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797Final Cut Pro User Guide
• Cache: Choose the storage location for render files, analysis files, thumbnail images,
and audio waveform files. To store files outside the library, choose “Choose,”
navigate to a storage location, then click Choose.
• Backups: Choose the storage location for library backups. To store backups outside
the Movies folder, choose “Choose,” navigate to a storage location, then click
Choose. If you don’t want Final Cut Pro to back up your library, choose Do Not Save.
Note: By default, Final Cut Pro makes automatic library backups at regular intervals.
Backups include the database portion of libraries only, not the media files. Backups
are saved with the time and date in the filename. To open a backup from a specific
time and date and add it to the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, choose File > Open
Library > From Backup. See Restore a Final Cut Pro library.
5. When you’re finished setting storage locations, click OK.
Your new storage locations are used for future source media file imports, Motion
content, cache files, and library backups.
Important: Existing source media and backup files remain in their original locations. If
you changed the cache storage location, you’re asked if you want to move your existing
active render files to the new location.
Consolidate media and Motion content files for a library
1. In the Libraries sidebar in Final Cut Pro, select a library.
2. If the Library Properties inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Library Properties (or press Control-Command-J).
• Click the Inspector button in the toolbar.
3. In the Media section of the Library Properties inspector, click Consolidate.
4. If you want to include optimized and proxy media, select the checkboxes in the window
that appears, then click OK.
Final Cut Pro copies the media into the selected library file, or into the external storage
location. To view or change library storage locations, see View and set library storage
locations, above.
For more information about consolidating media files, see Consolidate projects and
libraries in Final Cut Pro.
5. If your project contains effects, transitions, titles, or generators that were created or
customized in Motion, make sure the Motion Content section of the Library Properties
inspector is set to either In Library or “In Motion Templates folder,” then click
Consolidate.
Final Cut Pro copies the media into the selected library file, or into the Motion
Templates folder. To view or change library storage locations, see View and set library
storage locations, above.
Note: You must manually track and move any third-party (FxPlug) content, because it is
not managed within the Final Cut Pro library.