Project and Event Mgmt - Revisited

Question

I started a discussion a few weeks ago about how to manage FCP x projects and events.
That discussion is here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15630947#15630947
However, as I look more closely at my workflow as permitted by FCPx I have a quandary that I suspect others have as well.
Once I have created an event and a related project in the Events and Projects folder respectively, the question arises as what to do with those elements when you are done for the time being with both.
I have created a large number of projects, each with their own event.  As I move on from them, I would find it useful to have them not show up in the active Project and Event lists in FCP X.  But I do want to get back to them from time to time.
The wisdom seems to be to not move those project & event folders elsewhere with Finder, but to use FCP X Move Project instead. 
But here is the quandary.
If  you don't want to Move them to an external drive (and I would like to avoid that), the only other solution seems to be to move them to a sparseimage disk which can be mounted and dismounted whenever needed.  The problem with the sparseimage approach involves backing up with Time Machine.
My tests (and survey of the boards) indicate that whenver you add a file to the sparsebundle disk image, the entire sparsebundle is backed up to the Time Capsule drive.  That eats up TC storage in a hurry.
So, has anyone got any suggestions as to what to do with projects and events that you don't want to see on a current basis in the FCPx lists, but do want to get back to them from time to time.

Answer 1

Rex,
As a freelance editor I'm always working on multiple projects and use this workflow to hide, show or backup projects and events.
As your aware while working on a project/event, these need to exists in the Final Cut Events folder and the Final Cut Projects folder.
In order to hide an event, simply move the event or events from the main Final Cut Events directory, back one level.
Example: I'm currently working on a productions where the events live on my Machintosh HD. First I create a folder called Final Cut Events HIDE.
Under your Home Directory/Movies/Final Cut Events/ move the event you'd like to hide to the Final Cut Event HIDE folder.
Be sure Final Cut Pro X has been quite.
When you re-open Final Cut Pro X, you should have a empty event library.
If you'd like to re-work on these events, simple quite Final Cut Pro X, drag and drop your "hidden" event or events back into the Final Cut Events folder, re-open FCP X, and there you have it.
Use this exact same approach for projects.
Regarding backup, you can manually backup your events/projects, however I only do this if the edit is completely finished and exists in my Final Cut Pro HIDE folders. All I then do is copy and paste to a backup HD.
Hope that helps.