FCPX Won't Start after Forced Quit

Hi there. Having so many issues with FCPX since upgrading to Catalina.

When I was editing a clip, I got the spinning beach ball and FCPX seemed to freeze. After half an hour, I forced quit. But when I clicked on the icon to re-start the application, it bounced in the dock for about 5 minutes, then nothing appeared to happen. But if I click on the icon again, nothing at all happens. There is no white dot under the FCPX icon in my dock, but when I press Command-Option-ESC, it appears that FCPX is actually running even though there are no windows or anything on my screen.

If I reboot my computer, then I can start FCPX again, but I've gone through this cycle a number of times now, because I've been having so many stability issues with FCPX since Catalina, I can barely get any work done with it anymore.

How can I fix this?

Here's my iMac specs:

I store all my FCPX projects and files on an external Porsche Design 3TB drive with USB 3 connection and over 750 GB of free disk space. My internal drive is a Fusion Drive that has over 500 GB free.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jan 4, 2020 5:09 PM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Posted on Jan 6, 2020 9:29 AM

It could well be involved.

The items in question, according to the report, are:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/Nalpeirond6b.plist

Executable: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b/Nalpeirond6b

Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware

Launch Daemons:

[Other] Nalpeirond6b.plist (? 1c26771 - installed 2012-05-21)

You should get rid of them by:

a) In Finder, press command-shift-G, then type or paste

/Library/StartupItems

Drag the whole folder "ProTec6b" to the trash

b) In Finder, press command-shift-G, then type or paste

/Library/LaunchDaemons

Drag the file "Nalpeirond6b.plist" to the trash

c) Restart, then empty the trash

d) Run Etrecheck again, to see if there are any remnants of this thing.

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