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FCP 10.8, macOS Sonoma and Apple Silicon Persistent Beachballing Problem when Transcoding

Folks, I keep having an issue while since upgrading to Final Cut Pro 10.8 and macOS Sonoma.


  1. I used to have no issues doing additional work after initiating a transcode. FCP would simply pause it's processes.
  2. Now whenever I initiate transcoding to make proxies, I get the spinning beachball which persists until the job is done. I can't click anywhere else or do any other operation within Final Cut Pro.
  3. I've closed other apps to free up any memory.


  • As of writing this I am using FCP 10.8.1 on macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 on an M2 Max MacBook Pro with 64 GB of memory.
  • Media is stored on an OWC Gemini RAID and transcoding via thunderbolt to an OWC SSD where all of my project proxies are stored.
  • This is also after a complete wipe and reinstall of my computer, the macOS, FCP and a clean rebuild of the RAID.


Has anyone else noticed an uptick or more situations where FCP does not allow you to continue working and pause background tasks? I don't recall having this issue with Intel Processors nor before Sonoma.

MacBook Pro (M2 Max, 2023)

Posted on Sep 1, 2024 2:04 PM

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FCP 10.8, macOS Sonoma and Apple Silicon Persistent Beachballing Problem when Transcoding

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