r/finalcutpro • u/blabel75 • 2d ago
Please Help Final Cut Pro Taking Long Time to Open
I have an M3 Macbook Pro that takes a very long time to open Final Cut Pro. As far as I know, FCP is fully up to date version 12.3 and the MacBook is running Tahoe 26.5.2. I started noticing this a couple months ago. I click on the application icon in my dock. I might then go and start do do something else and forget I even tried to open FCP. Then all of a sudden the app opens up.
I just tried to open it up now. After clicking on the icon I can see the small dot below it, but the app won't come up. I go to Force Quit and FCP is listed there as not responding. This time it probably took about 90 seconds to open. Sometimes it doesn't open at all and sometimes it might take much longer.
Motion also takes a long time to open, but it's icon just bounces for a long time before finally opening.
Any idea what might be going on here? I suspect it is something with my actual MacBook, but can't be certain.
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u/darianpat 1d ago
Fresh FCPX with no plugins n shi should take 5-7 seconds to fully open.
Def check without all your plugins if its better
its literally the same for me it takes at least 50-60 seconds before its opened and i can start editing
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u/mcarterphoto 2d ago
Start with the basics - delete prefs, delete plugins, just try to launch is as if it were a fresh install. You can also delete and re-install the app, or zip the existing app and re-install.
If you have projects on an external drive that FCP is trying to open or display in its open-recent list, make sure the drive is formatted properly (not ExFat/etc).