Deleting a Compound Clip from Finder

Hi,
I edited a couple of compound clips earlier this week and ever since then whenever I open FCPX it takes 30+ minutes to load the event and start up. At first I thought the problem was the size of the event, so I deleted some unused media and made it about half the size. Still, the load time remained the same. Now, after sitting through an hour of waiting for FCP to open, I'm trying to delete the two compound clips I edited right before the load time problems began, thinking perhaps one of them is corrupt and causing the ridiculous load time. However, whenever I try to do anything in Final Cut I get a "working" rainbow wheel that never seems to go away until I force quit, and if I do that I have to sit through another painfully long start up load time.
So basically FCP takes forever to open, then forever to do any action, even something as simple as copy and paste, when this event is loaded.
Is there a way to delete compound clips from the Finder WITHOUT opening FCP?
I am using FCP 10.0.9 on an iMac with a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 processor and 32gb of memory, running OSX 10.8.5.
Would appreciate any help!

If you want to get rid of the compound clips and you have used them in your project, you'll have to first trash or hide the project. Then open the app and you should be able to delete the compound clips. Close the app and move the project back to its original location.
If it's still slow to open, it's also possible that you have some bad render files. Turn off BG Rendering and delete both project render files and event render files.
Russ

Similar Messages

How to Delete several Audio clips from Video clips on Timeline of APPro CS5

I would like to know how to delete multiple audio clips from Video clips at once in time line in APPro CS5? Please advice step-by-step procedure. I can DELETE audio from a single Video clip. But I wanted to DEL Audio from multiple video clips. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks

Thanks for the advice given by Shooternz, Colin and Jim. Your help is much appreciated for a beginner like me... Jim's idea was also good..It worked for me and also safe if I need to use the original audio. Following method also found good...but previous audio clip cannot be extracted after deleting it. ... 1. Hold down "ALT" key first then select the first audio clip in the chain of video clips to Delete. 2. Hold down " Shift + Alt " keys together and click right mouse button on all audio clips to be deleted one by one. Make sure only audio clips are selected. 3. Then release ALT+Shift keys and then click right mouse button and select "Clear" from pull down menu to Delete all selected audio clips on the time line. This method works very well for me. Thanks for every one who has adviced me how to do it. Thanks guys... If u all find better method tha above...please inform us. Thx.

Cannot delete a video clip from iPad, the Edit button doesn't appear ?

With iMovie for iOS (iPad) I try to permanently delete a video clip from my iPad.
I follow the article http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3186. But even if the video clip I want to delete is not used in a project, I simply do not find the Edit button in the upper-left corner above the Video browser as mentionned.
This is a screenshot
the Ipad is running iOS 5.1.1 (9B206), the video are not stored in 'pellicule'
Am I crazy ?
Thank you for any help.

Did you shoot the video in iMovie?
Or did you shoot it via the camera app?
If it was shot in the camera app, then it needs to be deleted in the Photos app.
Can you see the video in the photos app?
You can permanently delete a video clip from your device as long as it’s not in the Camera Roll or the Photos app.

HT3842 Does iTunes store the original music file and copy it into a separate folder? If i delete the original file from finder will it remove it from my iTunes library?

Hi, on my last PC when transferring music to my new MacBook Pro i noticed i had about 6 duplicated of each song in every album i took hours in removing them.
I Just wondered Does iTunes store the original music file and then copy it into a separate folder?
If i delete the original file from finder will it remove it from my iTunes library or vice versa. I didnt want to lose any music like i have some how managed to on my old computer.
Or should i keep both files of it in the Music folder and also iTunes library folder?
Which is best ?

DrewPowell wrote:
I Just wondered Does iTunes store the original music file and then copy it into a separate folder?
It does both at the same time.
When you add files to iTunes, it copies them into /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/ folder. The original file remains where it was.
You can drag a file to /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/Automatically add to iTunes/ folder.
This will add to iTunes and move it to /Music/iTunes/iTunes media/.
I keep a shortcut of this folder on my desktop then simply drag files to the shortcut to add to iTunes.
Then there are no "extra" files around.

Reusing Compound Clips from a Project

I'm working on an opening sequence that will be used in several projects. I know that I can create a Compound Clip in the events library and put my clips there, but I can't use FCPX's transitions in it. Is there a way that I can duplicate a compound clip from one project into another? Besides copy and paste, that is, in a fashion that when I update the original it also updates the projects that reference it.

I know that I can create a Compound Clip in the events library and put my clips there, but I can't use FCPX's transitions in it.
Not sure why you think this but you definitely can create transitions inside compound clips that are in Events. They should act much like any other Compound Clips (though there are a few differences, one is no Auditions).
If you are thinking that you can't use a transition on a compound clip, then you need to remember that you first have to provide enough media for the transition -- either let FCPX do it by using "full overlap" in the preferences, or trim back the compound clip once placed in the timeline if using "available media."
Is there a way that I can duplicate a compound clip from one project into another? Besides copy and paste, that is,
That is the only way to do it -- copypaste.
in a fashion that when I update the original it also updates the projects that reference it.
Currently there doesn't exist any entity in FCPX that behaves like this. Each time you place something in a project, it becomes a separate "instance" and is no longer connected to the original clip/compound clip you copied it from, whether from an Event or another Project. It would be nice to have that option (e.g., a checkbox that makes a compound clip in an Event "Dynamically Update" copies wherever it exists in projects), but that would be a new feature. Use Feedback to request it!

How to delete an old Iphone from "find my iPhone app"?

How to delete an old Iphone from "find my iPhone app"?

Swipe your finger accross the off line device and then select "Delete."
You might want to review the app help file which explains this in detail (select Help upper left).

I captured from mini-dv camcorder to FCP7 using control from my computer and firewire. I cannot find the file or clips I transferred anywhere except for in Finder. How do I get the clips from Finder to FCP7. Also I did not see audio on the computer meters

I captured from mini-dv camcorder to FCP7 using control from my computer. I only find the capture clip in Finder. How do I get the clip in Finder to FCP7.
Also my audio in the capture was not showing up on my audio meters on my computer-is this normal. Thanks

you will not see the audio meters from within fcp move while capturing.
If you only see the captured clip in the finder, not within fcp, there's something wrong. You might try deleting your fcp preferences
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2491

I created an Imovie on Ipad. Before exporting the Imovie, I deleted the video clips from camera roll. Error message "this proj. contains clips which have been deleted from your photo library." Help! Can I recover the "preview" file of my video in Imovie?

Is there an app out there to find the files within Imovie app on my Ipad where the Imovie "preview" is playing from?
I deleted the original vidoe clips from my Camera Roll before exporting the Imovie to Youtube because my camera roll was out of memory.
I'm using the latest Imovie app for Ipad.
Cheers
shoestringlady

iPad Photo Recovery: How to Recover Deleted Photos
http://www.iskysoft.com/iphone-data-recovery-mac/ipad-photo-recovery.html
How to Restore Lost or Deleted Files from iPad
http://www.iphone-ipad-recovery.com/recover-ipad-mini-files.html
How to Recover Deleted Files from iPad
http://www.kvisoft.com/tutorials/recover-deleted-files-from-ipad.html
iSkysoft Free iPhone Data Recovery
http://www.iskysoft.com/iphone-data-recovery/
Recover iPhone/iPad/iPod touch lost data, Free.
Free recover iPhone/iPad/iPod touch lost contacts, photos, videos, notes, call logs and more
Recover data directly from iPhone or from iTunes backup
Preview and recover lost iOS data with original quality
Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS
http://www.wondershare.net/data-recovery/iphone-data-recovery.html?gclid=CJT7i9e 6gb4CFcvm7AodbUEAJQ
Recover contacts, messages, photos, videos, notes, call history, calendars, voicemail, voice memos, reminders, bookmarks and other documents.
 Cheers, Tom

Deleted Time Machine Backups from Finder

I back up my MacBook with Time Machine. My girlfriend has an older MacBook Pro, with Tiger. I was surprised to see that Tiger did not come with any sort of backup utility, and I eventually found Super Duper. I made a backup with Super Duper to my external hard drive with my Time Machine backups. Her computer died, and she took it to Apple. They could not restore her data, which wasn't a big problem because I had made a very recent back up.
I then proceeded to restore the backup. I thought SD kept track of what files belonged to what computer, like TM does. It started copying my TM backups to her hard drive. This wouldn't be a problem, except she only has a 160 GB hard drive, and her backup is about 100 GB and my TM backup was another 100 GB. Thus the file restore would fail. I decided to delete the TM folder, because I was not worried about my computer, and I could create another backup after partition to avoid this disaster again.
I deleted the TM backups... and my drive still had 200 GB of used space. Then I used Google to find out how I royally messed this up. That being said and done, I have had Disk Utility repairing my external hard drive since Thursday at 5p, and it's now 8:40a on Saturday. Furthermore, while I deleted the files, SD still enumerates them and somehow copies them which fills the hard drive before the restore is complete. When I plugged my external hard drive into my MacBook, it automatically started a new TM back up. However, it renamed the folder "Andrew Fawcett's something (2)", as if it were a duplicate folder. So OS 10.5.8 knows somehow that there are files, and so does SD, but I cannot see them.
Apple's support told me to delete the TM backups in Finder... and to fix the invibile files to reformat the drive. How do I fix my TM backups so I can get SD to work? I have files I need to restore! From what I've read, there are a few of you familiar with SD.

afawcett wrote:
I back up my MacBook with Time Machine. My girlfriend has an older MacBook Pro, with Tiger. I was surprised to see that Tiger did not come with any sort of backup utility, and I eventually found Super Duper. I made a backup with Super Duper to my external hard drive with my Time Machine backups. [snip]
I then proceeded to restore the backup. I thought SD kept track of what files belonged to what computer, like TM does. It started copying my TM backups to her hard drive. This wouldn't be a problem, except she only has a 160 GB hard drive, and her backup is about 100 GB and my TM backup was another 100 GB. Thus the file restore would fail. I decided to delete the TM folder, because I was not worried about my computer, and I could create another backup after partition to avoid this disaster again.
I deleted the TM backups... and my drive still had 200 GB of used space. Then I used Google to find out how I royally messed this up. That being said and done, I have had Disk Utility repairing my external hard drive since Thursday at 5p, and it's now 8:40a on Saturday. Furthermore, while I deleted the files, SD still enumerates them and somehow copies them which fills the hard drive before the restore is complete. When I plugged my external hard drive into my MacBook, it automatically started a new TM back up. However, it renamed the folder "Andrew Fawcett's something (2)", as if it were a duplicate folder. So OS 10.5.8 knows somehow that there are files, and so does SD, but I cannot see them.
Apple's support told me to delete the TM backups in Finder... and to fix the invibile files to reformat the drive. How do I fix my TM backups so I can get SD to work? I have files I need to restore! From what I've read, there are a few of you familiar with SD.
SuperDuper! copies entire volumes. That's why it tried to transfer those Time Machine files. If you register SuperDuper! (USD28), you can tell it to exclude certain files, such as those TM files.
If you want to use an external drive for both TM and other storage, you might be happier if you partitioned that drive, using one partition for TM and the other for any other files.
Until you have this resolved, I'd turn off TM on both computers.

How do I move a compound clip from time line to an event in event library

How do I move a compound clip made in the time line into the event library to store it for latter use?

With *no other* clips selected, you can create a New Compound Clip (right click and select from popup) in the Event browser; Copy the compound clip in the storyline; double click new empty compound clip to open it in its own timeline and paste the copied compound clip. When you go back to the storyline, the compound clip in the Event browser is updated with the newly pasted compound clip item. If you want to uncompound the stored clips, when in the New compound's timeline, right click on the pasted compound and select Break Apart Clip Items... The only problem you run into if you break items apart is if you have Effects applied to the storyline compound clip, you will lose those effects because the "new" compound in the Event browser will not have those effects and you can't copy/paste effects back into the Event browser, only items in a timeline.
HTH

How do I delete UNUSUED video clips from imovie on ipad?

My kids created a video using imovie on our ipad. I now want to delete the unused video clips, so they don't burden my storage space. I cannot find any way to do this. Please help?

You must delete the video from the Photos app.
-Rj
12

How to delete a shared folder from Finder?

Hello,
When I set up my new Powerbook, I used the migration assistant to move my files from my old PC.
The migration assistant created a new account - Richatom2937. In order to copy my files from this new account to my own account, I created a shared folder (it got called Richatom2937), then dragged my files from this shared account into my main account. I then deleted the account Richatom2937.
Unforutnately, there is still a shortcut to richatom2937 in Finder/Shared. How do I delete this shortcut? I can't go back to the old account to remove the folder sharing because the old account is deleted.

You need to delete the folder in your email program.

Deleted Remote Disk icon from Finder...!

accidentally... with jittery hands... deleted my Remote Disk icon from the Finder window "Devices". How can I get it back? Where is "remote disk" located on the HD and can I bring it back into the Finder list?
Help!!
cheers,
Aaron

Hi Svans,
On my machine when I go into Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
I have the option to choose to make my Remote Disc available by checking the appropriate box.

Help Accidently deleted my home icon from Finder

I only bought my iMac yesterday and have broken it already. In Finder, under 'Places', there used to be 4 icons: Toni (my name), desktop, applications and documents. I have lost the Toni icon! In attempting to move it to the Dock it disappeared in a puff of smoke. Gah. I think the contents are still there: when I hit 'Home' on the 'Go' menu in the top left corner, the contents appear in Finder. Is there any way I can restore the icon? I've tried time machine but it doesn't seem to work. Many thanks

Go to Finder Preferences, Sidebar Tab, and recheck the Home folder. Or, you can drag your home folder to the sidebar. The home folder is in /Users/ and has the same name as your short user name.
The sidebar holds aliases to the actual files/folders, not the folders themselves. It's like a Windows shortcut, but actually still works when you move the original file.
You can drag other files/folders/devices to the sidebar for quick access. When you drag the original, the alias is automatically created. If you don't like them, you can drag them off and they will go poof.
The same is true for the Dock. Nothing in the Dock is real and if you drag it off the dock, it will go poof, but the original is still intact.

Deleting Multi Cam & Compound Clips- Help!

How can you delete multi cam clips from an event? Am I missing something? How can one type of clip be undeletable? It makes the whole event undeletable?
I've duplicated my project & used clips only which has now created a new event with only the used clips, great! So I'd like to delete the old event with all the original media and I can't
So frustrating can anyone help?

Hi Tom,
Thanks for taking the time out to reply,
But that means that you can never delete an event... ever if it contains a single multi cam, how do you get around that?
The whole reason I wanted to delete the event in the first place is because I'm trying to archive a project with the clips used only. So now I have two events, one with all the original stuff and one with just the select few clips. I think I'll go into more detail with this on the other thread about this since you've just tackled that one also.
Many thanks!

Deleting a Compound Clip from Finder

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for