Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1371)

20 Part I Media and Project Management
Using the Revert Project Command
Sometimes you may make a series of trial changes to a project. What if you don’t like
those changes and want to start over with your project the way it was the last time you
saved it? You can use the Revert Project command to immediately return to the
previously saved state of a project.
To revert to the previously saved state of a project:
1 Click a project’s tab in the Browser or Timeline to make it active.
2 Choose File > Revert Project.
3 In the dialog that appears, click OK.
Using the Autosave Feature
Autosave routinely saves copies of your project while you work. If something goes
wrong with the current version of your project, you can restore an autosaved version to
quickly pick up where you left off.
How Autosave Works
By default, autosave files are stored in the following location:
[Home]/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.