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  • “[Library] is already in use.”

    Posted by David Shore on October 18, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Tried to open a library on an external drive, fcp crashed.
 Ran disc utility, restarted fcp, tried to open the library, it said “The operation couldn’t be completed. Permission denied, “[library name]” is already in use by “[my name]” on “macintosh-d49a2006fa98.local”. I tried both trashing and deleting Prefs. I was then able to open other libraries on the ext. drive but not the one I want, FCP keeps crashing when I do or I get the “already in use” dialogue. Thanks!!

    David Shore replied 8 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Jeremy Garchow

    October 19, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    Move it off of that drive?

  • David Shore

    October 19, 2017 at 11:03 pm

    The drive no longer mounts so I’m guessing it’s toast and am taking it to a data recovery firm.

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