Retrieving Files from the Avid Attic Folder (Macintosh)
To retrieve a file from the Avid Attic folder:
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Hide the Avid application. For information on hiding, see the
Macintosh documentation
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From the desktop, double-click the Attic folder in the following
location:
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Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/AvidáXpressáPro
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Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/AvidáXpressáDV
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The Avid Attic folder is usually located in the same folder as the Avid
Projects and the Avid Users folders.
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Double-click a project folder, and then double-click the Bins folder.
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Double-click the bin folder that contains the bin files you want to
retrieve.
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Select View > "as List" if the Avid Attic folder is not already in List
view.
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The bin folder displays the backup bin files and their creation dates.
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Shift+click the files you want to retrieve, and Option+drag the selected
backup files to the desktop.
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This makes a copy of the files, leaving the original files in the Avid
Attic folder.
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Click the Avid application icon on the Dock to activate the application.
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Click the Project Window to reactivate it and click Bins to display the
Bins list.
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The Avid system does not allow a bin and copy of a bin to be opened at the
same time. You must keep all other bins close, and open the backup bins
one at a time.
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Select File > Open Bin.
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Select one of the backup bin files you copied to the desktop.
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When you open the backup bin, a link to that backup bin on the
desktop is created in the Other Bins folder.
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Create a new bin if you do not plan to overwrite existing files.
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Open the new bin and open the backup bin in the Other Bins folder.
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Select the material you want to keep from the backup bin, and drag
files to the new bin.
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Repeat steps 9 through 12 for any other backup bins you copied to
your desktop.
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Select and delete the backup bins in the Other Bins folder.
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Drag the backup bin files on the desktop to the Trash.
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After you have moved the objects, modify their creation dates so they are
considered newest by the system. The creation date is modified whenever
you make a change to an object and then save the bin.
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