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Avid Attic Folder
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5. Select View > as List, if the bin folder is not already in the List view.
The bin folder displays the backup bin files and their creation dates. A backup bin file has
the same name as the bin, with a number appended. For example, a bin named Source Clips
might have backup bin files named Source Clips.1 and Source Clips.2.
6. Command+click the files you want to retrieve.
7. Option+drag the selected backup bin files to the desktop.
This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Avid Attic folder.
To copy backup files to a new bin:
1. Click the icon for your Avid editing application on the Dock to activate your Avid editing
application.
2. Click the Project window to activate it, and click Bins to display the Bins list.
3. Select File > Open Bin.
4. Navigate to the desktop, select one of the backup bin files you copied, and click Open.
The backup bin opens. When you open a backup bin, a link to the backup bin on the desktop
is created in the Other Bins folder.
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Your Avid editing application does not allow a bin and copy of a bin to be open at the same time.
You must keep all other bins closed and open the backup bins one at a time.
5. Create a new bin.
For example, if you are retrieving clips from a backup bin called Source Clips.2, you can call
the new bin Source Clips New.
6. Open the new bin and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.
7. Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag the files to the new bin.
8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for any other backup bin files you copied to the desktop.
9. Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.
10. Drag the backup bin files on the desktop to the Trash.