Append not working?

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Append not working?

I'm very new to Final Cut Pro, but I'm having some trouble with the append function-- basically, it isn't working at all for me. When I have a clip selected in the browser and try to append it to the storyline, nothing happens.

It doesn't work if I use the button (the insert and connect buttons don't seem to work either), or the keyboard shortcut, or try via the Edit menu. It does work if I simply drag the clips into the project manually.

Does anyone have any idea where I might be going wrong? Is there a setting I might have accidentally enabled somewhere to prevent this from working, or does it only work under certain circumstances? I'm using the trial version, but according to the website no functionality is disabled, so I can't figure out what the problem is. I'm going mad trying to get this sorted out, so any help would be appreciated!

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 8, 2015 12:12 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Mar 8, 2015 12:15 PM in response to anezash

PPost a screen shot of everything below the toolbar.

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anezash Author

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Mar 8, 2015 12:23 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Hi Tom, thanks for the reply; please find screenshot attached as requested. The buttons are there, and when I press one, it briefly flashes blue, but nothing happens with the clip. It's the same when I try appending them via the menu.

I created a totally new library of random clips to test this out on (as you can see), but the problem is exactly the same here as it was when I was working on a proper project earlier. Would love if you could tell me where I'm going wrong!

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GeeD

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Mar 8, 2015 12:51 PM in response to anezash

Does the clip go into the timeline if you drag and drop it from the event?

Geoff.

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anezash Author

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Mar 8, 2015 12:53 PM in response to GeeD

Geoff,

yes, it does. There's absolutely no problem with doing it manually, which is why I'm so baffled that the buttons/menu/shortcut aren't working.

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Tom Wolsky

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Mar 8, 2015 1:04 PM in response to anezash

TTry trashing your preferences. If that doesn't help, try reinstalling the application.

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anezash Author

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Mar 8, 2015 1:10 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Just tried it all again after trashing prefs, and it doesn't seem to have made any difference. Will try a reinstall in a little bit.

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anezash Author

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Mar 8, 2015 4:13 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Seems reinstalling did the trick! Feared the worst when the reinstalled version opened with my project showing, but apparently it still did the trick! Thanks for the assistance.

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dkinnes

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Nov 30, 2015 3:32 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Deleting all the preferences, per this article, worked for me: Final Cut Pro X 10.1: How to remove and reinstall Final Cut Pro X - Apple Support

Note: It only worked for me after I deleted everything AND restarted my computer. I deleted the prefs then launched the app without restarting and it didn't work. Restarting the computer was the secret sauce.

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GeeD

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Nov 30, 2015 3:59 PM in response to dkinnes

According to: https://manytricks.com/blog/?p=3049

and: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19303958/deleting-plist-file-does-not-reset-a pp-on-mac-os-10-9-mavericks-10-10-yosemi…

since Mavericks, preference files are cached and only updated periodically by a separate system-wide process and not every time an application is launched. Consequently one has to restart in order to be sure that the changed (or deleted) preference file is recognised by the application.

Geoff.

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 30, 2015 4:28 PM in response to GeeD

TThis doesn't apply to FCP which doesn't cache prefs while the application is in use, only on quit, when the application state is stored. Trashing prefs with Opt-Cmd, manual delete, or Preference Manager resets the prefs to the default state. Except for Destinations which have a separate preference set saved when new share settings are created. That can be manually reset but doesn't get reset with the software options.

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