Moving contents of FCE scratch disc to external Drive from an iMac Drive

Is there a way of moving the captured HDV video in the Scratch Disc for a project from an iMac hard drive to an external drive if the initial capture placed it in the iMac drive.
FCE captured my original HDV on my iMac in the FCE Document folder. I thought I had specified my external Glyph drive for the captured video but discovered after editing and saving the project to the external GLYPH that the original capture was in the FCE document folder on the iMac --where I did not want it. The project is saved on the external GLYPH. Is there a way of moving the Scratch Disc (original captured video) for this project from the iMac Hard drive to the Glyph drive (in other words, after the initial capture) without screwing up the editing I have already done.
I had created a "Media" folder on the external drive for all media to be used in this project before capturing the video but the Easy set up did not give me a scratch option and placed it in the default (iMac) drive.
This is my first time trying out FCE. Help would be appreciated.
macrobob

Is there a way of moving the captured HDV video in the Scratch Disc for a project from an iMac hard drive to an external drive if the initial capture placed it in the iMac drive.
Yes, just copy the files to the folder(s) you want them to be in.
I normally capture to my internal drive (Final Cut Express Documents > Capture Scratch folder.) After capturing, I copy the clips to a folder on one of my external drives; usually give the folder the name of the shoot. That's my simple way of organizing clips on my hard drives; and it makes backing up easier too.
After you copy the clips, you should delete the clips from their original location (I assume that is your Capture Scratch folder on your system HD). Be sure to Empty the Trash. Very important - make sure you have successfully copied all your clips to the external drive; once you empty trash, the originals are gone.
When you open your project file the next time, all your clips will be offline and you will have to go through the Reconnect Media process to re-associate your clips with your project. After successfully reconnecting media, Save your project and all should be fine.
I highly recommend reading the sections of the manual (online help) about scratch disk locations; and reconnecting media.
but the Easy set up did not give me a scratch option and placed it in the default (iMac) drive.
Scratch locations are not part of Easy Setups. You set your scratch disk location in FCE > System Settings.

Similar Messages

I want to move my music and photos to an external hard drive from my iMac. What external hard drive should I get?

I want to move my music and photos to an external hard drive from my iMac. What kind of hard drive should I get? Will it remove it from iMac and only be on external hard drive?

How to correctly move your media:
iTunes: How to move the library to an EHD
iPhoto: How to move the Library to an EHD
It is important that the External Hard Drive is formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled).
And also make sure that all is working to your Satisfaction before Deleting anything Off your Mac.

How can I transfer contents of hard drive from one iMac to another,

Hi
I have two iMacs (older G3 CRT) both are running OSX 10.2.8.
I want to copy the contents of the hard drive on iMac "A' to the hard drive of iMac "B". Can I do this,,, How can this be accomplished ??

Hi Everyone
Ok,,, here is my update, I was able to download finally Carbon Copy Cloner, but it will not even launch because the BSD module is missing on my iMac #1, it seems that I need to install this file from the original OSX disk which happens to be at work. OK, then I tried SuperDuper, it installed fine, then I read the instruction PDF, but when I went to make the copy onto the iMac #2, ( I did start it in Firewire mode, connected it via firewire to iMac #1
and the drive mounted fine on the desktop) BUT for some reason Super Duper won't allow the copying of files.
SO< then I stupidly just copied the entire contents of the hard drive on iMac #1 to the hard drive of iMac #2, which was mounted on the desktop of iMac #1. Then when all the files copied, I ejected the mounted drive, disconnected the Firewire cable and started imac #2, But iMac #2 would not boot up, I repaired it's disk permissions by once again starting in Firewire wire mode and using the disk utility on iMac #1 to repair the mounted drive of iMac #2), Then I disconneted the cable and started iMac #2, but still no boot up, just the little flashing file icon.. I also reset the PRAM on startup but still nothing. Any ideas, I can wait until Monday and do a clean install of OSX from my original disk, but was hoping there was something I can until then. And, of course, I;m still seeking a solution to getting all the programs, dats amd files from the hard drive on iMac #1 copied over to iMac #2,,, Any other ideas would be appreciated.<br>
imac Mac OS X (10.2.x)

How to create External Hard Drive from Internal Hard Drive?

For my Mac, I want to get a 250GB external Firewire Hard Drive. I know I can purchase one as is. However, it seems that money can be saved by purchasing an internal hard drive and a hard drive enclosure. Is this correct?
If so, would the internal hard drive be an IDE?
Is there an enclosure that will make this IDE drive a Firewire/USB external drive?
Should the enclosure have a fan, on/off button?
Anything else to consider.
Thanks,
Herschel

Hi Hershel.
1) If you want to use the drive with both your PC and your Mac then you have two options. Either you format the drive in FAT32 (standard windows format) or you get hold of one of the utilities which allows you to read Mac HFS+ formatted disks on a PC (IMHO the better way to go). One disadvantage of using Fat 32 formatting for the drive is that you then won't actually be able to use it as an emergency "startup disk" for the Mac . The other problem is that Fat 32 can be problematic with large disks and files sometimes.
2) Your iMac has both USB2 ports and firewire 400 ports. There is no advantage really in getting an enclosure with Firewire 800 , because your iMac is limited to Firewire 400 anyway. The drive you buy to insert in the enclosure won't have any effect on this.
3) The reasons for getting a firewire capable enclosure for use with your Mac are that it is actually faster than USB2 (despite the higher rated speed of USB2) and because you can start up your Mac from an external FW drive, but not from an external USB2 drive. If you are formatting in Fat32 this won't be an issue because you won't be able to boot from it anyway.
4) The business about "parallel" and "serial" drives relates to the type of bridge in the enclosure that you buy, not to whether you want to connect it to a PC or a mac. Some enclosures are designed to work with "SATA" drives - ie Serial. Some are designed to work with "regular" IDE / ATA drives (ie parallel).
Just to make this clearer , think about this as involving two links in a chain. THe first link is from the drive to the enclosure. The enclosure needs to have the right sort of INTERNAL connection for the drive you buy - either SATA or regular ATA - regular ATA enclosures are more common than SATA one but large drives are now easier to find with SATA interfaces than IDE ATA. A few enclosures can accept either type of drive,but they tend to cost more.
The second link is the EXTERNAL one from the enclosure to your computer. In your situation it sounds as if you ideally need one which has both Firewire 400 and USB2 connections. (THere are also some cases which provide am external SATA connection for connection to the computer, but you wouldn't be able to use this with your iMac as it has no external SATA port).
Try a Google for the IceCube Pleiades and you should be able to come up with prices in a place somewhere near you. At present I'm not sure which country you are in.
Cheers
Rod

I moved my itunes library to my new MacBook Pro from my iMac using an external harddrive following apple's steps. When I plug in my ipod shuffle 4g and try to download voiceover I get The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occured (-54)

I'm just wondering what step I should start with to resolve this. There's probably a library issue but I'm not really sure where to start with that.
I'm pretty sure that the voice over is what is giving the error with itunes because when I try to download it, it won't then the error will pop up after a few moments of itunes trying to download it. Thanks for your support!

Don't know what changed today but it downloaded and installed on the shuffle. So far so good.

How do I reformat an external hard drive from an IMac 10.4.9?

I am new to Mac, having migrated from PC recently. I just purchased a new external hard drive but it is formated as NTFS (read only) and I need to reformat it as FAT 32. Does anyone know how to perform this reformat from my new IMac? Sorry, but I am totally new to Mac and I need all the help I can get. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance.
IMac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi rubenrodz;
May I welcome you to the Apple Discussion Forums.
Just be aware that while FAT32 can be used for both the Mac and the PC, it does have limitations. You can't have files larger then 4 GB. Plus FAT32 doesn't keep all of the Mac files.
If you are only going to use the disk on the Mac if would be better to format it as HFS+, the native Mac format.
Allan

In Process of Backing up 459.29 GB on a external hard drive from my iMac, it backed up 24.87 GB and now has stopped backing up and I have a color pinwheel turning for the past hour... what should I do?

Help with Time Machine for iMac.... Trying to back up iMac on to 2 TB external Hard Drive... it backed up 24.87 GB or the 459.29 GB and stopped.... now have a pinwheel... should I start over or let it work through?

Please read and use Time Machine FAQs & Time Machine Troubleshooting. If those do not solve your problem then please repost in the version of OS X you are using. Time Machine is part of OS X therefore you will find the most information for it there. For example if you are using Snow Leopard then use that forum.
Also when posting it's critical we at least know what version of OS X is installed on your iMac. Please complete your profile in the Your Stuff link above.

Satellite L40 - recovery disc will not BOOD from CD/DVD drive

Hi guys!!
I am trying to use the recovery disc on my friends laptop...but it will not boot up at all from the CD/DVD drive ... I have been trying for two days..... Have checked the BIOS settings
1. CD/DVD drive
2.hdd
3.network.
have pressed the F12 key at start up as the recovery disc instructions suggests....this brings the boot up screen asking where to boot from...I select CD/DVD drive.... the drive makes a few noises and then after around a minute and a half...the Vista log on screen appears as usual. I have also tried starting up and pressing C but the same thing happens, just keeps loading Vista log on screen.
I have seen this is a common problem whilst researching the net but I have not seen a viable suggestion to fix.
Whilst going thru some user setting in Vista Im positive I seen a boot option that could be changed there and Im sure that hdd was selected.... did I dream this??
Im exhausted guys ...any suggestions pleaaaase x

Turns out the disc wasnt in 100% ..looked fine ..but when i pushed round all of the disc ..it made a tiny snap noise..and that was what the problem was...have also discovered...its an equium machine not a satellite.. system is in great shape now :-)

New scratch disc

I have a large project with the Scratch Disc on an external drive. I am starting another large project and want to use a separate drive for it. When I try to set the Scratch Disc either both projects are on one drive, or they are on both. I can't seem to separate them. Or does it just fill up the first drive and move to the second.
Thanks
Randy

So I set each Project on a drive. When I open Project1 I set that Scratch Disc. When I open Project2 I set that Scratch Disc and clear Project1 Scratch Disc? And on and on. Not that I plan to go back and forth all the time, sometimes you need a break
Thanks

OSX Lion and Photoshop CS5 "scratch disc error"

I've been using Photoshop CS5 for awhile now (about a year and a half). Up to yesterday I was running OSX Snow Leapord with no issues. Yesterday I upgraded to OSX Lion and today, my first day using Photoshop in Lion, I'm getting repeated "scratch disc error" messages with a "quit" button (no other options). Photoshop works fine for awhile, three hours or so, and then I'll get the "scratch disc error" message and will be forced to quit Photoshop and restart.
My main drive is a 2Tb drive with 1.7Tb of available space, so I'm sure scratch disc space isn't a problem. I've got about another Tb of scratch disc space available on two other internal drives. I've got 14Gb of Ram, all memtested and working perfectly. It clearly seems to be an issue with OSX Lion since it never happened before today. A few other details: I'm up to date with Photoshop CS5, I have Open GL turned off because I'm on an older Mac Pro (a 3.0 Ghz dual quad core, 2.1) and my video card doesn't play nicely with Open GL (a whole different kind of crash).
All three times I've gotten the "scratch disc error" pop-up today it seems to have been when I open multiple files. This last time I opened something like 8 files. Big deal; sometimes I open 40 or more without any problems. So can anyone please help me with this issue? I have yet to lose any of my work (I save constantly - a habit born out of past frustrations), so it's managable, but it shouldn't be happening.
Thanks.

I am havng this same exact problem. Recently, I reinstalled my OSX Lion fresh, and also just installed CS5.5 Design Premium. I have been experiencing this same error repeatedly.
On my computer there are two separate Scratch Discs (non-partioned) and when the error first popped up, I tried switching between Scratch Discs. One at a time, even using other drives and still received the same error. I've done everything I can find suggested to no avail. All OS updates are done, CS5.5 is updated, permissions repaired, disks repaired, graphics driver current, OpenGL disabled, etc....
If we can determine a fix, it would be greatly appreciated. Photoshop is an awesome tool that I use extensively, and this is driving me insane!
BTW, here is the error I believe he is getting (same one I see way too many times a day)
Thanks, Billy

Best scratch discs settings for CS3

I have read that a PC with 3 hard drives should use them as follows:
Drive 1 = OS & programs
Drive 2 = Media & projects
Drive 3 = Previews, Media cache, Exports
Can somebody please advise are these the best scratch disc settings under preferences:
Captured video & audio - Drive 2
Video & audio previews - Drive 3
Media cache - Drive 3
DVD encoding - Drive 3

Thanks guys,
I've taken on board everything you've said and have changed my hard drive setup accordingly.
I've also deleted a lot of unwanted material and defragged the drives.
I've aslo turned off windows indexing off and removed all unnecessary programs.
I now have 3 drives, one for the OS & programs, one for projects, and one for previews & exports as advised.
I've set the scratch disc settings as follows:
Captured Video & audio: Drive 2 (Same as project)
Video & audio Previews: Drive 3
Media Cache: Drive 3
DVD Encoding: Drive 3
Would you say this the most efficient way?
Brian

Deleting itunes content from my imac

My IMac was full mostly from my Itunes library. I moved the contents from my Mac to a WDC drive. How do I delete the content still on my Mac without deleting it from my WDC drive?

Sorry but I can't play that link with my computer. If that link tells you to move your library by changing preferences then that link isn't really telling you how to move your whole library, and is titled incorrectly. Your library is more than just media files, and media's all you moved to the external. Yes, you could just delete those from your internal drive but don't delete the other critical library files or you really will break your iTunes collection.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
Again, make a backup of your computer first. If you don't have a backup of all your files (those on the external too) in at least two locations then worry about losing files in this situation is only a starter. You could start your computer tomorrow and find it is all gone, 100%.

How to remove an external drive from time machine backup

In time machine I also backup to an external drive. I recently bought a new external drive and thats working fine. However, it still wants to backup to my previous drive which I dont want to use. In time machine preferences I see the old and new drive listed. Both are greyed out so I cannot deselect the older drive.
Suggestions?

mhattonmd wrote:
So when I open time machine preferences I see time machine and both external drives listed. If I click on options I see both external drives but I cant select either as they are both greyed out.
If you see them both listed on the initial screen of TM prefs, they are both selected as backup drives. They are not being backed up. They are being used by Time Machine as a destination. You need to use “Select Disk…” to remove the external drives from the destination drives. Select Disk does not choose the drives you want to back up. It chooses the drives you wan to back up to.

Moving Content to External Hard Drive and Using New Computers

Before doing this, I want to make sure I know how to do all of it:
We are going to buy two new laptops, and retire the old one. I want to move all of my iTunes content from the old laptop to an external hard drive attached to an Airport Extreme. I then want to be able to share the content between the two computers. I know how to do this, and plan to move the library data base files to the external hard drive, as well.
However, I also want to be able to continue synching all of the content to the Apple TV. To what should the Apple TV be synched after the content is moved to the external hard-drive and the old computer is replaced by two new computers? How is that done under the circumstances? And, in the meantime, will the Apple TV lose all of its content and need to be re-synched entirely from scratch, or will it continue recognizing the current iTunes library as moved to the external hard drive?
Thanks!

This is an option, although as a note of caution; depending on how regularly you modify your library this could become a little bit of a chore. The option is likely a good one in many cases but not all.
In my own case I considered using an old mac as my media server in the sense mentioned by tmartine. (I do a bit of experimental stuff and need to restart my mac quite often, I also have 5 Apple tv's and a library which is too large to do anything but stream, my family don't take too kindly to my frequent restarts and I find myself waiting until the early hours).
However I also modify my itunes library on a daily basis, I buy quite a bit of stuff and also add my own movies regularly, as well as make several recordings a day through my eyetv, all this new content would need to be manually added to my (server) library (and deleted manually), I felt this would be too many extra things for me to do and so my personal preference is to have my itunes library on my main computer as the primary library.

Ghosted audio scratch disc in FCE

So I've been FCP and FCE for years. Today I was digitizing material into FCE just fine. Then I switched tapes. No, no matter what I do, I can't capture audio. When checking my scratch disc setup, everything is checked but audio is ghosted which means audio is not being captured. Since FCE doesn't have the editable options that FCP does when it comes to issues like this, I'm limited in what I can do. I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to get the audio to "wake up". The only thing that happened that might have effected this is that the external drive became disconnected during the tape change so it may have messed with the automatic device settings or something. But I've rebooted, closed projects, started new projects, etc but I just can't seem to get the audio up and running. HELP!

Remember that you can't hear audio in FCE whilst capturing.
Have you got View>Video Out>Canvas Playback selected?

Moving contents of FCE scratch disc to external Drive from an iMac Drive

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for