in this video we'll take a look at how
to edit videos and Final Cut Pro off an
external hard drive hey guys what's up
my name is Serge and welcome back to my
channel
no this is my laptop I added all my
videos on it's a 2015 15 inch MacBook
Pro and it's a base model it's by no
means the most efficient laptop for
editing video but when I bought it
that's all I could afford the biggest
issue I've came across with us is hard
drive space as you can see I have a 256
gigabyte solid state drive and almost
half of free space on here is used up by
various apps and other documents if I
add a Final Cut Pro library to it the
free space I do have laughs can be used
up pretty quickly this is why I edit all
my videos often external drive for the
longest time I've been using this
Samsung t5 solid-state drive but a
couple months ago se Burnett reached out
to me and asked if I wanted to try their
new rocket nano drive I've been using
this thing for a couple months now and
it's been awesome as you can see the
thing is tiny even smaller than the
Samsung t5 solid-state drive so
extremely affordable now using this from
an older machine I don't quite see the
full benefits of the speed of it but if
you have a new or a computer with USB 3
ports you can see transfer speeds of up
to 1000 megabytes per second even on an
older machine using this drive with
Final Cut Pro is just as fast if not
faster than using the internal drive
plus have a more free space on your
computer should make it run faster
overall especially if you have a
mechanical Drive so with that being said
well first take a look at how to make a
new library on this external drive and
after that we'll take a look at how to
move your existing library from your
internal drive to your external drive
let's plug it in our external drive open
up Final Cut Pro and get started to make
a new Final Cut Pro library from the
menu bar select File new and library
give your library a name and from the
drop-down menu select your external
drive click Save
now with your new library selected
select file again and library properties
over in the inspector click the modify
Settings button this is where we set the
storage location for all our media files
for the media and cache files select in
library this will start all your
imported media right inside your library
on your external drive if you use a lot
of Apple motion content also changes to
in library to keep all your content in
one place the only thing you want to
keep off your external drive is your
backups this way if something happens to
your drive you still have it backed up
in a different place click OK
No any media imported into your library
and any projects you make in this
library will be started on your external
drive and not take up valuable space on
your built-in drive next let's take a
look on how to move your existing
library to your external drive over in
my browser I have another Final Cut Pro
library and if we select it over in the
inspector you can see it start on my
internal drive to move this library we
first need to locate it and finder right
click on your library in the browser
window and select reveal and finder
next quit Final Cut Pro this step is
very important do not move any Final Cut
Pro files or Final Cut Pro open open
another Finder window and select your
external drive hold down the command key
and drag and drop your library to this
drive finder will copy your library to
your external drive and delete the
original once completed once the move is
complete double-click the library to
open it and file a cop role with your
library now on your external drive we
need to manage where the media is stored
with your library selected in the
browser over an inspector click the
modify settings button change the
location of media motion content and
cache files to end library click OK the
last step is to consolidate all your
media so its start inside this library
to do this you can either select file
and consolidate library media
or just click the consolidate button an
inspector beside mania and if necessary
motion content choose whether you want
to include your proxy or optimize media
and click OK all your media motion
content and your projects will be copied
to your library located on your external
drive using an external drive of Final
Cut Pro can free up a lot of space on
your computer and make it run much more
efficiently and if use a solid-state
drive Final Cut Pro will run just as
fast if not faster the two drives I use
and controlling recommend under the
Samsung t5 solid state drive and say
Burnett's rocket Nano both these are
great hard drives and are very
reasonably priced
I'll have them both linked in the video
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