Final Cut Pro X: Panic Atack

yasgur99

yasgur99

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I'm trying really hard to not freak out right now, but I literally just lost 4 hours of work on an edit and I can't find it.

First of all, I started a project and worked for 4 hours straight, from start to finish. I went to export the project XML and it froze. I waited like 3 minutes and then had to force quit. I opened it like 4 more times and had to keep force quitting bcuz it wasn't responding. I restarted my mac and when I opened FPCX it didn't freeze but my work was gone. But not all of it. Literally the first two clips of the edit and thats it. I checked the backups and it didn't seem to make them. I went to restart the edit, and when I went to create a new event (with the same name as before), it said it existed.

I'm hoping you could tell me if there is any way I can get my project back. Where might these "created events" be if they aren't showing up in FPCX. I search bared my finder and they don't show up?

PLEASE HELP!!!!
 
UPDATE:

I was in finder and inside the FCP library (package Contents) are the events that have already been created but are not showing
 
Probably won't be able to get your work back, sorry man. Take it as a lesson to remember to save frequently, I've learned this the hard way many times. Cut your losses and start editing again.
 
Unless they've added it recently, I don't think you can save in FCPX. It constantly autosaves like Avid, except there's no backup attic or vault.
 
Just looked it up. You have to treat "duplicate project" as "save as" since there isn't a save option. Sheesh.
 
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