Motion 5 timecode not displaying

That sounds promising, I’ll give it a try this weekend. It’s a good excuse to do some spring cleaning anyway.

Tuesday morning update: Motion 5 does not display time/frames. The "fix" lasted only 2 days. Reinstalling El Capitan did not work.

Please post if anyone finds a permanent solution. Thanks.

Still having this problem. Obviously an odd bug. Think Apple will fix in update?

I too am having this problem: no time/frame count display in the toolbar.

I have tried: launching Motion and deleting preferences; resetting PRAM; resetting SMC; deleting and reinstalling Motion; removing third-party Motion projects; reinstalling El Capitan; validating fonts; deleting Motion from Time Machine backup process; and changing Energy Saver settings. Nothing works.

The time/frame display will appear, sometimes remain for a day or two, and then be gone again.

However I have discovered an easy work-around which doesn't require restarting the Mac: simply log out (Apple Menu > Log Out) and immediately log back in. But again: it's only a temporary fix. The time/frame display will be gone the next time Motion is launched or shortly thereafter.

Thankfully I don't have to rely on Motion too often.

About the only thing I haven't tried is a different User account. Has anyone gone down that path?

Running OS 10.11.6. Motion 5.2.3. Mac Pro (late 2013). Apple Thunderbolt Display.

I tried the following and it didn’t seem to fix the issue:

- Resetting Motion’s preferences.

- Rebooting

I then uninstalled Motion using an app called AppDelete and then reinstalled it.

It now seems to work even after a reboot and I haven’t had any issues in the last few weeks.

We’ll see how long it lasts.

A safer app to use is "FCS Remover" free from Digital Rebellion (dot com), as it is made specifically for the pro apps.

Thanks for the great suggestion, I’ve just downloaded it for future use. 🙂

I have the same issue here - only happened today.

Motion 5.2.3

El Capitan 10.11.5