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normanfromdavidson
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Final Cut Pro 'Reveal in Finder' inactive for external drive transfer

I have a M4 iMac with Golden Gate 27.0.1 OS. When running Final Cut Pro and wanting to transfer a project library that includes video photos and music to an external flash drive, the "reveal in Finder" option is not active, even though I know that the flash drive is recognized by the computer. How can I make it active?

Posted on Oct 6, 2026 1:52 PM

3 replies

Luis Sequeira1
User level: Level 9 (77,942 points)

Oct 7, 2026 12:14 AM in response to normanfromdavidson

It’s a bit unclear where you’d use Reveal in Finder. Have you already transferred your library to that drive and are trying to access individual media files with Reveal in Finder? Or something else entirely?


Two things to note:

1) If by “flash drive” you mean a pen or thumb drive, they are usually not adequate for editing (though they work ok for transferring ot copying)

2) Final Cut Pro needs to be granted “Full Disk Access” - if not, it might be why you can’t find stuff.

Michel Boissonneault
User level: Level 5 (5,064 points)

Oct 6, 2026 3:12 PM in response to normanfromdavidson

Hi(bonjour),


Did you reconnect your files to files stored on external drive. Final Cut Pro keeps previous links if you don’t doing so.


Michel B.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256371534