Specifications

Chapter 16: DigiBase 303
Deleting Catalog Items
When you delete a folder or item from a Catalog,
Pro Tools lets you choose whether to delete only
the alias from the Catalog, or also delete the origi-
nal files from the disk.
To delete an item from a Catalog.
1 Open a Catalog and select one or more items.
2 Do one of the following:
• Press Delete.
• Choose
Delete Selected from the Browser
menu.
3 When prompted, do one of the following:
• To remove the aliases for the selected items from
the Catalog, click
Aliases.
• To delete the selected items from disk (and re-
move their aliases from the Catalog), click
Files.
Deleting Folders in Catalogs
Deleting a folder from a Catalog does not delete
the folder on disk (even if you choose to delete all
files from disk). Because Catalogs are “snapshots”
of items, their aliases only include files that resided
in the corresponding folder at the time the Catalog
was created. To avoid potential data loss, folders
are never deleted from disk, even though you
might choose to delete Files instead of Aliases.
Searching Items
DigiBase provides powerful search capabilities so
you can quickly search and find files.
The Workspace browser lets you search across
multiple volumes and catalogs (if available). All
other DigiBase browsers let you search the cur-
rently displayed contents of that individual
browser.
Performing a search filters the Items List or Search
Results pane to display only found items that
match the search criteria.
The Relink window provides specialized search
capabilities for finding and relinking missing files.
For more information, see “Linking and Relinking
Files” on page 313.
Search Features for All Systems
All systems provide the following search capabil-
ity:
• Search by item Name, Kind, and Date Modified.
• Results of a search are displayed in the Items
List, where they can immediately be selected for
auditioning, copying, and other operations. In
the Workspace browser, a separate “Search Re-
sults” pane displays found items.
• Utilize search syntax modifiers, such as OR,
wildcard characters, and greater than/less than.
See “Search Modifiers” on page 305.
• Search in Quick or Advanced Search mode.
Quick mode assumes (fills in) wildcard charac-
ters for faster data entry while searching. Ad-
vanced Search mode lets you specify wildcard
characters for more precise searching. See
“Search Modes” on page 306 for more informa-
tion.
• Search by any data column, such as Comments
fields, sample rate, format, and tempo
• Save the results of a search as a new Catalog.