Copy Project To New Drive

[nickh91433363]

This may have been asked before, however I can't seem to find the answer.

I am very new to Premiere Pro and have a MacBook Pro and iMac. If I start working on a project on say my MacBook Pro and want to then continue working on it on my iMac, I would expect to simply to be able copy the folder along with all the files to an external hard drive then over to the iMac.

However when I copy the folder and files onto the external drive and if I open the project and look at the Properties of the assets they are still point to the MacBook Pro.

Is there a quick way to relink all the assets to the new destination drive (iMac)?

I have also tried collecting the project using the Project Manager however the folder structure isn't copied over, resulting in all of the files being in one single folder.

Am I missing something completely simply here?

Thanks in advance,

Nick

[Mo Moolla]

Hi Nick

Here is a thread that should help you with your query

Moving Premiere project to new PC inc. cache files (.cfa, .pek, etc.)

Mo

[nickh91433363 · Accepted solution]

Thanks Mo, I believe my problem is that I was opening the project from my external drive which was still attached to the MacBook Pro where the project originally resides.

I deleted the project from the MacBook Pro then opened it from the external drive, and upon opening Premiere Pro informed me that the files were missing. All I had to do was relocate one file and Premiere Pro found the remaining files.

So, I am guessing that forgetting that I deleted the project from the MacBook Pro and simply copying it from the external HD to my iMac that upon opening the project I would get the same missing files message.

Nick

[Mo Moolla]

Pleasure Nick

[Mo Moolla]

FYI Nick

If you need to move ALL files including cache files etc use this method between machines.

It is very reliable

Go to File->Project Manager

You will see an option thats says Collect Files and copy to new location. Next to this you will see :

a) Include Audio Conform Files

b) Include Preview Files

Best of luck

Mo

[nickh91433363]

Thanks Mo, the problem with that option though is that the folder structure will is not maintained, so all files end up in a single folder.

[Mo Moolla]

Nick next project maybe change the workflow and concentrate a little on initial project management to avoid issues