I bet Apple has some information about it in their Knowledge Base, so you might want to try there. If it works, it would probably be a pretty failsafe system.

thanks!
Thaddeus

You won’t be able work on the project if it’s only in Time Machine. That is, that you’ve captured everything to your internal drive, let Time Machine grab it, then deleted it from your internal drive. The only thing you can do with your project at that point is restore it.

It’s like putting left-overs in the refrigerator. You can eat it now, or store it for later. Once it’s in the fridge you can leave it there or take it out and eat it. But you can’t eat it while it’s actually in the refrigerator.

Your best bet is to just purchase an external drive and use it exclusively for your project. Time Machine is great to have as a backup for your main system, but can be extremely risky when you’re using it for project management — especially since Time Machine automatically removes older files as the drive fills up.

Using Time Capsule would be pretty much the same story, but you’d have latency issues to deal with too. When you’re editing, you’re going to want the speed a direct connection provides.

And finally, if you bought your Mac in the last three or so years, you probably already have an Airport card installed. Since 2006 (maybe earlier), all new Macs came with wireless connectivity built-in. Check your system’s settings (click the Apple logo at the top left, then About This Mac, then More Info. Look for the section that says “Airport Card” under the Network heading).

That said, Time Capsule seems like it would be a great way to get worry-free backups of your main system. But I wouldn’t use it as the primary storage solution for a Final Cut Pro project.

It can be risky, yes. Especially if you don’t trust your backup drive (or Time Machine). So far it’s been pretty helpful though. And, honestly, it’s actually kind of a fun way to manage video files.