Understanding FCPX bundles

Final Cut Pro X backups have gone wrong for me

Published: Thursday, Nov 5, 2020 Last modified: Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024

sanity.fcpbundle/
├── 5-11-20
│   ├── Original\ Media
│   └── Render\ Files
│       ├── Peaks\ Data
│       │   ├── 13ACF6D20AE1862D8849D9FFBCA5167F
│       │   └── 46D5B8EC3FF83A69FF564815F04692AC
│       └── Thumbnail\ Media
│           └── 8BD72B58ADE11B3D95E2CD6BAC5DD6EA
├── Motion\ Templates.localized
└── __Temp

10 directories

When something has gone seriously weird:

Charlie-5th-birthday.fcpbundle/
├── .fcpcache
│   └── 17-10-20
│       ├── Original\ Media
│       ├── Shared\ Items
│       │   └── +O2MjDm3TaCq8AMoBpCVMg
│       └── Untitled\ Project
└── .lock-dir

7 directories

Moving the y-m-d folder down a level fixed it mv .fcpcache/17-10-20/ ., but why did it happen in the first place?!

For the record, this is how I backup my FCPX bundle libraries.

https://gist.github.com/kaihendry/7e52c334c02c7d20a75dd8919c811140