FCP Hangs On Choose Setup

I've just installed a Decklink Multibrige and now when I start up FCP the system hangs on the Choose Setup screen...
The weird part is that the FCP splash Screen stays on and the Choose Setup is grey-ed out behind it...
I can move the Choose Setup screen but can't select anything... just get the ominous "Donk" sound....
It's crazy.. the splash screen with my serial stays on... I guess it is stopping me from choosing a setup...
I've updated the firmware on the Multi Bridge and FCP is all updated...
I'm running FCP 7.0.2
Anybody else come across this before...
Cheers

1. Use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions on your system hard drive.
2. [Trash Final Cut Pro preference files|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9756086&#9756086].
3. Restart the computer.

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1. Use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions on your system hard drive.
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3. Restart the computer.

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The source of the slow down is a great little utility of OS X called "RightZoom" by blazingtools. It's a cool app that lets intercepts clicks in application and folder windows on the expand button and opens the window corner to corner of the screen. It works well but sometimes does not play nice with application interfaces. I actually need a better brain cause I had an issue related with Illustrator CS4 and selecting with the direct selection tool.
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1. Disable Right Zoom. - you can kill the task using activity monitor, then go to your System Prefs > Accounts > Log in items and remove RightZoom from the list.
2. You can add Photoshop to the RightZoom application exceptions list. Kill RightZoom, find the RightZoom app in your applications folder and hold the Command key down, then double click to launch which will open the configuration window. To add an application to the list of exceptions, it has to be running. So Launch Photoshop if it is not running and then you will see it as an option to Except.
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FCP hangs using external fw800 drive

FCP hangs when editing. Using Glyph GT062 in Raid 1, connected with fw800
The problem occurs when accessing large files on the fcp timeline - specially after taking a break.
Please help !
2x2.66 Ghz Dual-core MacPro
4GB 667 Mhz DDR2 FB-DIMM
FCP 6.0.6
Attached stack trace taken during the hang:
Sampling process 162 for 3 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples
Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Analysis of sampling Final Cut Pro (pid 162) every 1 millisecond
Call graph:
1171 Thread_2507
1171 start
1171 _start
1171 main
1171 KGMainEvent(void*)
1171 RunApplicationEventLoop
1171 ToolboxEventDispatcher
1171 SendEventToEventTarget
1171 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1171 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1171 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1171 SendEventToEventTarget
1171 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1171 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1171 Events(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1171 DoEvent(OpaqueEventRef*, KGDictInt*)
1171 HandleMouseDown(OpaqueEventRef*)
1171 pKGSendWindowMessage(KGWindowRec*, long, long, KGDictInt*)
1171 pKGPanelWindowProc(long, long, KGDictInt*, void*)
1171 TimelineMessageProc(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGPanelRecord*)
1171 ServicesPanelsMessageProc(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGPanelRecord*)
1171 pKGPanelMessage(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGViewRecord*)
1171 PPassMouseEvent(KGPanelRecord*, KGDictInt*, long)
1171 pKGRulerMessage(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGViewRecord*)
1171 pKGPlayerScrubAudio(KGPlayerRec*, double)
1171 KGPlayerScrubAudioFull(KGPlayerRec*, double, KGDictInt*)
1171 pKGAudioMixerDoScrub
1171 pKGAudioSetTransportRate
1171 STTransportStart
1171 STTransport::Start()
1171 STMixer::Start()
1171 AudioUnitGraph::Start()
1171 AudioOutputUnitStart
1171 CallComponentDispatch
1171 DefaultOutputAUEntry
1171 AUGenericOutputEntry
1171 AudioDeviceStart
1171 HALDevice::StartIOProc(long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1171 HALPlugIn::DeviceStartIOProc(HALObject const&, long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1171 HPHardwarePlugInDeviceStart(AudioHardwarePlugInInterface**, unsigned long, long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1171 HPDevice::ExecuteCommand(HPCommand*)
1171 HP_Device::StartIOProc(long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1171 HP_IOProcList::StartIOProc(long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1171 HP_IOProc::AllocateBufferList(bool)
1171 HPIOProc::AllocateBufferList(HPDevice const&, bool, std::vector<bool, std::allocator<bool> > const&, unsigned long, std::vector<IOBuffer*, std::allocator<IOBuffer*> >&, bool, bool)
1171 IOA_Stream::RegisterIOBuffer(unsigned long, unsigned long, void*)
1171 IOA_HWDevice::RegisterIOBuffer(unsigned int, long, void*, unsigned long, unsigned long)
1171 IOConnectCallMethod
1171 ioconnectmethod
1171 mach_msg
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 Thread_2603
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
1171 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
1171 Thread_2703
1171 start_wqthread
1171 _workqops
1171 _workqops
1171 Thread_2803
1171 start_wqthread
1171 _workqops
1171 _workqops
1171 Thread_2903
1171 0x0
1171 0x0
1171 Thread_2a03
1171 0x0
1171 0x0
1171 Thread_2b03
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 kevent
1171 kevent
1171 Thread_2c03
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 glvmDoWork
1171 pthreadcondwait$UNIX2003
1171 _semwaitsignal
1171 _semwaitsignal
1171 Thread_2d03
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1171 DisplayQueue::Run()
1171 Synchronizable::Wait()
1171 pthreadcondwait
1171 pthread_condwait
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 Thread_2e03
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1171 WorkUnitPerformer::Run()
1171 Synchronizable::Wait()
1171 pthreadcondwait
1171 pthread_condwait
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 Thread_2f03
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1171 WorkUnitPerformer::Run()
1171 Synchronizable::Wait()
1171 pthreadcondwait
1171 pthread_condwait
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 Thread_3003
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1171 WorkUnitPerformer::Run()
1171 Synchronizable::Wait()
1171 pthreadcondwait
1171 pthread_condwait
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1171 Thread_3103
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 AVS::DestroyAVCDeviceController(AVS::AVCDeviceController*)
1171 CFRunLoopRun
1171 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1171 mach_msg
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 Thread_3203
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)
1171 HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*)
1171 CFRunLoopRunInMode
1171 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1171 mach_msg
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 Thread_3303
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)
1171 MIO::DAL::RunLoop::OwnThread(void*)
1171 CFRunLoopRunInMode
1171 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1171 mach_msg
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 machmsgtrap
1171 Thread_3403
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint
1171 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon
1171 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative
1171 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp
1171 pthread_condwait
1171 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1171 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1171 Thread_3503
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 AIOFileThread(void*)
1171 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon
1171 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative
1171 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp
1171 pthread_condwait
1171 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1171 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1171 Thread_3603
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 PrivateMPEntryPoint
1171 DecompressFramesMPTask
1171 MPWaitOnSemaphore
1171 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1171 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1171 Thread_3703
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 PrivateMPEntryPoint
1171 DecompressFramesMPTask
1171 MPWaitOnSemaphore
1171 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1171 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1171 Thread_3803
1171 thread_start
1171 pthreadstart
1171 PrivateMPEntryPoint
1171 DecompressFramesMPTask
1171 MPWaitOnSemaphore
1171 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1171 semaphoretimedwaittrap
Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
15 pthreadstart
15 thread_start
6 pthread_condwait
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
machmsgtrap 4684
semaphorewait_signaltrap 4684
semaphoretimedwaittrap 3513
0x0 2342
_workqops 2342
semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap 2342
_semwaitsignal 1171
kevent 1171
select$DARWIN_EXTSN 1171
Sample analysis of process 162 written to file /dev/stdout

I had the same problem
using exactly the same hardware.
This is my stack file:
Sampling process 193 for 3 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples
Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Analysis of sampling Final Cut Pro (pid 193) every 1 millisecond
Call graph:
1208 Thread_2507
1208 start
1208 _start
1208 main
1208 KGMainEvent(void*)
1208 RunApplicationEventLoop
1208 ToolboxEventDispatcher
1208 SendEventToEventTarget
1208 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1208 SendEventToEventTarget
1208 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 StandardWindowEventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1208 HandleMouseEvent(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*)
1208 CallNextEventHandler
1208 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 HIObject::EventHook(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1208 HIObject::HandleEvent(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*)
1208 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions
1208 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 StandardWindowEventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1208 HandleMouseEvent(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*)
1208 SendEventToEventTarget
1208 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 HIObject::EventHook(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1208 HIObject::HandleEvent(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*)
1208 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions
1208 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
1208 WheelEventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*)
1208 HandleWheelMove(long, long, long)
1208 pKGRulerMessage(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGViewRecord*)
1208 pKGPlayerStep(KGPlayerRec*, double, unsigned char, double)
1208 pKGPlayerGoto(KGPlayerRec*, double, long, unsigned char)
1208 pKGPlayerScrubAudio(KGPlayerRec*, double)
1208 KGPlayerScrubAudioFull(KGPlayerRec*, double, KGDictInt*)
1208 pKGAudioMixerDoScrub
1208 pKGAudioSetTransportRate
1208 STTransportStart
1208 STTransport::Start()
1208 STMixer::Start()
1208 AudioUnitGraph::Start()
1208 AudioOutputUnitStart
1208 CallComponentDispatch
1208 DefaultOutputAUEntry
1208 AUGenericOutputEntry
1208 AudioDeviceStart
1208 HALDevice::StartIOProc(long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1208 HALPlugIn::DeviceStartIOProc(HALObject const&, long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1208 HPHardwarePlugInDeviceStart(AudioHardwarePlugInInterface**, unsigned long, long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1208 HPDevice::ExecuteCommand(HPCommand*)
1208 HP_Device::StartIOProc(long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1208 HP_IOProcList::StartIOProc(long (*)(unsigned long, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList const*, AudioTimeStamp const*, AudioBufferList*, AudioTimeStamp const*, void*))
1208 HP_IOProc::AllocateBufferList(bool)
1208 HPIOProc::AllocateBufferList(HPDevice const&, bool, std::vector<bool, std::allocator<bool> > const&, unsigned long, std::vector<IOBuffer*, std::allocator<IOBuffer*> >&, bool, bool)
1208 IOA_Stream::RegisterIOBuffer(unsigned long, unsigned long, void*)
1208 IOA_HWDevice::RegisterIOBuffer(unsigned int, long, void*, unsigned long, unsigned long)
1208 IOConnectCallMethod
1208 ioconnectmethod
1208 mach_msg
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 Thread_2603
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
1208 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
1208 Thread_2703
1208 start_wqthread
1208 _workqops
1208 _workqops
1208 Thread_2803
1208 start_wqthread
1208 _workqops
1208 _workqops
1208 Thread_2903
1208 0x0
1208 0x0
1208 Thread_2a03
1208 0x0
1208 0x0
1208 Thread_2b03
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 kevent
1208 kevent
1208 Thread_2c03
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 glvmDoWork
1208 pthreadcondwait$UNIX2003
1208 _semwaitsignal
1208 _semwaitsignal
1208 Thread_2d03
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1208 DisplayQueue::Run()
1208 Synchronizable::Wait()
1208 pthreadcondwait
1208 pthread_condwait
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 Thread_2e03
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1208 WorkUnitPerformer::Run()
1208 Synchronizable::Wait()
1208 pthreadcondwait
1208 pthread_condwait
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 Thread_2f03
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1208 WorkUnitPerformer::Run()
1208 Synchronizable::Wait()
1208 pthreadcondwait
1208 pthread_condwait
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 Thread_3003
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 Thread::RunHelper(void*)
1208 WorkUnitPerformer::Run()
1208 Synchronizable::Wait()
1208 pthreadcondwait
1208 pthread_condwait
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 semaphorewait_signaltrap
1208 Thread_3103
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 AVS::DestroyAVCDeviceController(AVS::AVCDeviceController*)
1208 CFRunLoopRun
1208 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1208 mach_msg
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 Thread_3203
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)
1208 HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*)
1208 CFRunLoopRunInMode
1208 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1208 mach_msg
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 Thread_3303
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*)
1208 MIO::DAL::RunLoop::OwnThread(void*)
1208 CFRunLoopRunInMode
1208 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
1208 mach_msg
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 machmsgtrap
1208 Thread_3403
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint
1208 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon
1208 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative
1208 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp
1208 pthread_condwait
1208 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1208 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1208 Thread_3503
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 AIOFileThread(void*)
1208 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon
1208 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative
1208 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp
1208 pthread_condwait
1208 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1208 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap
1208 Thread_3603
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 PrivateMPEntryPoint
1208 DecompressFramesMPTask
1208 MPWaitOnSemaphore
1208 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1208 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1208 Thread_3703
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 PrivateMPEntryPoint
1208 DecompressFramesMPTask
1208 MPWaitOnSemaphore
1208 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1208 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1208 Thread_3803
1208 thread_start
1208 pthreadstart
1208 PrivateMPEntryPoint
1208 DecompressFramesMPTask
1208 MPWaitOnSemaphore
1208 semaphoretimedwaittrap
1208 semaphoretimedwaittrap
Total number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
15 pthreadstart
15 thread_start
6 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
6 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*)
6 pthread_condwait
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
machmsgtrap 4832
semaphorewait_signaltrap 4832
semaphoretimedwaittrap 3624
0x0 2416
_workqops 2416
semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap 2416
_semwaitsignal 1208
kevent 1208
select$DARWIN_EXTSN 1208
Sample analysis of process 193 written to file /dev/stdout

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I have a Blackmagic Decklink SDI card that I thought might be the culprit, but I stopped sending the video signal through it - still the same problem. I tried trashing my prefs and the cache - no dice. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Probably no help but I recently had the beachball show up for the first time in manyyears. Turned out I was trying to use MP3 and WAV music files in my timeline. Exported them as AIFF and things smoothed right out. Disconcerting with the new hardware and OS, I figured I 'd be gaining, not losing functionality and speed.
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Tried zapping the PRAM, doing some console (single user) trick I found elsewhere to no avail. I do not have the disc to the OS, and I installed Tiger on another hard drive to see if I can peek into the Leopoard of any abnormalities.
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FCP 'hangs' during app start-up

Hey all,
I had a similar post earlier this week but now the SBBOD is happening during Final Cut's boot up. To be exact, it hangs right after it doesn't 'see' my DVCAM deck. Although I've tried starting FCP with and without the deck on...it still just sits...with the spinning beach ball.
Anyone have/had this issue?
Restarting the computer seems to fix it but there's obviously a problem somewhere.
And here are my system's stats: OSX 10.5.6, FCP 6.0.5, & QT 7.5.5
Thanks,
Tom

Trashed preferences?
Yes
Run Disk Utility?
Yes*
Any recent software updates?
Nope
Tried creating a new user account and opeing FCP from there?
Not yet...but don't think that'll help...but will try that.
Checked the problem projects for CMYK graphics or file/graphic/render corruption?
I was one of the original responders that figured out the CMYK issues when they first arose
Have you recently done a major OS upgrade? If so, did you do a clean archive/wipe/install?...or did you use Migration Assistant? I don't believe clean system os installs are ever the answer...especially when issues come up out of the blue.
No
*I think it's still a hard drive issue (using an external FW drive) even though disk utility says everything's fine.

FCP hangs (temporarily) without using any CPU

Sometimes my FCP decides to take a coffee break or something: it just hangs, sometimes for many minutes at a time. Almost invariably it unhangs eventually if I just let it sit for long enough. Sometimes it does this while "preparing video for display" and sometimes it just goes out to lunch for no apparent reason and I get the SBOD. In either case, the strange thing is that CPU usage (as measured by TOP via a terminal window) shows that FCP is using almost no CPU while this is happening. The entire machine is almost completely idle.
Anyone have any idea what could be going on?
Thanks.

Its probably just while we're hacking in and messing with your stuff Ron

FCP hang

Hi all,
I'm currently running FCP 6.03 on an iMac 24' 3.06 running OS10.5.3.
While digitising at pal 48 from a Sony DSR-40p through firewire to a WD fw800 raid drive I'm getting frequent freezes after about 10 or 12 minutes of digitising. It is fairly erratic will sometimes get through whole tape and then crash on the last clip in batch capture. My mac is only a few weeks old and this is my first project, any advice out there about what to check? What is the maximum length of clip that FCP can handle. Is it better to capture onto internal drive and then xfer to WD drive? Would appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance.

oy. do you have an IT help. I used to teach Avid editing at SVA here in NY and they basically had someone fulltime to manage the avid lab. It is a fulltime job.
And it's next to impossible to control what your students are doing. Are they allowed to bring in media? Nonstandard or wonky media can cause problems.
One thing I might suggest is that you create alternate startup disks for use when working with fcp. Keep this startup drive as clean as possible and see if that effects the hangs.

FCP hangs on launch and then won't force quit

I am having trouble launching FCP.
it will hang about at the point that it is llooking for the deck. I try to force quit and it hangs up there too.
I did manage to get it to come up once but I noticed in thhe capture settings that the Apple Firewire setting was (missing). I have also been getting the "You must restart hold down the power button" message alot lately.

Here is my suggestion
1. Update Mac Pro EFI Firmware. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookproefifirmwareupdate12.html
2. Reset PRAM via the following process:
Shut down your Mac Pro , then start it back up while immediately holding the following keys: Command, Option, P and R.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the third time.
3. Erase FCP preferences files. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93832
4. unplug all GRAID. Basically FireWire VTR and Storage need separate bus, so you needs a PCIe FW card.
Usually you can hook up both FW storage and VTR on the same FireWire bus; it is not stable, but at least you can captuer or control the deck.
5. update CalDigit's FASTA-4e driver to 2.0.3 http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp
6. are you using apple original memory?
We are using Apple original RAM 8Gigs, CalDigit FASTA-4e card, CalDigit S2VR Duo 1.5TB, FCP 5.1.2, OS 10.4.8, been running a while, no problem at all.
If you still have this problem, you can try to disconnect all external devices and memory one by one to point which component causing that issue.
Power G5 Quad and Intel Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Mail hangs on account setup

I am a bit of a novice on the Mac, but I am trying!
When I launch the mail app and try to add an account the application hangs and all I can do is Force a Quit.
Can I check the mail app setup or reinstall it?
Any help much appreciated
thanks

Not sure what you mean. Are you trying to set up Mail for the first time or do you already have other mail accounts working and are trying to set up a new one? What does “the application hangs” mean? What are you observing exactly?

MBP 10.5.8 hanging when run setup as if a new machine

MBP 10.5.8
For a number of weeks my MacBook has been hanging and needing a hard restart and at other times taking longer and longer to boot up.
Finally it gave me a password prompt but not for my usual account and it wouldn't accept my password.
So in command line I went to ls /Users/ got the username of my account and tried to change the password in command line using:
Launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectory.plist
Passwd <username>
And the system said the username was not recognised even though what I typed was the one that showed when I ran ls /Users/
I did this several times with the same thing happening each time
Then I tried to create a new admin account by deleting var/db AppleSetUpDone
when I reboot it runs the setup program as if it were a new mac - I tried setting it up with the details of my wireless connection; it ran overnight without finishing
I then tried setting it up saying I do not connect to the Internet - same thing, it ran overnight without finishing
When I run fsck -fy in command line it says everything is fine
I know this machine is old and on its last legs and I would really appreciate any help getting it going for a little bit longer.
Thanks very much

E27 wrote:
We have a mbp bootable clone with 10.5.8 and want to use this as a backup startup disk on a mba with 10.6.8. We understand that it is generally not possible to startup a bootable clone that has a different os than what you are currently running.
You should as long as the MP had booted off the 10.5.8 clone previously.
However I, and others also, found out that we can no longer boot off the 10.5 disks in a later 10.6+ Software Update, it might be the firmware was changed to disallow 10.5 from booting once on 10.6.+ sometime.
Apple might have done this because they don't want people using the 10.5 disk to repair their 10.6 altered drive.
Got the written kp hard boot screen and had to unplug the clone while frozen but there appears to be no permanent damage to any of the drives. We suspected this may happen.
There is your answer and no, no pernament damage was done, it's all a read operation and the machine/firmware couldn't use the 10.5.8 drivers.
You'll have to find a Mac that is of the same model and runs 10.5 to boot off that 10.5.8 clone.

FCP hangs then won't fully quit

I've been having some buggy issues with my FCP recently. Sometimes it hangs and when i try to force quit, the windows will close, but the little light underneath the icon in the dock stays lit as if it's still running. I cannot restart FCp with out restarting my computer, but when this happens it lags the restart so that i have to do a power kill restart.
any suggestions, is there a process in Activity Monitor that i should be looking at?
thanks

Open the DISK UTILITY app in the UTILITIES folder and Repair Permissions and Repair disk.
Shane

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