Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide302
Moving, Copying, Duplicating,
and Deleting Items
Moving, copying, duplicating, and deleting items
in DigiBase browsers follow the same rules and
behavior as in the operating system. For example,
moving a file to another volume copies the file, and
Pro Tools warns you if an items is about to be
overwritten or replaced. Dragging an item from a
Catalog to a Volume browser always makes a new
copy of the item.
Moving Items
To move items:
 Select one or more items and drag them to a new
location. Moving to a new location on the same
volume moves the item, while moving to a dif-
ferent volume copies the item.
Copying Items
To copy and move items:
 Select one or more items and Option-drag them
to a new location.
Duplicating Items
To duplicate one or more items:
1 Select one or more items.
2 Choose Duplicate Selected from the Browser
menu.
Deleting Items and Folders
You can select and delete files and folders in all
browsers. If a selected item resides on a read-only
volume, it cannot be deleted.
For Catalogs, see “Deleting Catalog Items” on
page 303 for additional information.
To delete one or more items:
1 Select one or more items.
2 Do one of the following:
• Press Delete.
• Choose
Delete Selected from the Browser
menu.
3 Pro Tools asks you to verify that you want to
permanently delete selected files from disk.
Click
Delete to proceed, or click Cancel to leave
your files and disks unchanged.
To delete locked files:
1 Select one or more items.
2 Press Command+Delete (Mac) or Control+
Delete (Windows).
You can drag items directly into the Time-
line or Clip List of the current session. See
“Importing Files with Drag and Drop”
on page 339.
To Duplicate selected items in DigiBase
browser, press Command-D (Mac) or
Control-D (Windows).
To skip the warning dialog, hold the Option
key while pressing Delete (or while choosing
Delete Selected).