Help! FCP won't start!

[silverback66]

I've been editing my latest film for the past two months and typically I keep final cut running since I just put my computer to sleep at night. Well last night I was trying to speed up other apps I was running so I saved and quit out of final cut. Now it crashes instantly when I try to start it. Can anyone help me with this? It's 4.5 that I'm using by the way if that helps any.

 

[leftbanke7]

Try trashing your FCP preferences file and see if that helps. You will need to empty the trash before starting up FCP b/c OSX will look in the trash for the bad file.

 

[silverback66]

I deleted the preferences file and tried it and it didn't work, but looking at the list here, there three other files that have the preferences listed as "parent". Should I delete those too?

they're labelled:

Final Cut Pro User Data
com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist
and
com.apple.RegFinalCutPro.plist

 

[leftbanke7]

If I'm thinking correctly, the preference file that you want to trash can be found at Users --> (your user name) --> Library --> Preferences --> Final Cut Pro User Data --> Final Cut Pro 4.5 Preferences (this is the file). If this is the file that you did erase, then I am not sure what's going on. As for the file named com.apple.RegFinalCutPro.plist, this is your registration file so I wouldn't trash that.

 

[silverback66]

So do I have any other options here? It seems like FCP is the only app affected.

 

[leftbanke7]

Make sure your capture files and project files are saved and backed up and reinstall FCP. That's about the only suggestion I can think of. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[silverback66]

I was afraid of that. Looks like I won't be finishing my movie anytime soon. My install disks are back at home and I won't be there until Christmas.

 

[BenJolene]

Try repairing permissions from Disk Utility. And if you can boot from another disk, repair your hard drive using Disk Utility or (if you have it) Disk Warrior.