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318 Part IV Settings and Preferences
About Thumbnail Cache Files
Thumbnail cache files store small representative images of your clips that appear in the
Browser and Timeline.
The amount of space that the cache files use is determined by the Thumbnail Cache
setting in the Memory & Cache tab of the System Settings window. For more
information, see “Memory & Cache Tab” on page 319. For information about the
autosave feature, see “Using the Autosave Feature” on page 20.
Search Folders Tab
When reconnecting clips to media files, Final Cut Pro uses the folders assigned in this
tab to search for media. The folders listed here appear in the Search Folders pop-up
menu in the Reconnect Files dialog, allowing you to limit your media search to specific
media drives and folders. This is helpful when you have a large number of disks that
contain footage for multiple projects, or when you are using a SAN (storage area
network).
∏ Tip: Searching a SAN or subdirectories of an HFS+ volume can be more
time-consuming than searching an entire HFS+ volume, so you can speed up the
search processes performed when reconnecting media by limiting which folders
Final Cut Pro searches on your SAN.