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Adding Times and Dates to Final Cut Pro Project Names

When you make a backup copy of your project file, adding the date to the project name

helps identify the file among the other saved versions. If you add dates to a filename,

avoid using special characters like the slash (/), since that may be interpreted by Mac OS X

as a file separator.

The Final Cut Pro autosave feature appends the date and time in the following format:

ProjectName_03-21-09_1744. The filename here is a backup of a project called ProjectName.

The date is March 21, 2004, and it was saved at 5:44 PM. Note that the name includes no

white space. This filenaming convention is simple, consistent, and easily identifies the

order in which the project files were created. (For more information about this feature,

see “Backing Up and Restoring Projects.”

Using Multiple Hard Disks

If you have multiple hard disks and partitions, or volumes, that have similar names, they

may cause problems during the capture process. Each hard disk should have a name that

doesn’t contain the entire name of another disk or partition.

• Avoid filenames such as: “Media” and “Media 1”

• Create filenames such as: “Zeus” and “Apollo”

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Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual Page 52