I can no longer drag clips from the viewer to the canvas or timeline. When I the clip seems to disappear behind the canvas or timeline. "Show Overlay" is checked. The Edit Overlay box, which used to appear in the canvas, no longer appears. I use Final Cut Pro 7. I've edited a feature with no problem, so I'm assuming something has gotten switched off? Thanks.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Have you tried trashing your preferences? That is the usual first step when FCP begins to act in unexpected ways.
You can download Preference Manager (free) from Digital Rebellion and it will do it for you:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Your preferences will be reset to default settings the next time you launch FCP.
If you want to do it all manually:
Final Cut Pro 7: Troubleshooting Basics - Apple Support
MtD
Have you tried trashing your preferences? That is the usual first step when FCP begins to act in unexpected ways.
You can download Preference Manager (free) from Digital Rebellion and it will do it for you:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
Your preferences will be reset to default settings the next time you launch FCP.
If you want to do it all manually:
Final Cut Pro 7: Troubleshooting Basics - Apple Support
MtD
Thanks so much!
Now that the problem is corrected, do I return the Final Cut Pro User Data folder and the com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist to ~ Library/Preferences? Or do I trash them?
Thank you.
If you look in the directory where you got the original items from, you should see fresh new items with the same names there.
If so, trash the old ones - you don't need them anymore (hence "trashing your preferences").
MtD
You're wonderful! Thank you.
Why can I no longer drag clips?
