Final Cut Pro Freezing

When I open Final Cut Pro, it opens fine. I check out sequences for about 30 mins without any issues. Then I edit something in one sequence. I am able to do my editing just fine. But then I get a message that the project is loading. I thought that the project had already loaded by now. What is worse is that after my edit, Final Cut Pro freezes entirely. Even after waiting another 30 mins, the project still appears to be loading. I have to force quit Final Cut Pro and restart it to be able to do anything. On the next load the same thing happens again. I am running the latest version of Final Cut Pro (just downloaded the Blu-Ray fix which fixes an issue I had before. I have to ruin numerous discs with projects being written on them only partially) on a Mac Pro late 2013. I am wondering what the issue is and how it can be fixed. As is, I cannot be very productive with Final Cut Pro.

I've no idea what is causing your problem but you should try the general troubleshooting strategies below if you have not already done so.
You also need to check that your hard drive is not more than 80% full and ideally you should be using an external hard drive.
Incidentally you can't be still using OS X 10.5.8 ?
Use this free app to trash the preferences. This should be the first thing you try when any problems occur.
         http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
2. With FCP X shutdown, hold down option key and select Go>Library>Application Support>Final Cut Pro . . . trash the Layouts Folder.
3. Open Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
4. Trash FCP X using this free app and reinstall it.
      http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/
5. If these 4 measures don't work, create a new User Account (Admin) in System    Preferences and try running FCP X from that as it sometimes works miracles.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3893
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