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780Final Cut Pro User Guide
7. Click the disclosure triangle next to the analysis results to show a list, with old files on
the left and new, matching files on the right.
If a file was matched incorrectly, select it in the list and press Delete. The item is placed
back in the original list at the top of the Relink Files window.
Items with no matches remain in the original list above. To continue to locate matches,
select items in the original list and repeat steps 4 through 6.
8. To link the event clips to the new media files, click Relink Files.
All matched clips (including those in other projects or events) are updated to link to the
new media files. Metadata in the relinked clips remains unchanged.
Note: Red “Missing Proxy File” alert icons in the browser, viewer, or timeline may indicate
an unrelated issue. You may need to switch the playback media mode or generate proxy
media. See
Control playback quality in Final Cut Pro or Create optimized and proxy files in
Final Cut Pro.
Consolidate projects and libraries in Final Cut Pro
In the course of creating a project, you might use media files from a variety of locations,
including your local computer and external storage devices. If the media being used in
a project, event, or library is located in multiple folders or on multiple storage devices,
you can consolidate all the media in one location, on one storage device. This process
facilitates archiving and makes it easier for others to access the media (using shared
storage, for example).
The Consolidate command places the files in the current library storage location. You view
and set storage locations for media, Motion content, cache files, and library backup files
using the Library Properties inspector.
The Consolidate command follows these rules:
• When you consolidate files out of a library to an external folder, the files are moved.
• When you consolidate files into a library from an external folder, or from an external
folder to another external folder, the files are copied.
These rules prevent broken links from other libraries.
Note: If the media is already external, and no other libraries are using it, you can manually
delete the original media after consolidating to save storage space.