Older Mac Pro Final Cut Pro .... Now Constant Drop Down Message

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Older Mac Pro Final Cut Pro .... Now Constant Drop Down Message

Hello

I'm about a month away from a new Apple Studio Pro high end configuration. In the meantime, on a high end for its time Mac Pro circa 2011 with 48gb RAM 3.46GHz, 6 core Intel .... all of a sudden I have this almost constant settings drop down repetitively, nearly every time I move my curser anywhere near the story line. They have long ago been entered for the current project. I hit OK and rinse and repeat. Anyone have any ideas how I can make it STOP!!! Please? Almost impossible to work now.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.14

Posted on May 20, 2024 1:42 PM

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ronfab1 Author

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May 21, 2024 12:36 PM in response to terryb

@terryb .... where in here do you think for disk access? I do still see that drop down now, twice only it seems, upon FCP startup, once and then as soon as I move my cursor again to the left above the story line section. After that I can fly all over the screen and story line.

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Tom Wolsky

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May 20, 2024 1:49 PM in response to ronfab1

Which OS are you using? Which version of FCP? How big is your system drive? Joe much free space? Where is the library stored? If it’s on an external drive, how big is it, how much free space, and how is it formatted?

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terryb

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May 20, 2024 3:45 PM in response to ronfab1

Very strange. In addition to Tom's questions, have you modified the keyboard shortcut settings so that's now somehow triggering the storage locations dialog?

Try resetting your FCP Preferences. Hold option and command while launching FCP and choose Delete Preferences... It will open the default Untitled library. Reopen the library you were working on and see if the problem is resolved. Be sure to set the preferences back to the way you like (disable Background rendering, etc.)

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terryb

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May 21, 2024 11:10 AM in response to ronfab1

Regarding background rendering, unless your timeline won't play in real-time, disable background rendering. Enabling this setting creates very large files every time you make a change. If there's a section of the timeline that won't playback in real-time, select the clip or clips to render, then choose Modify > Render Selection or press Control-R.

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ronfab1 Author

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May 21, 2024 11:38 AM in response to terryb

@terryb .... I did the reset of the preferences and started a new project but that didn't fix the problem. Then I turned off background render and ... Boom! Fixed! And thanks for the new info on what background render does with all the new large files. I had no idea.

Thanks much!!

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terryb

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May 21, 2024 11:57 AM in response to ronfab1

Great! Glad it helped. Still, very odd behavior though. I don't remember if FCP 10.4.10 / MacOS 10.14.6 were sensitive to disk permissions. If there's a System Preferences setting for Disk Access in 10.14.6, make sure FCP has Full Disk Access.

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ronfab1 Author

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May 21, 2024 3:47 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom. OK no, FCP did not have full disc access so I added it and re-locked the settings. But LOL every time I open it it is still doing this quick little message comes up I delete, and it comes up again with any cursor movement, delete .... and then it is good. Far as I can tell. Moving the cursor all over including story line.

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ronfab1 Author

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May 20, 2024 8:24 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

OS: Mojave 10.14.6

FCP 10.4.10

Boot 250gb solid state 60gb free

Library and everything on 16TB external with 9TB free

^^^ Mac OS extended (journaled)

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ronfab1 Author

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May 20, 2024 8:27 PM in response to terryb

@terryb .... no I haven't modified the keyboard shortcut settings. If need be I will have to try the other suggestions tomorrow. I do have background rendering on currently. Thanks.

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Tom Wolsky

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May 21, 2024 12:04 PM in response to terryb

Yes, Mojave has full disk access controls, and FCP needed to be added.

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Tom Wolsky

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May 21, 2024 12:47 PM in response to ronfab1

Look in Security & Privacy.

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