• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  “File In Use” causes project error after export

  Posted by Marshall Dungan on March 27, 2011 at 9:30 pm

  Hey, I just performed an export of my latest cut, uncompressed using Pro Res 422. The export completed, but then everything went awry.

  Opening off the external HD gives message: “This Movie Could Not Be Opened. The File is Busy”

  Copying to desktop gives message: “The operation can’t be completed because the item “All Sequence3/27” is in use.”

  I cannot eject my HD because it claims the file is in use.

  And finally, my Project file won’t open anymore.

  What did I do, and how can I fix it?

  Jerry Hofmann replied 15 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jerry Hofmann

  March 27, 2011 at 10:20 pm

  Restart your computer.

  Then try to open your project file again. If it won’t open, then open an autosave or your backup project file.

  Jerry

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