Do this by moving your Events to another folder at the top level of your media drive. Your Events are located at the top level of your media drive in the Final Cut Events folder.
FCPX will create a new empty Event on launch. If that doesn't solve your problem, try removing all of your Events to eliminate the possibility of a corrupt media file. Two helpful articles about using the Activity Monitor are located here, and here.ħ) If FCPX won't launch or hangs on launch,įirst try trashing FCPX's Preferences, #4 above. Shut down most other applications while using FCPX to help if you have this problem. Low Free memory or an application with high % CPU numbers could be causing the spinning beach ball. Pay special attention to Free memory and application % CPU usage. Launch Activity Monitor to see what is taking up your system resources. Or by shutting down your Mac and rebooting.Ħ) Slowness (spinning beach ball) or hangs in FCPX, Once you get FCPX running smoothly, make a backup of your preferences for future restore with Preference Manager.ĥ) Some symptoms can be fixed by simply quitting and restarting FCPX Or use the very handy and free Preference Manager 3.0 to backup and trash your FCPX preferences. Quit FCPX, backup and trash these preference files and relaunch FCPX. Make a backup copy on a flash drive and then delete the FCPX preference files located here:
If your card is no longer supported, FCPX might not install or operate properly.Ĥ) Trashing FCPX preferences can fix some FCPX problems. Some graphics cards are no longer supported by the 10.0.3 update. OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later and 256MB VRAM The graphics card requirements for Final Cut Pro X are:
You can also download the trial version of FCPX 10.0.3.ģ) Make sure your machine and graphics card meets the Minimum System Requirements Read the entire Apple support article here: Reinstalling the application does not affect your Events or Projects since they are stored in a separate location. Note: This will permanently delete anything you have stored in the Trash.
If the update is not listed under the Updates Tab:ġ.ĝrag the FCPX application to the Trash from the /Applications folder.Ģ.Ğmpty Trash by clicking Finder > Empty Trash. Graphics cards that do not meet system requirements are listed here even if your current graphics card is working with Final Cut Pro X, please check the list first before deleting your application. Important: Before attempting this process, ensure your system has a graphics card that meets system requirements for Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5 and Compressor 4. My advice, make a copy of your Final Cut Pro X app on a removable drive or flash drive before you delete FCPX.) I luckily made a copy of the FCPX app on removable drive and once I moved that copy back to the Application folder, in the App Store I was able to download the 10.0.3 update. (I had an issue with the App store not recognizing the account which I was logged in to as the account that I bought FCPX from after deleting the app. This update includes new features, bug fixes and improves FCPX performance and stability.Ģ) If you have issues updating FCPX from the App store, try these steps from Apple: 1) Update FCPX to version 10.0.3 via the App store.