Final cut pro opens randomly in 10.6.4

since I loaded 10.6.4, Final cut pro has been periodically opening on it's own. Does anyone know how to reload 10.6.3

You should be more concerned with finding out what is causing FCP to launch, rather than how to downgrade the OS. The OS is working fine here, and no doubt on many other machines around the globe. It isn't the problem.
What are you doing when it launches? Are you trying to open a certain type of file? Is there anyone with remote login access to your machine that could be playing jokes on you?

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#44: FCP acting weird - Trash Prefs
Shane's Stock Answer #44: FCP acting weird or unusual. Just not like is normally should
If the program was working fine, and now isn't, or just isn't working the way it should, the first things to do are:
1) Trash your FCP preferences. Download the Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion: http://www.digitalrebellion.com/pref_man.htm
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/trashing_fcpprefs.html
2) Open the Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
3) Shut down for 10 min. Go for a quick walk around the block and get SOME exercise today. Come back, turn on the computer and see how things are.
4) (optional) Do the Hokey Pokey and turn your self about. Results may vary.
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Apple has released this support info:
Last Modified: February 03, 2009
Article: TS2572
Symptoms
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Products Affected
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Resolution
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http://tinyurl.com/bvzxx8

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Right now, we have a lot of our Final Cut files saved to the server, and the files will show up in the server on the other employee's machine. BUT, we scroll in the server to the file for the Final Cut Pro project on the other computer, and the file is grayed out, unable to be opened on the new computer.
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I was working on a project last night and Final Cut Pro would unexptedly quit several times. I eventually got tired of it and decied to go home. Came back today and the problem continued. I turned my Macbook off and turned it back on, same problem. I moved some of my stuff off my Mac HD into my external hard drives, still the same problem. I ran Disk Utility on all my harddrives, used Preference Manager on Final Cut Pro; the problem continues. I'm able to open and work on all my other projects, but when I even scroll near the file I was working on last night, FCP decides to completely close.

I hope it'll work for others.
My version FCPX 10.1.4
After a lot of research it appeared that some of my thumbnails were corrupted and made FCPX freezing while trying to display them.
So here is my solution:
- FCPX is closed
- Go to your library storage
- Explore your Library or just remove the .fcpbundle extension if you have chosen to display the extensions then you'll see that the whole library as a normal folder
- Go to your project folder --> Render Files and move the whole Thumbnail Media folder to the trash
- Don't forget to rename the library folder with the .fcpbundle extension if you have removed it previously
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