Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual download pdf (Page 173)

172 Part III Setting Up Your Editing System

Important: Final Cut Pro lets you specify up to 12 scratch disks at one time. Make sure

you choose the proper scratch disks before you begin capturing media Final Cut Pro

always uses the disk with the most space first. When that disk is full, Final Cut Pro uses

the disk with the next most available space, and then the next one, and so on, until all

disks are full.

To specify one or more scratch disks and associated settings:

1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the Scratch Disks tab.

If this is the first time you’ve opened Final Cut Pro, this window appears automatically

after you’ve chosen an Easy Setup.

2 To specify a disk or a folder on a hard disk as a scratch disk:

a Click Set.

b In the dialog that appears, locate and select the disk you want to use.

Only connected external disks or installed internal disks are listed. If your hard disk

doesn’t appear, make sure it’s connected properly and that it’s correctly initialized

and mounted. For more information, see the documentation that came with your

computer, your hard disk, or your disk-formatting software.

c Click Select (the button includes the name of the disk you selected).

The specified disk is listed next to the Set button, along with the amount of available

disk space. You can define up to 12 disks (they can be partitions or whole disks)

where your captured video will be stored. Scratch disks specified in this list are used

based on the amount of available disk space, so those with the largest amount of

available disk space are used first. After the first disk becomes full, Final Cut Pro uses

the disk with the next most available space, and then the next one, and so on, until

all disks are full.

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Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual Page 173