Are your Final Cut Pro libraries taking up too much space on your Mac? Curious how to find out what specific parts of your library, event and/or project are consuming the most space, and how to clear them out?
In this Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) tutorial, I'll cover a few different ways you can determine how much space is being taken up by items like render files, analysis files, transcoded media, etc. This includes in Final Cut Pro itself, through Finder on your Mac, as well as through the Terminal app for those that are more comfortable with the command line. I'll also discuss how these different files can be deleted from the same three options above (in Final Cut, Finder, and through Terminal), as well as the different caveats to each cleanup method, and what you'll want to keep in mind when using them.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comment below!
0:00 - Intro, the challenges of saving space with FCPX
0:39 - FCPX: Find what's taking up space
2:34 - FCPX: How to delete render files (and caveats to this)
4:59 - Finder: Find what's taking up space, and how to delete
6:01 - Terminal: Find what's taking up space
8:48 - Terminal: How to delete render files
10:20 - Terminal (Bonus): Check total space on all FCPX libraries
10:52 - Conclusion
Some example commands used in the video, run in my macOS Terminal (macOS running zsh). Be sure to replace the file path examples with the actual path for the files/folders your targeting (e.g. your username, library name, event, etc.):
To see how much space items in a given directory are taking up:
du -hs /Users/username/Movies/library.fcpbundle/event/* | sort -h
To remove a specific directory (e.g. Render Files):
rm -Rf /Users/username/Movies/library.fcpbundle/event/Render\ Files
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