MacBook Pro 16 inch 2021 M1 Pro 16GB
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Typical FCP project with mix of media from 4K to less, lots of compound clips -nothing crazy- has been working fine but then started lagging more and more as I cut the project, and now I can barely open the project after I force quit. No google software ever installed. Thanks so much for any help you can give.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.2
Have you tried deleting the render cache? Perhaps there's a corrupt render file. I'd think a newly created library wouldn't have a corrupt render file, but it's an easy thing to try.
Select the library in the browser, choose File->Delete Generated Library Files... Choose All Render files.
Manage render files in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support
Have you tried deleting the render cache? Perhaps there's a corrupt render file. I'd think a newly created library wouldn't have a corrupt render file, but it's an easy thing to try.
Select the library in the browser, choose File->Delete Generated Library Files... Choose All Render files.
Manage render files in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support
Is it just with this one project, or FCP overall?
You may try deleting preferences - often the first thing when FCP starts to misbehave.
The report does not mention any external drive. Is the library in the internal drive? If not, what drive - HD or SSD, and how is it formatted and connected to your mac?
See if you can open a recent data backup and see how it performs.
So I tried again to open other projects in the library in question. They opened and seem to be okay. Looks like it's really just one specific project that is freezing up.
Just checked other projects in in the same library. Getting beachballed there also.
yes I deleted the settings
internal drive only, media stored in library.
perhaps this is worth mentioning. When the situation first started, I began using an autosave backup library instead which helped a bit. But the problem got worse so now both the autosaved one and the original are beachballing.
just checked a completely unrelated library and that is working fine. So this problem seems specific to this one library.
One more update: I created a new library and copied the edited clips into timelines in that new library. Then I made proxy media for everything. It's still slow (slightly better but still slow), especially when going back and forth between projects.
I tried making a new library and pasting the edited clips from the problematic project in a new timeline. Also made proxy media for everything. Still getting spinning wheel with nearly every action.
This is a relatively new laptop and I haven't encountered this kind of problem until now. All my upcoming projects will be similar in terms of complexity, so I'm very worried about identifying the underlying issue.
Thanks again!
Hi Tom, thanks for the response.
I just tried opening the most recent data backup, same result. Can't even load the project.
Typical FCP project devolved into nonstop beach balling
