• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP not opening last project

  Posted by Eric Holzapfel on October 17, 2009 at 2:01 am

  Hello There,

  Can I edit my FCP prefs to have it open the last project I worked on?
  I figure I can just enter the path to the last project opened in a pref file.

  I have the checkbox checked in FCP User Preferences (to open the last project), but FCP NEVER reopens my last project on launch. I am using FCP 6.0.6, Mac OS X 10.5.8. The project type is a SD type project, with still images on the
  timeline.

  Any tips?
  Eric

  Eric Holzapfel replied 16 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
• 6 Replies

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  Tom Wolsky

  October 17, 2009 at 2:25 am

  You have a problem if that’s not happening for you. The default behavior is to open the last project. Did you trash your preferences?

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  Eric Holzapfel

  November 17, 2009 at 9:38 pm

  Hello Tom,

  I do have a problem. I have also trashed my preferences.
  It still does not open the last project I worked on. I do have
  the checkbox set for the default condition.

  I will admit that it is a real pain going in and redoing all the prefs
  as well (scratch disks, etc). I have a program which “saves” the preferences, but I did not use that program. I manually deleted the preferences (using Larry Jordan’s method). I am assuming that there are only 3 we need to delete. I forget what they are at the moment.

  It would not hurt to remind me! I am using FCP 6.0.6 and FCS 2.0.
  Thanks,
  eric
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  Tom Wolsky

  November 17, 2009 at 11:20 pm

  The three pages are the ones to delete. Or get Preferences Manager from Digital Rebellion. It’s free, though the whole Maintenance Pack, of which this is a part, is very much worth having.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  Eric Holzapfel

  November 20, 2009 at 11:16 pm

  Hello Tom,
  I will check out the maint pack. I do have FCP resuce, but…
  who knows. The maint pack sounds interesting.

  Thanks,

  eric
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  Tom Wolsky

  November 21, 2009 at 12:40 am

  FCP Rescue hasn’t been updated in a while and doesn’t work recent versions of the OS.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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  Eric Holzapfel

  November 21, 2009 at 11:45 pm

  Hello Tom,

  Thanks again, I will check Digital Rebellion!

  eric

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