FCPX 10.4.10 Slowing Everything Down

D.A.C. wrote:

Tom, if you can tell me what you are specifically looking for I can try to provide it to you. Since I am not computer friendly, I am reluctant to share a lot information about my system on the internet for everyone to see.

D.A.C. I have precisely the same issue you flagged here, but I have a newer MacBook Pro (15" 2019, Core i9 8-core 2.3Ghz, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, Radeon Pro 560X 4GB).

And to all:

I also noticed the sensor temperatures (shown by iStat) are sky high (up to 100ºC on CPU sensors!). I don't even know if 100ºC is something acceptable for a 10-minute task or if my Mac is melting already – does anyone know the answer?

I have added plugins from 3rd party vendors (such as mVFX) and I sent their support an e-mail sharing my situation and asking for feedback regarding needed updates and/or fixes on their products. I'll post it in here if I hear it from them.

Lastly, D.A.C. I just downloaded EtreCheck to help you on providing log for this forum (by the way the app in the AppStore is not available in every country - at least not in Brazil App Store), so what I think the guys here are looking for is to:

• • Open EtreCheck app;
  • Run the diagnostic under the best option that fits your issue;
  • After the app finishes running it, you will have a diagnostic screen;
  • in the tool bar (top portion of the window) you'll have the "Share Report" button;
  • Click there and then click on "Copy Report";
  • You'll be presented a "suggestion" pop up from EtreCheck – just skip it;
  • And you're done - your full log report will be in your clipboard. Make sure to not copy (cmd+c) anything because you'd overwrite your clipboard content;
  • Come here in the forum and paste it (cmd+V) for these savvy guys to try to help you!

Hope it helps – and also hope you guys can provide more insights on my additional doubts aforementioned.

Thank you all!

You could try the simple things like resetting preferences and deleting generated renders. To reset preferences, hold down option and command while launching FCPX, then choose Delete Preferences. Open your working library and set your prefs back to the way you like them.

To remove render files, first turn off Background Rendering in Preferences, then select the library in the browser and choose File->Delete Generated Library files..., then Delete Render Files->All.

It's also possible that you have 3rd party plugins that are broken in FCPX 10.4.9/10.4.10 and need to be updated from the developer's site. Users here have reported that the CoreMelt plugins require a complete uninstall and reinstall with the updated version for example. I'm not sure but it sounds like just having them installed but not actually in use is enough to cause slowdowns or crashy behavior.

Try resetting preferences and removing render files first. If that doesn't work we'll need more info to help you diagnose.

16GB is fine.

If your mac is old-ish, the limiting factors are different (GPU, CPU, drive).

We need to know more about your mac hardware and software.

Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.

That's the problem. It's really hard to tell without seeing the system. We're guessing. There are many potential problems in hardware and software that can cause problems. You can read the report and see if there's anything there that might concern your privacy. The report only lists the hardware configuration, the running applications, recent installations, and system extensions. It doesn't include any information about any files create by the applications.

It’s a free application in the App Store. You don’t need the paid version for this. Just make sure you turn in full drive access in the application’s preferences.

Please use the copy report function in EtreCheck and then use the Additional Text button to attach the full report.

That drive is full, which is going to severely degrade performance. You need at least 15-20% free, especially on the current OS.

Get a nice external SSD and move all your FCP content to it.