Specifications

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Consolidating Files with Catalogs
Catalogs are excellent tools for consolidating
files from a variety of sources.
For example, create a Catalog named “Thumps”
and fill it with sound effects from three different
volumes. You can then drag the Catalog from
the Workspace browser to another volume, and
a folder named “Thumps” is created on that vol-
ume. All of the files referenced by the Catalog
are automatically copied to the volume. Folders
and sub-folders, if any, and their contents are
included in the copy.
Updating Catalogs
Since a Catalog database is not linked to any par-
ticular volume, there is a limit to the abilities of
the Update Index command. When Update Data-
base for Selected is selected from the Browser
menu in a Catalog, Pro Tools searches for the
items represented by the aliases in the Catalog
and updates the following information:
Metadata Metadata for all files found online, in-
cluding File comments, are updated.
Database Comments Database Comments are
not updated, because they are unique to each
Catalog and are not part of the file’s metadata.
Relinking Catalog Items
If files are ever missing from a Catalog, use the
Relink window to locate, copy, and relink files.
For more information, see the Pro Tools Reference
Guide.
Deleting Catalogs
To delete a Catalog:
1 Select one or more Catalogs in the Workspace
browser.
2 Press the Delete key, or choose Delete Selected
from the Browser menu. A warning dialog ap-
pears.
3 In the warning dialog, do one of the follow-
ing:
• Click Cancel to cancel the delete operation.
• Click Delete Files to delete aliases and asso-
ciated files from disk.
• Click Delete Aliases to delete only the
aliases and not the associated files.
This operation cannot be undone.