I just bought this new Mac (15"), and every couple minutes the FCP freezes and I have to force quit to make it work. I cleaned my preferences and dis the system update. I am on the trail still. Not sure what else I can do
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
A Safe Mode boot deletes system caches that may help.
Top left corner of your screen click the Apple > Shut Down.
After your Mac shuts down, wait 10 seconds, then press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold down the Shift key. You should press the Shift key as soon as possible after you hear the startup tone, but not before.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple logo and progress indicator.
Once you are in Safe Mode, go back to the Apple menu. From the drop down menu click: Restart
Then try Final Cut Pro.
About Safe Mode
Hi Carolyn,
Thanks for the response! I just tried doing that - but I am still having the same issue :/
I'm having the same issue and have tried new libraries, repairing permissions, refreshing preferences, I tried to boot in safe mode but FCPX wouldn't run, it would just crash. sent all crash logs to apple ( not that they have the time to read them). None of the usual suspect fixes seem to work.
mid 2011 iMac 27in. i7- 10.10.4 fcpx 10.2.1 - 24gb ram-
jaspreetapplename wrote:
I just bought this new Mac (15"), and every couple minutes the FCP freezes and I have to force quit to make it work. I cleaned my preferences and dis the system update. I am on the trail still. Not sure what else I can do
Can you tell us what you are doing when it crashes?
Also, what are the specifics of the media in use?
Do you have any third party apps loaded on your machine?
Al
Hey Al -
So I am trying to edit a video clip. When I move the video clip to the timeline, it will freeze either immediately when I try to play the clip. Or if I trip the clip and then try to play it - it will freeze.
The media is a mp4 file. I also have a separate audio file which is a mp3. It is a 90 second video clip.
I have downloaded very few apps, just microsoft office, Audacity, and dropbox.
Thanks
Give transcoding a shot.
MP4 to ProRes 422 and the Mp3 to .aiff 48 kHz.
Streamclip is a free app that can do the job.
Al
It worked!!
FCP keeps crashing every couple min!
