User Manual

Avid Attic Folder
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3. Drag the copies from the storage device to the appropriate folder on the internal hard drive
(Windows) or
Macintosh HD/Users/Shared (Macintosh).
When you start your Avid editing application, the restored project and user profile appear in
the Select Project dialog box.
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If you restore a single bin or bins, you must relink them to the project from within the Project
window. For more information, see “Opening and Closing Bins” on page 74.
Avid Attic Folder
The Avid Attic folder contains backup files of each bin in a project. You retrieve files from the
Avid Attic folder in the following circumstances:
• When you want to replace current changes to a sequence or clip with a previous version
• When the current bin file becomes corrupted
For information on retrieving files from the Avid Attic folder, see “Retrieving Files from the
Avid Attic Folder (Windows)” on page 66 and “Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder
(Macintosh)” on page 68.
For information on setting automatic save features, see “Saving Bins” on page 77.
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(Macintosh only) If you deselected the “Allow filenames to exceed 27 characters” option in the
General Settings dialog box, you cannot retrieve a backup file with a file name larger than the
27-character limit. You must rename the file before you retrieve it.
The Avid Attic folder contains a folder for each project. Each project folder contains a Bins
folder. When a bin is saved, a folder with the bin’s name is created in the Bins folder and a copy
of the bin file is stored in the folder with the bin name. The system adds the file name extension
.bak plus a version number to the bin’s file name. The bin file with the highest version number
represents the latest copy of the bin file.
When you view a bin folder in Details view (Windows) or List view (Macintosh), you can also
identify the most recent backup file based on the timestamp of creation displayed in the Modified
column (Windows) or Date Modified column (Macintosh).
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The oldest backup file is overwritten only if the second-oldest backup file is more than 2 hours
old.