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Pro Tools Reference Guide 260
Committing Links
There is no Undo for relinking. Once a file has
been relinked and the session saved, the session
always remembers the new link (the original
link is forgotten). For this reason, no files are ac-
tually relinked until you click
Commit Links .
To commit links:
1
Use the Relink window to link files as ex-
plained in “Single and Multi-File Relinking” on
page 258.
2
Click
Commit
. You are asked to verify commit-
ting links.
3
Do one of the following:
• Click
Yes
to commit links.
– or –
• Click
No
to stop without affecting files.
Relinking and Aliases in Catalogs
DigiBase Pro Catalogs are collections of “aliases”
or “shortcuts” to actual files. If the files are
moved, an item in a Catalog can become un-
linked from the file it references.
To relink a Catalog:
1
Open the Catalog.
2
Select items to relink.
3
Choose Relink Selected from the Browser
menu in that Catalog window.
Workspace Browser
The Workspace browser is your starting point
for managing media (see Figure 13 on page 261).
The Workspace browser is always available
while Pro Tools is running, even if no session is
open.
Only the Workspace browser lets you do the fol-
lowing:
• Designate volumes as Performance vol-
umes (Playback or Record volumes) or as
Transfer volumes.
• View and access all available volumes
• Unmount volumes
• Create, view, and access Catalogs.
• Search multiple volumes and Catalogs si-
multaneously.
The Workspace browser is similar to your com-
puter’s desktop, in that it shows all of the
mounted local and network volumes. The
Workspace browser has all the common browser
elements, including an Items list, View presets,
and access to all files. In addition, the Work-
space browser provides drive allocation settings,
access to catalogs, and the ability to search mul-
tiple volumes and catalogs simultaneously.
Opening the Workspace Browser
To open the Workspace browser:
1
Launch Pro Tools.
2
Choose
Window > Workspace
.
The Automatically Find and Relink option
is the only relinking process that does not
ask you to verify links before they are com-
mitted. If you use this option and are unsat-
isfied with the results, close the session
without saving to prevent the new links
from being committed.
Press Alt+; (Windows) or ; (Mac) to
open the Workspace browser.