This is a strategy that I’ve used successfully:
I would start by creating some empty folders:
- “jdsh-2021-03-107” to contain everything involved in the project. At the end of the day working on the project, I would update the backup copy of this folder on an external drive (I’m using a network drive for this backup). This is the biggest backup as it contains everything, and needs to be saved to a fast external or secondary drive.
- “jdsh-project”. The main project will be saved in here.
- “backups” for regular backups created with “save lossless copy of project”
- “source-files” for any audio files that will be imported into the project
- I may also have a “notes” folder to keep production notes as .txt files (not shown)
Working process:
- “jdsh-project-interview.aup” and its associated _data folder “jdsh-project-interview_data” is the main project that I’m working on.
- “jdsh-project.zip” is a zip archive of the main project. This would be updated daily and external backup copies made.
- At frequent intervals I would export a “lossless copy” of the project, and name them with a 3 digit number such as “jdsh-bac001.aup”.
- For cloud / network storage, I would make a .ZIP archive of the most recent lossless backup, and upload it. Example: backup001.zip