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Projects backup / restore
Hi there! I'm using Pro Tools First and I'd like to backup my projects in case the system crashes or to be able to reopen them on a PTF installed on a different machine. Is that possible?
Thanks for your help. Alex |
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Re: Projects backup / restore
By default, PTF stores your projects in the cloud. So, in your case, they will already be backed up and available on other machines running PTF.
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Re: Projects backup / restore
Hi atanganel,
Some text... Would the below workaround be an idea? I did some basic tests only... Worth giving it a try. Move the complete Pro Tools work folder (that is including subfolders and files) on a different drive and use mklink to make a shortcut as if the files were still in your Documents\Pro Tools folder. And. Make a copy of the same Pro Tools folder in a second (backup) folder with keeping the Pro Tools folder structure unchanged. FIRST. I moved the Pro Tools folder (around 1 GByte in my case) from Documents\ to a folder on a preferred data drive (E:\bin\). I assured that the Documents folder did not contain any Pro Tools folders or files anymore. The new work folder is then now E:\bin\Pro Tools For backup you might want to copy this Pro Tools folder in say ..\backup_protoolsfirst\ or so. Do not change the Pro Tools folder structure! SECOND. I opened CMD in Administrator Mode and entered the below mklink symbolic link command (the quotes are needed because of the spaces in the folder names): mklink /d "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Pro Tools" "E:\bin\Pro Tools" CMD should then come back with: symbolic link created for C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Pro Tools <<===>> E:\bin\Pro Tools In the Documents\ folder I found the by mklink generated Pro Tools folder work again but then only as a shortcut. I started Pro Tools First 2019.6 and it worked OK. BTW. I do not sync too much to the AVID cloud at the moment since due to COVID-19 the servers over there are a bit crowdy... (untick the green Backup to Cloud bullet). Good luck Harry Windows 10 Pro x64, build 1909 | Pro Tools First: 2019.6 | ASIO4ALL v2.14 |
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Re: Projects backup / restore
I have this problem where despite still having the project cache with all the project files, PTF doesn't 'see' my project anymore so there is no way to open it.
so I don't think there's any way to restore a project if it isn't in the cloud. I hope I'm wrong. Ive been emailing support for help many times and still havent heard back. |
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Re: Projects backup / restore
Hi,
All the files are still on your local drive? Are the project files, for some reason, read-only? If you are familiar with the good old MSDOS then try this attrib command. Justin K. of SOS Studios mentioned somewhere in this DUC to do this: 1. Go to the Command Prompt (cmd and then choose administrator mode). 2. Enter the directory where your session is. 3. Type attrib /s -r and hit enter. This removes the read-only from all files in the current directory and all sub-folders. URL for an explanation of attrib : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...ommands/attrib Otherwise search on the internet for: "how to change attributes in windows 10". The attrib as of above is very powerful though. Hope this helps. Harry |
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Re: Projects backup / restore
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Yes, all the files are still on my hard drive. I'm on mac, so I couldn't try the MSDOS command, but I switched every file to read & write in macos and it doesn't seem to help unfortunately. Have you ever been able to restore backup projects by putting them back in the cache folder ? I was starting to think that it was impossible. |
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Re: Projects backup / restore
Hi hitsville,
The only things I can think of is whether the file/folder structure has been changed, that you logged in under a different Avid account or that the project folder name was changed. You did not delete one or two files by accident? Check the first folder image (the one with the 1 2 3 arrows) of the below link: https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/hom...t-to-pro-tools Folder structure: Level 1: Project Cache; Level 2: AVID account folder(s); Level 3: Your project folder(s). In Project Cache (Lvl-1) folder you see a subfolder (Lvl-2) with a weird name. This is the folder (Lvl-2) belonging to your Avid account (if you have a second account you will see two). In this folder (Lvl-2) you will find one or more weird named subfolders (Lvl-3) each containing the project subfolders and files. You should be able to move or copy this folder (Lvl-3) everywhere you want. But. For working with PTF again this folder (Lvl-3) has to be put back in folder (Lvl-2). If you did not change this structure and did not change folder names it should work. Answer to your question: I did not test it. But accordng to the experiences I have with mklink (also in this thread) it should not be a problem... Last edited by harry smit; 06-05-2020 at 04:06 AM. Reason: Folder level 1 2 3 naming confusing. I added Lvl- |
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Re: Projects backup / restore
Thanks Harry, for some reason it doesn't work for me. I didn't delete any files, my offline projects stopped showing in the list all of a sudden. Still waiting for support to get back to me after a month
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