Final Cut Pro freezes constantly after every action

Gotcha, yeah I'll try to carve out time for a fresh install but -- my Mac Pro that works fine is based off that same migration path (and yes, it's LONG, going back to my very first iMac Special Edition DV from 2000!).

I did remove all the keystone Daemons but I didn't delete Final Cut Pro X and reinstall. Do I need to remove the FCP preference files as well?

Gotcha, tried that and the issue remains. My guess is this has something to do with not having a discrete graphics solution in this system and / or the T2 chip that the newer Intel Macs use for decoding / encoding H.264 & H.265 videos COMBINED with some weirdness that the 1.15+ firmware on the Hero 10 Black introduced. Final Cut Pro X is due for an update soon (10.6.2 is already being previewed my vloggers on YouTube) and I suspect that GoPro has a firmware in the pipeline. I'll wait for those as I have workarounds in the meantime.

I appreciate all the knowledge in this thread and the advice!

Thank you for the update! I have tested firmware 1.40 as well and I can confirm, the issues also still exists at my MacBook Pro 13,3 2020 i7. Thank you for taking the time to call Apple. I have already done that in the past and the only feedback I got was "it must be a Gopro issue" ...

Hi!

MacOS Monterey 12.0.1

Final Cut Pro 10.6.1

MacBook Pro 13 2020

i have the same issue. However, I do not use an external drive and I do not have chrome installed.

Thanks

here is the link to 1 file as an example I have this problem with https://1drv.ms/v/s!ApWgEJ_7qjHWkQ7xb6-Nj3lfKqLb?e=fAJ9UT

I imported the file and already when previewing it, FCP freezes

How did you do this? I'm having the exact same freezing issue and its driving me insane!

How did you downgrade firmware on the GoPro10?

Can you help me find where I could download the 1.10 firmware? I cannot find it. 😭 Please and thank you!

I have had it from an article at community.gopro.com, where somebody postet a link to it, but it seems, this whole article/discussion was taken down

I already did on December 11th 2021 in this thread, but thank you anyway. I just wanted to highlight, that this issue seems to occur on the same Macbook Pros models (13“, 2020 or 2019, Intel i7)

Just thought I would update this thread. I have tested the new Hero 10 1.40 firmware and the latest 12.3.1 Monterrey update and unfortunately, the issue still exists. I had a call with Apple this morning and provided them with a Camera Archive of my memory card from the GoPro so they can do some testing. I would suggest anyone here experiencing the issue do the same.

I do appreciate the advice given here but in my opinion, at this point we're beyond this being a simple install issue and downgrading the GoPro firmware to 1.10 isn't an option for me. My reluctance to doing any further troubleshooting here is that two people (myself and mariofruehwirt) are experiencing the exact same problem and the common denominators are the model of MacBook Pro we're using (2020 Intel) and the GoPro Hero 10. And yes, I could contact GoPro support but frankly, it would take me hours to get passed their frontline support, who are just used to handling, "I gnar'd too hard and my GoPro is broke, bruh!" calls. And I'm hoping Apple has some kind of contact with the GoPro engineering to streamline a solution. Though that could be wishful thinking! lol

Update 2: I have downgraded my Gopro Hero 10 to firmware 1.10. It's working now, FCP does not freeze anymore. Thanks to all of you who offered their help! I really appreciate it!