial changes to a project. What if you don’t like
those changes and want to start over with your project the way it was the last time you
saved it? You can use the Revert Project command to immediately return to the
previously saved state of a project.
To revert to the previously saved state of a project:
1 Click a project’s tab in the Browser or Timeline to make it active.
2 Choose File > Revert Project.
3 In the dialog that appears, click OK.