Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1555)

3 Select an option in the Make Offline dialog, then click OK.
Click an option.
• 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.
1555 Chapter 92 Reconnecting Clips and Offline Media