Whenever you save or the auto-save saves your script, Final Draft makes an additional date- and time-stamped copy and places it in another folder for safe-keeping. You can set the location of this folder to be on any drive or partition you want and also set the number of backups stored in the folder before the older backups are purged. The files will be named as
yearmonthdaymilitarytimefilename.fdx
so if you saved your script, Casablanca, on December 25th, 2023 at 8AM, the backup file will have this name:
202312250800Casablanca.fdx
To access the Final Draft Backup folder (RETAIL VERSION):
Final Draft 9 - 13:
Go to the Final Draft menu at the upper left of your screen and choose Preferences (macOS 12 and earlier) or Settings (macOS 13 and later) Autosave/Backup tab. Click Open Backup Folder to display your backup files.
To access the backup folder in a Finder window:
- Click on the Mac Desktop to bring up the standard Mac Finder menu across the top of the screen;
- Hold down the Option key and choose Go Library;
- Open Application Support > Final Draft > Final Draft 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 > Backup.
Final Draft 8:
Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) / 10.9 (Mavericks) / 10.8 (Mountain Lion) / 10.7 (Lion):
- Click on the Mac Desktop to bring up the standard Mac Finder menu across the top of the screen;
- Hold down the Option key and choose Go > Library;
- Open Application Support > Final Draft > Final Draft 8 > Backup;
- Your script backups will be displayed.
To access the Final Draft Backup folder (MAC APP STORE VERSION):
- Click on the Mac Desktop to bring up the standard Mac Finder menu across the top of the screen.
- Hold down the Option key and choose Go > Library;
- Open Containers > com.finaldraft.finaldraftappstore.v12/11/10/9/8 > Data > Library > Application Support > Final Draft > Final Draft 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 > Backup
- Your script backups will be displayed.
ALTERNATE ROUTE (RETAIL VERSION): Finder window > Go menu > Go to Folder > ~/Library > Application Support > Final Draft > Final Draft 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 > Backup.
OLDER MAC OPERATING SYSTEMS -- Final Draft 8 / 7 ONLY
Mac OS X 10.6 / 5 / 4: Go to Macintosh HD > Users > username > Library > Application Support > Final Draft > Final Draft 8/7 > Backup
For information on how to change the location of the backup folder, click HERE.
NOTE: Final Draft 10 technical support is discontinued as of February 1st, 2025. Final Draft 10 activation support is discontinued as of June 30th, 2025. You may purchase an upgrade to the latest version of Final Draft by clicking here.
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