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Unable to open FC projects on different computer
My computer (Mac Pro) is failing. I have a new MacBook Pro with the same FCP version loaded on it – v5.4.1. I can’t open the projects I’m regularly editing on the Mac Pro on the new MacBook Pro. If I open an older auto-saved project it works, but not the actual file I’m currently working in.
the MacBook Pro is more of a vanilla copy – without any real preferences and little editing done on it yet. Is this all about preferences and getting them to match or is there another issue?
and should I try to match preferences or just trash them on all computers/versions of FC?
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This isn’t a preferences issue. If you’re able to open autosave vault versions of the project without issue, but can’t open the latest iteration, this points to a corrupt project file.
When you say you can’t open it, what’s the actual error you get?
If you can still open the project file on the mac pro, try dragging everything into a brand new project, save this as a new project file, and bring that over to the macbook pro. If your versions of FCP match, there shouldn’t be an issue.
And if you ever do have differing versions of FCP, you can save your fcp project file as an xml to open it on a different machine. Your mileage may vary with the translation and accuracy, but this is the workaround.
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