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SO MANY BUGS!! (unable to paste transform effects to multiple clips, audio effects fail on export, software freezing)

  • I have been having these issue through many different versions of Final Cut Pro X, and they have persisted into the Final Cut Pro 11 Update (I am always using the newest OS and FCPX version, and I am using an M1 Max Macbook Pro with 64GB unified memory)


  • When attempting to copy/paste transform effects of a clip to multiple other clips, it either doesn't work, or only applies the effects to 1 clip, and nothing is applied to the other clips. So I am forced to paste the effects to each clip individually which is extremely time consuming.
  • audio effects sometimes do not work within the timeline. If they do work within the timeline, when I export the video, they are often not there at all. 
      • my workaround for this issue has been to export the video as SOURCE Apple Prores 422 with Linear PCM audio (which successfully applies audio effects in the exported video), and then bring that video into the timeline to use it's pre-exported audio track in the final export (which is most often h.264, multi-pass, ACC, rec.709, .mp4)
  • the program often freezes up, and I need to force quit and restart Final Cut Pro


I have only been able to find 1 or 2 other people with any of these individual issue online, and so far I have seen no solutions. The bugs constantly persist through every update, including this update to Final Cut Pro 11


I have tried resetting FCP to original settings, I have tried fully uninstalling and reinstalling FCP, and all of the issues still persist.


I have no clue what to do, and it seems that most people don't have these issues and are unable to recreate the problems.


PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY HELP!!

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Nov 16, 2024 12:52 PM

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Nov 17, 2024 2:09 AM in response to shazzyzang

Since you are experiencing a lot of problems that are not common, and continue across different versions, this suggests that there may be something specific to your system that is playing a part. Often there are third party poorly programmed or downright malicious software that can cause trouble.


Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here.

Use the “additional text” button and paste the report into the text box.

Nov 17, 2024 2:52 PM in response to shazzyzang

I see 3 things in the report. Others may find additional items.


1 - The system drive is full. It needs a bare minimum of 10% free space. For a 2TB drive that's 200GB. Ideally you want 15-20%, or 300-400TB free.


2 - NordVPN antivirus/antimalware. If this runs continuously, it could be a problem. The recommendation around here is to use Malwarebytes and only run it on demand.


3 - You have the Google updater and keystone software. The keystone agents are known to cause issues with the ProApps. Follow the instructions at https://chromeisbad.com to remove all the cruft Google installs. Simply removing Chrome.app is not enough. You may need to reinstall FCP from a backup or the AppStore.

Nov 17, 2024 5:12 PM in response to terryb

here's the 2nd etrecheck report. i actually tried fully uninstalling NordVPN and reinstalling without activating the threat protection, because i don't actually use that feature. and I cleared up as much space as I could immediately. and I went through and removed all of the google/keystone files and uninstalled chrome, and reinstalled FCP 11.


Nov 16, 2024 1:16 PM in response to shazzyzang

after examining closer, it appears that the issue with transform effects is only when there are keyframed effects, and it appears that the keyframes are still applied to the clip, but way further down on the timeline (even though the clip does not currently extend that far), and even if i select to maintain keyframe timing, I still have the issue.

SO MANY BUGS!! (unable to paste transform effects to multiple clips, audio effects fail on export, software freezing)

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