Final Cut Pro cannot save changes to “Untitled.” The storage location for one or more libraries is no longer available. The libraries will be closed so that no work is lost."

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Final Cut Pro cannot save changes to “Untitled.” The storage location for one or more libraries is no longer available. The libraries will be closed so that no work is lost."

I've seen this question a few times, but decided on asking it myself because I wanted to restate it. I have been getting this error message above. It brought me to an "open Library" area so I reopened my library. And I went through, and deleted a project to open up some more storage. But then, when I tried editing the project I had been working on, I got the same error message. So I went and did the same thing, and Final Cut said that the project I deleted got "corrupted" and could no longer be read. So it appears that I need more storage space in order to edit, but I can't delete anything in order to make that space. What the **** do I do to get out of this loop??!! Also, I'm working on something big so I need help quick.

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 2:37 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Jan 4, 2021 2:55 PM in response to anonymoususer87

First, make sure FCP has Full Disk Access assigned in Privacy System Preferences.

Second, if you can open the library, use File>Delete Generated Library Files. Remove everything, optimized, proxy, and all render files.

Now we need some information: What OS and FCP versions are you using? What are computer specs exactly? Where's the library and the media stored? Is it on the system drive or an external drive? How big are the drives, and how much free space do they have? We'll start there.

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Alchroma

Level 7

23,918 points

Jan 4, 2021 3:45 PM in response to anonymoususer87

You could try holding the OPTION key as FCP launches.

This will stop a damaged Library from opening and allow you to open another OR create a new one.

This will allow you to narrow down where the issue lies, possibly a corrupted Library or something it is trying to load.

Al

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