Final Cut Pro version 10.6 extremely slow!!!

Your performance is abnormal in 10.6.1.

I meant to say abnormal restart. Apparently saying shut down (s) is bad.

Definitely appreciate you letting me know of that application. If I decide to run, I’ll come back and post. Thanks!

This seems perplexing since most of the other responses on this thread say otherwise. I am crossing my fingers you are right :-)

The vast majority of the people who come here have problems with their systems. It’s like a hospital. Yes, it’s full of sick systems.

FCPX: 10.6.1

Monterey: 12.0

Using thunderbolt to connect to SSDs, the media and cache files are on SSD.

iMac m1 16GB

Still extremely slow when editing.

Thanks Tom, will update when I am able to.

The only plugin I use is mLut from motionVFX.

Is Noise the only effect you’re using? Is this the built-in effect or a third party? I don’t remember if you said what the project specs are and what export settings you’re using.

Thank you.

Because Noise is super slow to process. Just trying to get a picture of what you’re doing to see if this problem can be reproduced on other systems.

Sorry, the attached file is here.

Sure, thank you, here you go sending a etrecheck report

Same problem and from me. Too slow in transconrding and analysis any file. I have a MacBook pro late 2019 with 16gb memory and GPU with 4GB. I try a lot of things (delete the library etc).

Finally I try to do a video with the same files in iMovie, no problem, everything goes fast and smooth.

To all of us who have old ProMac 2015 models with only 2G of video memory and the FCP crash problem, Apple states that the newest version of FCP requires a MINIMUM of 4G but recommends higher than that for proper functionality. In short, the latest version doesn't run well on 2015 models. I have ordered the new mega powerful machine. Not to wax tech philosophical, but FCP doesn't run at all on the first Mac ever made either :-) We just need to realize that at some point we need to upgrade our machines. That's life. My original Mac is in the attic, my 2015 Pro to join it soon. Otherwise, your only option, as has been pointed out numerous times in this thread, is to downgrade to the previous version. You will shut out of any future FCP upgrades (which are automatic) if you don't.

Yes, absolutely correct, Currawong! That's why I posted this earlier:

Please make sure you backup to Time Machine regularly and before any updates — it's a life saver, especially in reinstalling an earlier version of FCPX. Also, save a copy of your Library in the current FCPX version before updating to a newer version. Once the Library is updated, there's no going back to an earlier version unless you have a backup Library from that version.

terryb had also posted:

By default, FCP backs up libraries (no media, just the database) inside ~/Movies/Final Cut Backups/ every 15 minutes, so you could've opened a pre-10.6 version of your library in a worst-case scenario.

With all that can happen with an update, we need to be wise and vigilant in how we backup and restore! : )

Thanks, Everyone, for sharing advice and best practices. Now let's hope Apple is working on a fix.