tvdude007
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Q: Final Cut Pro 6 installed. Now won't open. Help!

Installed FCP 6 a week ago. Need to edit reel asap. The program now won't open, thus I can't edit. If anyone has ideas on how to solve, extra bonus points and gold stars. Deadline for TV reel was yesterday. Can anyone advise? Have restarted, and tried everything. My clips are all captured and ready to drop, drag and make DVD and link. I'll be up all night... if anyone can assist with this. THX.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), External drive port

Posted on Apr 22, 2013 7:40 PM

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Q: Final Cut Pro 6 installed. Now won't open. Help!

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  • by Meg The Dog,Helpful

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Apr 22, 2013 8:02 PM in response to tvdude007
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    Apr 22, 2013 8:02 PM in response to tvdude007

    Use Disk Utility to repair your disk permissions.

    Download Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion (free) to repair your FCP permissions.

     

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

     

    MtD

  • by tvdude007,

    tvdude007 tvdude007 Apr 22, 2013 11:12 PM in response to Meg The Dog
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    Apr 22, 2013 11:12 PM in response to Meg The Dog

    DOG... I downloaded the app, but didn't do anything. Can you walk me thru? I'm a creative force but technically challenged. Where do I find the disk utilities repair at? After downloading the link you attached, I just don't know the next step. I'm sure its simple to you, but maybe a little more detailed roadmap? It's FCP 6 and was fixed by Apple, then doesn't open. Hope you are still up. THX

  • by David Mclaine,

    David Mclaine David Mclaine Apr 23, 2013 4:34 AM in response to tvdude007
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    Apr 23, 2013 4:34 AM in response to tvdude007

    Open Disc Utility, (Applications/utilities/dic utility) select your user drive from the list on the left and click "repair permissions".

    I think Meg meant to say "trash your preferences" in Preference Manager. Just open the application and click on the little square next to Final Cut Pro and then Click on Trash on the top left.

    DM

  • by Nick Holmes,

    Nick Holmes Nick Holmes Apr 23, 2013 10:28 AM in response to tvdude007
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    Apr 23, 2013 10:28 AM in response to tvdude007

    >It's FCP 6 and was fixed by Apple, then doesn't open.

     

    What's this?

     

    Did an Apple Store repair your Mac at some point?

    If so, it sounds like they reinstalled the OS and then migrated your applications from the old HD.

     

    Bad. Bad. BAD.

     

    The Final Cut Studio installer places many files at system level, some are in folders that are normally invisible to the user. Migration does not bring those files across, so FCP will not work properly and will typically refuse to open.

     

    Back to the digitalrebellion site for you.

    This time, get a free copy of FCS Remover. Run it and then completely re-install FCS from the original DVD set.