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Logic Pro X Project will not open

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I've had this issue occur recently on several different Logic Pro Projects. A project will be working fine for a while and then all of a sudden one day it won't open. Usually the loading bar progresses most of the way and then right before the full windows pop up Logic Pro quits immediately and without even giving the popup about the application quitting unexpectedly. I've tried opening projects with Core Audio disabled and removing some plugins and then reopening the project though that does not usually work. Have tried the usual stuff like restarting the computer and the audio interface (UAD) I am usually using some UAD plugins as well as other 3rd party plugins on these projects. I have also tried creating a new blank project and then manually reimporting all the tracks from the crashed project. One time I was able to do this with a project with about 70 tracks and it worked fine until I saved and closed it and then it would not open again after that. One time I switched the I/O process buffer size and the process buffer range and then tried reopening a project that hadn't been opening and it worked - hasn't been repeatable so far though.


Computer is Mac Pro (2019) running macOS Catalina version 10.15.6 and Logic Pro X version 10.5.1. I have also had some unresolved issues with the computer not shutting down and just staying on a black screen until it is force shut down but I have no idea if that is related.



Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks!

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Posted on Sep 9, 2020 12:19 AM

Sounds as though you’ve done some reasonable things to test, I’d also unplug all your usb/thunderbolt connected devices (mouse and keyboard aside) and try a new text project and see if you can repeat the crashes. If not, replug one at a time and continue the test. There are occasions when bad drivers or incompatible disks create problems.

if you have any external disks check they’re all formatted correctly, check you have no internet services or cloud services waiting for responses. Testing without WiFi/internet is also a good way to test external dependencies.

Having checked that, and assuming no joy, you could also try creating a new user account to see if that makes any difference.

Let us know and then we can see what else might be worth a try.

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Sep 9, 2020 12:19 AM in response to taw20

Sounds as though you’ve done some reasonable things to test, I’d also unplug all your usb/thunderbolt connected devices (mouse and keyboard aside) and try a new text project and see if you can repeat the crashes. If not, replug one at a time and continue the test. There are occasions when bad drivers or incompatible disks create problems.

if you have any external disks check they’re all formatted correctly, check you have no internet services or cloud services waiting for responses. Testing without WiFi/internet is also a good way to test external dependencies.

Having checked that, and assuming no joy, you could also try creating a new user account to see if that makes any difference.

Let us know and then we can see what else might be worth a try.

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Sep 14, 2020 6:10 PM in response to Iaamusic

Hi laamusic, thanks for your reply! I would really like to give what you've suggested a try. However, I have a few questions for you.


Since all of the projects which have crashed are running UAD plugins which only run on UAD hardware how can I try to reopen these projects with the UAD interface disconnected?


Also what exactly do you mean when you say that all external disks need to be formatted correctly? How can I check this?


Thanks!

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Sep 14, 2020 10:55 PM in response to taw20

First run without UAD, only if everything seems ok reconnect. You’re trying to find the problem, if logic opens consistently without the UAD connected then there’s something wrong there.

On external disks check with disk utility. They should be formatted Mac OS extended. Obviously if they’re not you’ll need to take steps to rectify that, but it’s a job if they’re full of stuff cause you’ll have to make sure they’re backed up completely before reformatting. Anyway, just check for now. 👍

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Sep 14, 2020 11:00 PM in response to Iaamusic

Hi, thanks for responding again so quickly!


So I've tried that- running it without UAD and still having issues. Drives are all formatted to Mac OS extended.


The weird thing is that I literally have projects that won't open multiple times in a row even after restarting the computer and various other things and then without changing any variable (that I am aware of) suddenly the project will be able to be opened again. It's very inconsistent and hard to replicate consistently.

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