Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1558)

Chapter 6 Reconnecting Clips and Offline Media 75
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To make one or more files offline:
1 In the Browser or Timeline, select the clips or sequences you want to make offline.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Make Offline.
 Control-click a selected item and choose Make Offline from the shortcut menu.
3 Select an option in the Make Offline dialog, then click OK.
 Leave Them on the Disk: Select this option to disconnect clips from their media files
but leave the original media files on your disk. Clips are disconnected because the
file path in each clip’s Source property is cleared, so the clips no longer have a file
location to look for media files.
 Move Them to the Trash: Select this option to disconnect clips from their media files
and move the media files to the Trash. This is different from choosing to delete the
files because you must still empty the Trash to delete the files. This option lets you
consider whether you really want to permanently delete your media files (emptying
the Trash is not undoable). If you decide to keep the files, you must drag them out of
the Trash and use the Reconnect Media command, because the file path in each clip’s
Source property is cleared.
 Delete Them from the Disk: Select this option to disconnect clips from their media
and immediately delete the media files from the disk. This action is not undoable. If
you need the media files again, you have to recapture them.
4 If you choose to move or delete the files, a message tells you this action cannot be
undone. To continue, click OK.
Click an option.