BUG: Reconnect Media... can't cancel on either window....

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BUG: Reconnect Media... can't cancel on either window....

I've reported this bug to Apple, thought it was worth a mention on here.

When relinking to clips and searching a directory, if you application switch away while FCP searches a big directory... when you switch back, the finder window will be behind the FCP relink window. At that point you can't get either window's buttons to work, so you can't complete the relink or cancel the operation. The only exit strategy seems to be a force quit.

2 x 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 8 GB 800 MHz, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Kona 3, XServe RAID, FCP 7 suite v.7.0.2

Posted on Jun 28, 2010 7:24 AM

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Answer 1

Wyatt G

Level 1

5 points

Aug 2, 2010 10:22 AM in response to avideditor

This is a horrible bug, the only thing I can do when the windows won't become selectible, is to force quit. Lame. How hard is it to make the windows work again after you switch back to FCP? Do they think we never switch apps?

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Answer 2

Aug 12, 2010 5:23 PM in response to Wyatt G

KABLOW!!! So this is a common problem that me and my editor brethren have encountered. I just figured out a solution by accident. Hold down Command+Option and click the bar at the top of the file location dialogue. it will allow you to activate that window and either find the file or cancel it.

it's been a bane in this office so we just had a round of hi-fives and i came here to post it. way more excited than i should be.

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Answer 3

Aug 12, 2010 5:25 PM in response to tencuidados

and by "file location dialogue" i mean the window that's named "reconnect" just cmdoptclick the word reconnect and you're golden. just tested it a few more times on a laptop and on the tower.

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Answer 4

Aug 12, 2010 5:37 PM in response to tencuidados

one more p.s. the reason the program does this is because you are waiting for it to search for the file and then you go check your emails or something. so you can also just not do that.

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Answer 5

Rienk

Level 4

3,155 points

Oct 28, 2010 2:54 AM in response to tencuidados

GREAT!
THIS iS GREAT !

Thank you thank you thank you!

Now I wish I found this tread 5 minutes earlier. Before I Force Quited FCP, which was trying to reconnect 3500 files of which I already reconneced 2800... 🙂

So, Let's reconnect again... 🙂

Rienk

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Answer 6

Jan 18, 2011 2:19 PM in response to tencuidados

You, Sir or Madam, are hereby dubbed The Patron Saint of This Tragic FCP Flaw...

"Thank you" seems somehow inadequate. I can't even tell you how many times I've force-quit because of this bug. Today, it was after resurrecting a project of considerable size, that I decided it was worth looking into.

My next pint will be in your honor.

(Seriously)

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Answer 7

myndex

Level 1

8 points

Nov 13, 2011 4:25 PM in response to avideditor

Just to chime in here - this is NOT an FCP bug - it is a bug in OS X.

You will find this issue happen to a number of differnet applications, including Final Cut and After Effects.

The bug is caused by SPACES, and occurs when OS X fails to bring certain modal boxes to the front when you go back to the applications.

I had tried the hide "other apps" but did not know till this thread that you had to hide otehr by command option clicking on the title bar.

Thank you tencuidados - YOU ROCK.

NOTE TO APPLE: This is a bug in SPACES - please report this to the appropriate group!!!

Bold so people can find it in a hurry:

COMMAND-OPTION-CLICK ON THE TITLE BAR OF THE STUCK DIALOG BOX

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Answer 8

Nov 15, 2011 12:56 PM in response to myndex

this is not where you leave feedback for apple. If you're lucky, someone from apple might see this, but don't count on it.

There is a "Provide FinalCutPro Feedback" in the FCP menu. That might work, but as has been stated, this is an OS bug, not fcp.

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Answer 9

May 27, 2014 5:36 PM in response to tencuidados

Tencuidados Thank You!

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Answer 10

May 3, 2017 5:17 PM in response to tencuidados

Perfect!!

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