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For information about using optimized or proxy media for playback, see Control playback quality 
and performance
 on page 85. For more general information about optimized and proxy media, 
see Manage optimized and proxy media files
 on page 425 .
Locate source media files
You can locate the source media file (on the hard disk) for any clip in your library. 
Locate the source media file for an event clip
 1 If you don’t see the Libraries list,...

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Relink clips to media files
 1 Do one of the following:
 •In the Browser or the Timeline, select the clips or the projects containing the clips you want 
to relink.
 •In the Libraries list, select an event or an entire library containing the clips you want to relink.
 •In the Timeline, select the clips you want to relink.
 2 Choose File > Relink Files.
The Relink Files window appears. By default, this window shows missing clips or events only.
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Text at the bottom of the window indicates how many potential matches to items in your 
original list were found (based on the filenames only).
Text indicates how many 
matches were found.
Note:  Final Cut Pro identifies matches based on proximity in the directory structure and related 
filenames. For example, if your original files were in two adjacent folders, Final Cut Pro looks in 
folders adjacent to the folder containing the file you chose...

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 8 To link the event clips to the new media files, click Relink Files.
All matched clips (including those in other projects or events) are updated to link to the new 
media files.
Consolidate projects, events, and libraries
In the course of creating a project, you might use media files from a variety of locations, 
including your local computer and external storage devices. If the media used in a project, an 
event, or a library is located in...

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Back up projects, events, and libraries
Backing up your work and your media consistently is an essential part of your workflow. Some 
people back up daily or weekly; others back up when a project is complete. To protect your 
media, it’s recommended that you back up to a storage device or partition different from the one 
where you store the media files used with Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro provides both automatic and manual tools that let you:...

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You can create optimized and proxy media during the import process or in the Browser, after the 
media has been imported. You can also create a proxy file for a clip using the Info inspector. After 
transcoding is complete, the optimized and proxy files are stored in your Final Cut Pro library or 
in an external location you define in the Library inspector. For more information, see  Manage 
storage locations
 on page 434.
To control whether Final...

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 4 Select one or both of the transcoding options.
Final Cut Pro will transcode the files in the background, after the import process is complete.
 5 Click Import.
The import may take a while, depending on the option you selected in step 3. You can see the 
status of all the background processes currently running in the Background Tasks window.
Create optimized and proxy files after import
 1 Control-click one or more clips in the Browser and...

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 1 Select a clip in the Browser.
 2 To open the Info inspector, click the Inspector button in the toolbar (shown below), and click the 
Info button at the top of the pane that appears.
 3 Scroll down to the File Information section of the Info inspector, and click the Generate 
Proxy button.
The proxy file is created, and a green circle appears next to the proxy item in the Available Media 
Representations section, indicating that the proxy file...

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Note:  The Delete Generated Library Files command is unique among media management 
commands in Final Cut Pro in that it affects external media as well as managed media (in the library).
Manage render files
Rendering is the process of creating temporary video and audio render files for segments of your 
project that Final Cut Pro cannot play in real time. When you add effects, transitions, generators, 
titles, and other items, they require...

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Delete event render files
 1 In the Libraries list, select one or more events in the same library.
 2 Choose File > Delete Generated Event Files.
 3 In the window tha t appears, select Delete Render Files.
 4 Select whether to delete unused render files or all render files, and click OK.
Note:  If you choose to delete all render files in an event, any project render files in that event are 
also deleted.
Delete render files from a library
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