Share or Backup Project to External Drive

Question

Ok,
I've figured out a solution, and it probably isn't the best.  I couldn't really find answers around, so I thought I'd post this to either; a) help or b) get better ideas.
It should be noted that FCPX crashed a couple of times while I tested this on my MBP.  I found the FCP manual to be a little lacking on this subject, but I wanted to be able to work with a project on an internal media drive on my Mac Pro, then move it to external drives for sharing & backup purposes.  Here's what I came up with:
1.  From the media drive root, copy the "Final Cut Events" & "Final Cut Projects" folders to the root of the external drive.
2.  If you have published specific motion generators or titles for your project, you will need to copy the "Motion" folder from the Username>Movies>Motion folder to the external drive. . . if you will be using another computer for this project, you will need to add all the relevant files to the new computer's Username>Movies>Motion folders so that everything is accessible from there (as far as I know, FCPX won't recognize them unless they are installed there).
3.  Be sure you've copied any external files (i.e. ProRes files stored on your media drive, imported into FCPX, but original media stayed in it's initial location outside the Final Cut Events folder). 
This last part is the trickiest because I've found that those clips won't reconnect using "Modify Event References" when you get to the new workstation (or at least it's never worked for me).  However, I've found a trick that works great for this:
4. To reconnect media, have FCPX open to a PROJECT TIMELINE with missing media.  Open a Finder window to a parent folder containing all folders & files that may contain disconnected media.  Do a search for ".mov" and narrow the search to the parent folder by clicking its name at the top.  Click the "+" at the top-right and change the Kind from "Any" to "Movie."
5.  Drag all the resulting movies from the Finder window (BUT DO NOT LET GO OF THE FILES) and hover them over the timeline.  If this search contains some media you don't want in that event, it would add them if you dropped these files.  Instead, just hover over your timeline until FCPX appears ready to add the clips, then drag them BACK to the Finder window!  Now, when you click on the event in FCPX, you will see the clips reconnected! 
6.  Repeat steps 4-5 but replace ".mov" and "Movie" with something like "aif" and "Music" for any audio files you have.
I hope that wasn't too confusing.  I should have just done a screencast since it probably took me longer to type!  Please let me know if anyone has a better solution. 
Thanks,
Lawrence

Answer 1

Thanks Andy,
I saw that post, and thought the correct answer listed didn't really cover some of the caveats I have encountered (like the published Motion generators), nor the issue of reconnecting (which hopefully will be an issue resolved soon).  I have tried deleting the pref's file on the new machine, but I didn't get great results.  So I just thought I'd try to combine my issues more succinctly here. 
As far as making a copy of the whole media drive, that's not really what I want either.  I would like to be able to move the specific projects to an external drive that backs up my active media drive projects & events, but then be able to also quickly move them to archived drives and delete them from my internal media & media backup drives.  As my archives go, I will usually designate drives for clients who do a lot of work.
So for my purposes, I am using Chronosync to synchronize certain folders. 
I appreciate your help.  Always appreciated all the great support we get from knowledgeable guys like yourself!
Lawrence