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Q: Final Cut Pro 7 suddenly won't launch

I have had this same configuration working for almost 2 years and suddenly, Final Cut Pro 7 won't start.

 

I have:

 

Mid 2012 15" Macbook Pro i7 2.3 Quad

8GB Ram

512MB Nvida Graphics card

FCP 7.0.3

MacOS 10.8.5

 

It gets through asking for hardware setup, then hangs.  Under Force Quit it goes to red (Not Responding)

 

I've done the following:

 

Trashed preferences manually, then used the Digital Rebellion utility to trash preferences

Repaired Permissions

Zapped PRAM

Still won't start

Uninstalled all apps and plug ins with the FCS Remover utility

Re-installed FCP 7.  Tried to launch without updating, no go.

Uninstalled again

Re-installed and updated before launch, it will go through profiling for RT, then hangs.  Under Force Quit it goes to red (Not Responding)

 

It was not updated to the latest ProCodec update (1.0.5?)  The only thing that I've installed between the last time FCP worked and now was Blackmagic Davinci Lite.  Any thoughts?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Sep 10, 2014 9:13 AM

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