After upgrading to 10.3 FCP keeps crushing every time I try to open it.
Here is how it happens:
1. First it writes this message:
2. After clicking either Reopen or Don't Reopen, it shows this message:
3. Then after clicking OK this message appears:
And when I hit OK in order to update the library, it crushes:
I am clueless. No solutions so far.
Any suggestions?
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Please clarify what you have upgraded and in what order. We're seeing lots of posts about issues with OS and FCPX updates and upgrades but several folks are confusing or conflating these two, separate events.
The current MacOS is 10.10.3.
The current version of FCPX is 10.2.
Thanks, you're right...
I've upgraded both OS (to the 10.10.3) and FCPX (to 10.3).
First FCPX and then OS.
UUpgrade from what versions? Try repairing permissions.
Tthe current version of FCPX is 10.2, Go to updates in App Store and get the newest version.
ronenishai wrote:
Thanks, you're right...
I've upgraded both OS (to the 10.10.3) and FCPX (to 10.3).
First FCPX and then OS.
We're still not there yet. FCPX only goes to 10.2.
Guys, you are right. I'm sorry. I meant 10.2.
I've upgraded both OS and FCPX to the CURRENT version.
BUT it doesn't change the fact that I'm still having a major problem with this version.
It keeps crushing every time as described in my first post. Please, can you try helping me understand how I can work it out?
Tom W suggested repairing permissions. I'd start with that and see what happens.
Make new administrative user and see if the problem exists
The permission problem was somehow solved. I don't know how, but after updating the OS update from today it disappeared.
I'm now still stuck with the bigger issue: FCPX is crushing every time I try to open.
The message I see is:
After hitting OK, FCPX crushes...
This is so frustrating:(
Digital Rebellion has a free app that will painlessly delete your FCPX preferences. But you can also do it by holding down option and command keys while launching the application. Hope you get it figured out.
and try reading these:
https://cavusmedia.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/trashing-preferences-in-final-cut-pr o-x/
www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Final Cut Pro X 10.1 and later: Troubleshooting basics - Apple Support
I made a new admin user and it did work.
Then, I went back to my original user and repaired permission, but FCPX keeps crushing.
So basically I CAN edit but ONLY with the new user I created, which is not convenient at all.
Any suggestions?
Any time an application crashes, it's good practice to clear your preference files since those files get updated continually.
When you launch Final Cut after hearing clearing preferences, it should open to a fresh, empty library. If you then navigate to the personal library and it crashes the application, you can be pretty certain that the library is corrupted. At that point, I'd once again clear the FCP preferences an then close. In the Finder, navigate to your Final Cut Backups folder (usually in Movies) and double click the library that's the most recent prior to the start of your permissions problems.
If opening/updating the library backup also crashes Final Cut, shut down the system and restart in Safe Mode. After it completes the log-in process, restart and (once again) clear FCP prefs. Restart your computer and try again.
If none of this works, you could attempt to rebuild your user account – or use the new one as a dedicated editing account (with Fast User Switching enabled it wouldn't be too inconvenient). Sorting out user accounts is tedious and probably should be done by someone who's successfully done it before. It's entirely up to you, but if it came to this I'd either use the new account for video, or I'd do a clean install of the OS. (Naturally, you'll want to have a complete backup and critical settings documented before you do that.)
Russ
FCP won't open after upgrading to 10.3
