FCPX runs faster on a clean install of macOS - how to replicate on existing install?
Hi guys, I have noticed during testing that if I make a new macOS user account, FCPX loads projects much faster than my current user account. There may be a 10 second difference. Other actions are also faster, including when I quit. I'm used to loading a new, big library taking maybe 20 seconds, but on the new macOS user it took 1 second.
Now I know I could just use a new account and start over, but I have these concerns and questions for you:
- Once I get all my other programs, settings, and files into the new User account, are they going to cause the same slowdown to effect FCPX? In other words, though it seems snappier with a fresh clean account, might I be about to waste 5 hours only to then cause the same slowdown once the install is no longer "clean" but rather bogged down?
- Is there a trusted "cleanup tool" I can run on my current User, to get the same effect? (I have already trashed FCPX prefs, run Disk Utility, got lots of empty space, etc.)
Thanks in advance.
iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 10.14