FCPX crashing on startup

Hello all. FCPX crashes immediately on startup. I get about 1 second of seeing the timeline before it crashes. Just started two days ago. I am current on OS and current on FCPX. I use FCPX almost daily for work but delete its library often (weekly) once projects are completed. I tried adding another admin login on the laptop to see if the problem persists across users and it does. I have tried deleted preferences on startup and still crashes.


Macbook pro running macOS 13.6 (22G120)

FCPX Version: 10.6.9 (409075)

Hard drive has 117.74 GB available of 250.69 GB


Problem Report shows:

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 6 Abort trap: 6

Terminating Process: Final Cut Pro [25388]


Problem Report attached.


EtreCheckPro report attached.


Any help here would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks!



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Sep 24, 2023 8:10 PM

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Sep 25, 2023 2:50 PM in response to stinky_carp

Can you try FCP 10.6.9? Make a zip backup of your current FCP first (Etrecheck says it's 10.6.7).


Could it be failing on an AU? You could try temporarily moving the ACE and Solstice Audio AU plugins out to the Desktop and see if FCP will launch. They live in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/ Or you could just temporarily rename that Components folder to Components.ignore.


A more time-consuming approach would be to install a fresh copy of Ventura on an external drive, migrate *only* your User data (no Applications, Network settings, etc.), install a fresh copy of FCP from the App Store and report back how that works.

FCPX crashing on startup

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