sound effects are not shown anymore in Final Cut Pro X

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sound effects are not shown anymore in Final Cut Pro X

This problem occurred for several users with FCPX 10.3 but no real solution was found. I got all sound effects in the proper folders /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/Final Cut Pro Sound Effects but starting FCPX 10.3.4 does not exhibit any content.

This is on a Desktop Mac with OSX 10.11.6. I might be correlated with El Capitan as with my MacBook with HighSierra the same FCPX version runs fine.

As I am not inclined for a "solution" to update the OS I wonder whether anybody else found a solution in EL Capitan?

Thanks, Helge

Final Cut Pro X, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Feb 27, 2018 2:59 AM

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Answer 1

helge33 Author

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Feb 27, 2018 8:39 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Yes, same empty media windows. I tried to delete all FPCX prefs files plus Caches.. no improvement😟

The browser windows are empty, the folder selection menu at the upper rights says "No Items". When selecting the iTunes Lib window you can see the "busy wheel" in the middle but nothing ever happens. After installing GarageBand there is a corresponding entry in the selection on the left but again.. no entries...

The console log comes up with several error (or warning?) message like:

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27/02/18 17:34:54,330 Final Cut Pro[501]: Could not find image named 'AddToTimeline_Normal'.

27/02/18 17:34:54,581 Final Cut Pro[501]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.

27/02/18 17:34:54,642 Final Cut Pro[501]: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID.

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Answer 2

helge33 Author

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Mar 1, 2018 12:24 PM in response to Mike Sastre

Well maybe the OS update corrected something concerning the media management in the background. Apps like iTunes or Fotos use several background processes to promote their content to other Apps like FCPX.

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Answer 3

Tom Wolsky

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Mar 1, 2018 1:50 PM in response to helge33

There’s something wrong with the installation. You should see the iLife content that comes with iMovie if nothing else. Try reinstalling the application, which may work; if not you’ll probably have to do a clean install of the OS.

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