Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1500)

By default, autosave files are stored in the following
location:/Users/username/Documents/Final Cut Pro Documents/Autosave Vault/.
To turn on autosave
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > User Preferences, then click the General tab.
2 Select the Autosave Vault checkbox.
3 Enter the following options:
• Save a copy every: The frequency (in minutes) that you want to autosave projects.
• Keep at most: The number of copies of a project autosaved before Final Cut Pro deletes
the oldest one.
• Maximum of: The number of open project files simultaneously autosaved. For example,
if this field is set to 25, and you have 26 project files open simultaneously, only the first
25 projects are autosaved.
4 Click OK.
To change the location of the Autosave Vault folder
1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the Scratch Disks tab.
2 Click Set next to the Autosave Vault option.
3 Navigate to a folder to store autosaved files, then click Choose.
4 Click OK to accept the changes to System Settings.
A folder called Autosave Vault is created at the selected location. All autosaved copies
for a given project are stored in their own project folder within the Autosave Vault folder.
Autosave files for
one project
If you have more than one hard disk, you can routinely save your normal project file on
one disk and specify an Autosave Vault folder on the other disk. This way, if you have
trouble with one hard disk, you will still have project files on the other.
Warning: The Autosave Vault folder is not locked. If you inadvertently delete this folder
from the Finder, Final Cut Pro automatically re-creates it. However, any autosave files in
the deleted folder cannot be re-created.
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