Clearing preferences in FCP in OS v10.8.2?

Use preference manager instead.

http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/

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com.apple.finalcutpro.plist is still in my username/Library/Preferences directory on 10.8.

>Remove the "Final Cut Pro User Data" folder from the Preferences folder.

What you should be deleting if doing it manually are the three files highligted below, not the folder...

Maybe the OP is looking in the wrong library, the user library is hidden by default. I believe you have the key Mr Holmes.

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com.apple.finalcutpro.plist used to locate in users- library-preferences. After I installed

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2. it is not there any more.

i can see some .plist files in Machintosh HD-Library-Preferences, but not com.apple.finalcutpro.plist of FCP preferences.

Any ideas?

what's the resistance to using digital rebellion's preference manager? It's free and works great. And it allows you to back up and restore preferences for not just fcp but many other video and audio apps.

The directory /user name/Library is hidden by default in Mac OS X 10.7 and higher.

To bring it back temporarily, bring Finder to the front, hold the Option key and select Go from the Finder's menu bar. Select the Library from the drop down menu.

To bring it back to how it appears in Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier, launch Terminal and type the following:

chflags nohidden ~/Library/

then press the Return key

This is a good program. I was getting a compilation error with DVD Studio Pro, and this program solved the problem. It's very intuitive and uses colored icons! Unlike the new gray on gray of Mountain Lion.

Thank you for the tip.

Why does Apple has to be so clever? Pretty much what Nick said...

on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, to trash your preferences -

on the Mac, click on Go

hold the Option key down, and you will see "Library" appear - click on Library

scroll down to the Preference folder

in the Preferences folder, delete this file

com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist

in the same Preferences folder, scroll down to the FinalCutProUserData folder

and delete these three files -

Final Cut Pro 7 Preferences

Final Cut Pro Obj Cache

Final Cut Pro Prof Cache

And that's why we pretty much always recommend using digital rebellion's preference manager. It does what it's supposed to do and it's free.

This solution I had may help some folks:

I was having trouble exporting AIFF files from FCP 7.0.3. Trashed my prefs, still go the "Error: file too big" error.

Turns out that I had a corrupted sequence. Made a new sequence, pasted the clips into it, and it exported fine from the same project.