Final cut pro unuseable IMAC M3

Delete the Preferences (aka Settings).

Hold down Option and Command as you launch FCP until a window appears.

Then click "Delete".

To clarify, where is the audio missing? In the browser or the timeline?

If the latter, you may have just accidentally pressed Shift-2, which results in only adding video, and not audio, when dragging from the browser to the timeline. In that case, pressing Shift-1 (or selecting Edit->Source Media->All) makes subsequent additions use video and audio.

If the clip does not show audio already when in the browser, then it is a different matter, and that Etrecheck report might help.

The M3 iMac should work fine. Post an https://etrecheck.com report after giving it Full Disk Access in System Settings->Privacy and Security.

Apologies, after getting the https://etrecheck.com report, I forgot to add that you need to use the "Additional text" button below in your reply to paste in the report.

Also, open the problem video in QuickTime Player and post a screenshot of the Get Info window. Be sure to twirl open all the categories. It will look something like this:

I realize this is not very helpful for your situation, but I have the same specs on my iMac M3 and have no problems running Final Cut Pro. I just used it last night, and it's all fully updated and runs without problems.

turbotbdad wrote:

I cannot share the etrecheck report as it says I've exceeded the 5000 character limit for this post.

Tap the “More” button at the bottom of the text input box; the one with three dots in a circle, then tap the “Additional Text” button, which looks like a page, and place the report in there.

What exactly is the source of the recorded video file?