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User profile for user: neelsinha
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User level: Level 1
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Final Cut Pro X Crashes My Entire Computer Repeatedly When Trying To Open

I updated my Mac Studio M1 to MacOS 14.6.1 and I was asked to update Final Cut Pro X as well. After doing that, it tried to scan my audio plug-ins upon opening. I am a musician and producer, so I have hundreds of audio-based plug-ins that I do not need FCPX to see. It took a long time to scan through my plug-ins, but about halfway through, it must have found a plug-in that it couldn't open, and my entire computer crashed. This is significantly worse than having FCPX crash since it will continue crashing my computer over and over until I can force close FCPX before it tries to open it again.


I do not know which plug-ins are causing the problems, I have deleted and redownloaded Final Cut Pro X but the problem persists, and I cannot delete or move all my plug-ins since I need them for other applications. This problem did not exist on the earlier version of my Mac OS and FCPX. It used to work perfectly.


This problem makes FCPX unusable and dangerous to my work day from crashing my entire computer for an unknown amount of time (due to crashing again and again on unlock).


I believe I need a way to ask Final Cut Pro X NOT to look for plug-ins or open them. I must give it access to my removable volumes since I need a place to store the videos, but in doing so I'm giving it access to all my plug-ins. What can I do to solve this issue?

Mac Studio (2022)

Posted on Jan 16, 2025 4:48 PM

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User profile for user: terryb
terryb
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Jan 16, 2025 7:27 PM in response to neelsinha

Before launching FCP, you can temporarily disable all audio plugins by renaming /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins to something like Plug-Ins.disabled.


To determine which plugin(s) might be causing the problem, you'll need to divide and conquer by launching FCP with a small set of plugins in the /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/ folder. If FCP successfully launches, then quit and add another plugin and relaunch until you find the culprit(s).


Once you determine which plugin or plugins are incompatible with FCP, you can move just those to a .disabled folder before you run FCP. You could probably even create an Automator script to quickly do this. Contact the developer to see if there is an update for the plugin.


I agree, FCP should have a way to disable all or specific plugins. Let Apple know via Final Cut Pro->Provide Final Cut Pro Feedback...  or use this link Feedback - Final Cut Pro - Apple

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