Apple Photos to FCPX drag and drop 'Missing Remote Media' alert icon on photos but not videos

I noticed the same sort of effect 2 months ago in FCP 10.6.6.

I believe it is a bug because everything worked OK when I reverted to 10.6.5

10.6.7 also appears to have the same problem.

Accessing Photos app via FCP 10.6.6 bug? - Apple Community

Those photos are probably in iCloud. FCP can only access media stored locally. You need to make sure that they are stored locally. I don’t use iCloud Photo libraries; it seems to me that the user cannot easily control what gets stored locally or in iCloud. If it fails otherwise, export the photos you want from Photos to a folder in your mac and then import from there to FCP.

This photo was edited in Photos, right? I think there is a problem when adding photos that were edited.

You may need to export that photo to a location in your drive, and then relink to that file. The name does not have to match.

Wow, "me too" I thought I was crazy. Same issue with 10.6.8; Apple support was of little help with this issue.

How can I revert to an earlier version (10.6.5) of my software? Never done that and I want to avoid using time machine (which will set my computer back 6 months).

The issue is only when pulling from the Photos app. Importing stills to the time line from desktop or any basic folder works fine.

@cmr0139, you can go into your TimeMachine backup and copy the 10.6.5 version of FCP into your Applications folder. Rename your current 10.6.8 FCP to something like Final Cut Pro 10.6.8.app. I *believe* there was a FCP library database update between 10.6.5 and 10.6.8 so libraries you've worked on in 10.6.8 won't open in 10.6.5. You can open them in 10.6.8 and save an XML of the library, event or project, then import that into FCP 10.6.5. If your media was stored inside the library you'll need to move it out and then relink. Or as Ian says, try 10.6.10. Keep a zipped copy of 10.6.8 in case it doesn't work out and you need to revert.

10.6.5 will work but newer Libraries probably won't open.

The best workaround is to manually copy the photos and videos you want into a folder on your desktop etc. and import them normally from there.

Time machine worked great ( I did not know I could replace just one app from the time machine). Yes, libraries did not open but reloading them was not too bad. Much of my media is from Photos App, that was not affected!

FCP 10.6.10 appears to have cured the problem for me.

Thanks for the help! I have an older mac so 10.6.8 is the most recent version I can use. Perhaps it is time to buy a new machine?

I will try the time machine first and hope the libraries open.

Great! Glad it worked out. The restful nights that backups provide is the best sleep aid. :)

The TM backups are just normal folders and files which you can access without going into TM.

Just open the TM folder up, navigate to the file you want and copy it like any other file.