FCP does not always remember settings for projects?

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FCP does not always remember settings for projects?

I'm newer to FCP now about 12 months into it.

One thing I find annoying is that FCP does not remember my settings in two areas even on the same project that I'm still working on. One is in the settings for Skimming, Audio Skimming, Clip Skimming, and Snapping. Like every few days it just reverts to being unchecked again when I previously had them all checked .

The other is on the size of the clips in the project area (see the picture for the one I'm talking about). Here again, it seems randomly (but maybe every other day or so), both of these scroll bars end up all the way to the left and I have to re-size them again.

Is there something I'm overlooking to have these just always stay the same? I'm talking even on existing projects. I could maybe see if I created a new event or new project and had to re-set all these but this happens even with an existing project from one night to the next. Thank you.

Mac mini, macOS 15.2

Posted on Jan 14, 2025 7:58 AM

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Answer 1

terryb

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Jan 14, 2025 11:20 AM in response to Ramblinmanva

If you hover over icons, a popup will show you what the keyboard shortcuts are. For example, hovering over the Snapping icon shows that 'n' is the keyboard shortcut to enable or disable.

There are quite a few single key shortcuts. Here's a list of all shortcuts: Keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Jan 14, 2025 8:19 AM in response to Ramblinmanva

These settings are not per project; they are overall in the application.

Furthermore, they have keyboard shortcuts, and it is very easy to press these keys unwittingly.

For example the letter s toggles skimming. If you accidentally press it when not editing any text field, boom, you turned skimming on or off.

I would not expect these sliders to move without user intervention.

As always when there is unexpected behavior, you can try deleting preferences. To delete preferences, hold down command and option while starting the application and click Delete Custom Settings. The application will start with default settings and open an "Untitled" library. Adjust the settings, reopen the library you were working, and see how it works now.

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Answer 3

Ramblinmanva Author

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Jan 14, 2025 8:27 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks so much Luis for the education on this. I did not think or know about short cuts for those skimming settings. I will try to monitor it. I'll play around with the deleting custom settings as well. Thanks again.

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