Stop Final Cut Pro From Taking Up So Much Space In 20 Seconds
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- If your FCP library is taking up too much space, delete the library's generated files. It won't hurt anything and it'll free up a ton of room. I do this when I'm finished with a project, or planning not to work on it for a few days so I can have more room for other activities.
WHOA!! You saved my project 😭 Not all heroes wear capes. The fact I went from 200gb to 200 mb in 20 seconds is a miracle!
omfg i wish i could like this more than once. i just went from 692gb to 32.7gb ..life saver! thank you so much💕
So glad to hear it! 🙌
Oh my god you just saved my life. My library went from 376gb to 2gb😭😭😭 I had literally deleted all of my videos, files, apps and everything cause my mac storage was full but nothing was changing, I was so confused... I had no idea this even existed. life saver and straight to the point!!!! thank you so so much
Nice! It’s a good thing to do when wrapping up any project (after exporting).
Here’s a very simple tip that will save you countless hours and save your library’s from being bloated.
Step 1: Create a folder for ALL projects on external hard drive. I use a 3TB SSD OWC.
Step 2: Create new folder on HD for (name it something like “All UA-cam videos )
Step 3: Create a new folder for 1st project and an audio folder for ALL audio of current project.
Step 4: Open up FCP and choose
File->new->new library.
Step 5: right click on library in left pane and choose New Project. Name your project and select the project folder you just created.
What does this do?
It helps you maintain ALL of your project files in 1 location at all times. No more searching endlessly for clips or audio files. Each library is maintainable. It doesn’t take you 3 minutes to open up a project etc.
Hope this helps!
Straight to the point! So appreciated!
my dude... you have no clue how much you just saved my ass. Thank you a million times over
Happy to hear it!
The benefir of this though is faster editing and media scrubbing. If you can't live without these, get a 1TB thunderbolt external NVME drive. It'll cost a lot, but it will save you a ton of storage and time. When you're done with the edit and have sent off the Final Cut, delete the library.
Nice. I've been going through Finder and deleting them all manually. This is SO MUCH QUICKER AND EASIER. Thank you.
I didn’t even know you could do it in Finder!
There is no reason final cut shouldn't already do this crap. Like hell I wish I found this sooner. God bless sir
I’ll have literally one hour video get me to 900GB with render files turned on it’s wild
Thank you for the awesome tutorial!
YES YES YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you for trick to clear space for MacBook
Happy it helped!
LiBury was a reach... But I still appreciated it #dadstuff
best tutorial ever
Glad it helped!
you have honestly saved my life!
Happy it was helpful!
Im only seeing delete generated clip files...
Sorry to see this so late BUT, go to the top left corner of your screen where it says "Final Cut Pro" click it and then click settings. Once you are in settings you can unselect background rendering. Once background rendering is turned off you can clear the files as shown in this video. I hope that helps some of y'all!
WOAH!! i went from 183gb to 10.1gb thank you so much!!!
oh my god, you actually saved my computer tysm i will give you a lil smooch tysm i went from over 800 gigabytes to like less than 30 mwah you saved my life
Fixed, thanks!
oh my!!! this saved me sooooooo much!!!!!! thank you! quick and easy explanation!
God! Finally! Thank You!!
BRO! I WAS STRAIGHT UP STUCK WITH THE COLOR BALLOON FOR A WHILE! NOT SURE WHAT IT DOES TO MY COMPUTER BUT I DID WHAT YOU SAID AND IT WENT FROM THE 840GB TO 95GB. IM JUST TRYING TO UPLOAD A VIDEO! THANK YOU
Happy it helped!
@@tombuck I finally uploaded my video. I appreciate you and God bless you bro!👍
Omg :| thank you so much...this saved so much trouble
omg, ily TYSM!
Is this something you should do “after” you’re finished with with the complete edit (to regain internal space…) Or can it be done mid-way through your edit??? And would you then have playback issues, if you’re not finished with the edit?
That's usually when I do it, but if you do it during an edit it won't hurt anything (FCP will just need to re-render necessary files).
thank you!
You're welcome!
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Thank you for this 🙏
Thank you so much this helped so much!!
I’m really happy to hear that! 👍
Thank the lord you exist
Thank you
Hope it helped!
Thanks
Thank you 😫😫
Omg yesssss thank you for this
Thank you so much ❤️
You’re welcome 😊
This saved me
More TikTok/Shorts/Reels of Tom giving quick Punny tips like this would be all I would want for Christmas or New Years or Valentines, whichever is fine with me. 🙂
I’ve never been on TikTok but I can do the other two 😁
@@tombuck love the shorts tom
Saved me, thank you
Happy it helped!
how did you get to that bar to show data and Modify?
Hi thank you for this,but question is,this cleaning during work with fcpx is possible?my meaning if I do this and still I have project and not be finished I don’t missing my project?or when I can do that?thanks for your answer.Hassa
You can still work on the project, but FCP will just need to re-render everything. You won't be move or deleting any files. 👍
Hi Tom I want thanks you,I did was Successfully ,taken about an hour until fcpx re rendered,and my question again if I do the same for event as well also possible?once again thanks
Does this still allow you to continue editing those files?
Yep- Final Cut will just rerender any files if needed.
you are my hero
will this delete everything tho? :( I’m afraid I will lose all of my editing
Cool!🙏
Would this delete anything on a current project I’m workin on
Nope!
Holy fu*k u r a complete lifesaver‼️ u would think they would let this be more known
Reason being I edit on my 500gb computer ssd and not external as I use 4k footage not fast enough for my Hdd external drive and so for huge projects. Ex a 3-4 hour podcast 😂 I start running into space issues and maxes out my computer drive lmao…. Appreciate you
What is this actually doing? Lol. Like how is it saving so much space? Everything seems to still be there. I’m just curious. Worked wonderfully
It’s all of the “pre” rendered files that help the playback and exporting go quickly and smoothly. FCP can easily remake them if you still need the project, so there’s no risk 👍
@@tombuck how can it it says missing files for all vids after
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. Does this actually work it will it delete everything I've made?
It deletes the unnecessary render files but not any actual media. Everything can always be re-rendered if needed. Test it out on a sample library if you’re unsure. 👍
@@tombuck Thanks, it actually worked!
Now I've got like 118gb of storage on my mac!
Too long - could have been 18 seconds. Also, thank you!
Hahahahaha what
Lmf(reaking)ao
my Final Cut Pro library still have 290gb showing in finder , but in fcpx its showing only 8gb please tell , what can I do?
The Library you see in Finder DOES have all of your actual clips and files in it, so it'll probably be pretty big. The Size of the Library you see from INSIDE Final Cut includes all the rendered files and stuff that aren't necessary.
@@tombuck can I delete it , that big library ? And if I delete will I lose all my clips , footages and projects that are in fcpx ?
Can you make more short Final Cut Pro tils
Thanks 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Fantastic!! So do you not keep your original media inside the project library? How’d you get that down to kilobytes?
I usually keep my original media "in place" in a desktop folder, so this just reduced the library's bloat. But even if the media is saved inside the actual library, none of those files will be deleted.
🙏🏽
What happens if I delete all those? Do I need them?
Nothing bad will happen- if you need to go back into that project FCP will just re-render whatever it needs, but this does not delete any actual media.
you’re the best
Will this keep the videos I’m still working on?
Like will it keep my saved progress?
Yes! You just might need to wait for FCP to re-render things when you open the project again, but your actual project file will still be there in your library.
I’m trying to export red footage for a 10 min clip . But it’s telling me 5 gb just for an computer export @ h264 , Andy way to drop those mb under 1 gb ?
I'e never really had any luck getting the file sizes smaller than whatever the h.264 result will be (other than reducing resolution by moving from 4K to 2K or 1080).
Did this for my entire library and it still says 128gb?! I only have one 10 minute project in my library I’m confused as to what is taking up so much space
Sometimes you need to close and reopen FCP to see the change. If it's still showing a ton of space, that's when I usually delete my library and create a new one.
I needed this
i've seen multiple people select delete unused only, is deleting all going to be risky or is it worth it?
No risk, it just means everything would need to re-render if you use that project again.
@@tombuck got it thank you
@@tombuck this is a big question, but after doing this task, the files will re-render, but will it take up as much space as it was once it re-renders?I have a project that is taking up close to 1TB because I have been editing it for 3 months every day. I am not adding anything new to the project which is madness.
Love u
what happens when I delete this?? do all the projects go away? mine is currently taking up 7.4GB and I probably need to do this but I'm scared lol
Don’t worry, it doesn’t delete any actual project or media files- just the generated/rendered data that FCP creates while working on a project. If you open the project again afterwards, it will just take a few minutes to re-render everything.
thank you@@tombuck ! I went ahead and did it but I don't see the storage number going down? am I doing something wrong
Hi, I tried your steps but for some reason it’s not working. Any troubleshooting suggestions?
Sometimes you need to close and relaunch the app before you’ll see that the library size has gotten smaller 👍
Current project also deleted ?????
Nope, no projects are deleted
To prevent Final Cut Libraries taking more, if you're willing to, just turn off background rendering.
How do I do this I did what he did in the vid and all my files were lost
Does this affect the quality like are there any downsides to doing this?
Nope! If you need to continue working in a project afterwards, it'll just re-render the files same as before.
What are you erasing?? Will deleting all this effect your project at all?It shouldn't cause "cant find " notices,shouid they??
It's just the render files for the project (basically things that help FCP run faster), but not actual footage or project files. If you delete these and need to reopen a project, it'll probably just need to re-render things, but nothing is actually lost. It's almost like project cache.
Lol my type of humor at the end 😂
So what exactly did I just do? And did it accidently delete anything that I needed?
To my knowledge of it, everytime fcpx renders your video it creates an extra copy of it and all you are doing is deleting those extra copies, all your original footage is still there and no you don’t no longer need it long as your project is saved (mine auto saves) 💯
kiss on the forehead for you! god bless straight to the point
Your desktop wallpaper name ?
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Clever pun😂😂😂
Deleting proxy media is safe ?
Yes, they are just extra files that get generated to help with editing….that’s if you transcoded your original media to optimized media and/or proxy media during import (or after import). If you are done working on a project there’s really no need to keep these extra files that take up more space. Deleting them will free up space but will keep your original project and media.
Why do some people make 8 minute videos about this ?? It’s so simple
To make money from UA-cam
Buried under the size of your library 😁
DUDE 400 GIGS TO 260 THANK YOU
Makes a huge difference!
Won't that delete your entire clip? I'm new please be nice
Your clips will all be safe- this deletes the internal rendered project bits that help speed up editing. They Cana slays be regenerated if the project is opened/changed/re-exported 👍
Is this app completely free?
No, Final Cut is a one time $300 purchase (but yo ucan get it for almost half price if you're a student or teacher). If you're looking for a free editing app, definitely check out Davinci Resolve.
What is this doing!? What is it deleting?
It’s all of the pre-rendered and generated files that are created when working on a project, not your actual footage or projects.
If you need to open a project after doing this, it’ll just re-render everything.
@@tombuck what’s the difference performance wise
@@tombuck how come when I synchronies the clips to audio and open the project the iPhone videos are normal ad the drone shots are normal but when I drag them in their either too dark or light?
but by this , all projects , all other files , will all get deleted
Nope, nothing is deleted.
@@tombuck then what is deleted by this ?
How much GPU, CPU and memory (GB) for video editing on Final Cut Pro on a M2 MacBook Pro.
Honestly, any M2 should be pretty great with FCP. If you’re doing HUGE projects or a lot of visual effects, then more RAM is always better.
thank you!
thanks
Thank you!