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JARedmondWA
Inspiring
September 8, 2022
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Premiere Pro lost 4 hours of my work

  • September 8, 2022
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Last night/early this morning, I finished about 4 hours of work. I backed up the containing directory (to a different HDD).

 

This morning I discovered that the latest project file did not contain those last 4 hours. This is the second time something like this happened. From now on I'll aim to snapshot a big project every 1-2 hours.

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J
JARedmondWAAuthor
Inspiring
September 8, 2022

By the way, the backup on the other HDD had the same problem. Specifically, the latest project file showed date/time modified as about 4 hours before the point when I stopped working on PP.

Kevin-Monahan
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Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 8, 2022

How were you backing up JA? I use Auto Save and Edit > Duplicate to build up my backups. You must choose File > Save before backing up. Did you do that? Sorry if I do not understand your process.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
J
JARedmondWAAuthor
Inspiring
September 8, 2022

Hi JA,

Sorry to confuse some terminology. Edit > Duplicate inside of Premiere Pro is for backing up sequences. 

 

I meant to say that you can right-click on the project file in Finder or Explorer and choose Duplicate. That will back up your project file. Similarly, File > Save As can work to back up project files, but I prefer to Save A Copy.

 

Preferences > Auto Save is where you can adjust how often backups are made. Check the box to save a backup to your Creative Cloud folder. That has saved me before. Project Settings > Scratch Disks is where to choose where you can save Auto Saves.

 

Automatic backups can sometimes be unpredictable, so duplicating or saving copies of project files is done as a fail-safe.

 

Thanks,
Kevin


In Windows 10 File Explorer, there is no Duplicate. What does work, however, is to right-click Copy and then right-click Paste in the directory (or wherever one wants); if one pastes in the same directory, one gets a new file named "whatever - Copy.prproj," which is good enough.

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