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Final cut pro freezes system when rendering

I updated to MacOS 10.14.3 yesterday (and there was an update for Pro Video formats as well). This morning I went on editing a project (nothing fancy, it was really fast earlier) which worked pretty well, but when I wanted to export a master file, it made the whole system freeze. I tried a different project as well, which seemed fine at first, but when it started to render some background files, it froze the system as well. I've never had any problems in these projects. When the render or export does work, it's extremely slow (it needs 30 minutes for 3 minutes of video).

This is what I tried already:

Reinstalled Final Cut Pro
Did an NVRAM reset
Removed the FCP settings when starting FCP
Run a first-aid in disk utility in Recovery Mode

My system should handle it easily:

Mac Mini (2018)

6 core 3,2 ghz Intel i7

32gb RAM

Working on these project from the internal 1tb flash drive with plenty of space left.

Anyone who has an idea what to do? I'm tired of googling and finding nothing that helps.

Thanks!

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Feb 11, 2019 7:25 AM

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CBParkers

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Posted on Feb 22, 2019 12:36 AM

I was having the same exact issue, FCPX would freeze while rendering as would my entire computer. I have temporarily removed ANY plugins that were associated to FCPX and it fixed the problem. The one plugin in particular that was causing my freezing was MInstaller and mLut by MotionVFX (which has worked great on passed versions of FCPX).

Also note that before removing my plugins I deleted and re-downloaded FCPX and updated all of my software to no avail. The plugins were definitely the issue. I hope this bug is fixed in the next version and I hope this helps someone who was as frustrated figuring it out as I was.

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Apr 24, 2019 5:09 PM in response to JJWWMM

Is anyone still having this issue after updating to FCPX 10.4.6 on Mojave 10.14.4? My issue is what was described from the beginning of this thread. My 3rd party apps removed, preferences reset, etc. I still have the issue. The only way to correct it is to turn off background rendering. Anyone else?

Feb 14, 2019 9:06 AM in response to JJWWMM

Same problem here.

By removing all Plugins from PixelFilmStudios and also Color Finale -> FCPX works again.

Hope there will be new updates soon.

Mar 10, 2019 3:08 PM in response to Nekris

Just watched it, yes that’s the issue I had. The beachballing freezing, noticed that it stopped after uninstalling some of the free plug ins I had, as well as Clean My Mac X I had to remove.

Nekris

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Mar 21, 2019 2:02 PM in response to JJWWMM

FCPX 10.4.6 released

TDSnaps

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Apr 16, 2019 6:50 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Finally got it to work! The only change I made was I uninstalled iStatMenu from my machine. I also turned off an adjustment layer, but it didn't have a LUT on it just minor curve adjustments.

Mar 4, 2019 11:48 PM in response to JJWWMM

I experience the same problem too, with OSX 10.14.3 and FCPX 10.4.5 : when applying the Cinema Grade or LUT Utility plugin to a clip in the timeline the entire MacBook Pro get's so slow it's useless and basically freezes. The background rendering tasks have a serious problem and stall most of the time. Deactivating the plugin brings everything back to normal. Also deactivating the antivirus program or shifting the render files to local didn't solve the problem.

TDSnaps

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Apr 16, 2019 9:51 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Given that multiple other users in this thread with older machines are having the same freeze issue on a video render I don’t think it’s my machine’s issue. It’s a software issue that needs to be patched. I’m not going to refresh my hard drive, as others in this thread have done, for it to just have the same issue again. We just need a patch from Apple on either macOS or FCPX to fix the issue.

Mar 7, 2019 1:41 AM in response to duncan281

There is a post in another thread saying that rendering was significantly better in 10.14.4 beta:

Final Cut slow down - Apple Community

Not sure about third party plugins.

Mar 9, 2019 12:25 PM in response to WV-Films

I agree, have to you tried to reinstall the plugins? I have so many different third party effects, transitions I really hate to have uninstall them ughhh

Tom Wolsky

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Apr 15, 2019 11:19 PM in response to TDSnaps

Take back the machine.

Apr 28, 2019 9:47 PM in response to propimagery

Well propimagery,

but still. Using macOS 10.14.4 with FCPX 10.4.5 on my 2017 13" Macbook Pro with integrated graphics got me a working system with all plugins again.

iNeedPow

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Mar 10, 2019 3:00 PM in response to Nekris

I have the EXACT same issue. I'm assuming those purple layers are adjustment layers... that's when I run into the most trouble. When I put an effect on an adjustment layer, and then try to do ANYTHING else, or even let it render. It just, freezes. And I have to force quit.

Apple needs to get their act together and fix this ASAP, or they're going to start losing creators to Adobe Premier.

TDSnaps

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Apr 16, 2019 9:56 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Others said it was still happening.

Before the the recent updates the iMac was whisper quiet, but when I render now the fan kicks on super loud. I do have a program running that shows the CPU/GPU usage and the GPU maxes out while rendering.

JJWWMM Author

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Feb 13, 2019 5:46 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

All plugins worked fine before the update. But I agree that Pixel Film doesn't have the most stable plugins.

Tom Wolsky

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Feb 14, 2019 10:07 AM in response to whilecoffee

Have you contacted Color Finale? You should report the problem there. There may know of it already and may have information on upcoming resolutions.

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