Final Cut issues My Library are shutting down in new version

I open my library it wants to update the library and then when I open a project it shuts down...I have lost access to to all my YouTube videos production capabilities....it's like I have to start from scratch....what did you guys do...This is a nightmare - Nightmare - I'm having to recreate everything and to open prior projects they wont open


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Posted on Sep 21, 2025 6:00 AM

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Sep 21, 2025 10:29 AM in response to mattfrommontgomery

Interesting. I just updated to FCP 11.2 yesterday and everything worked fine for me. I had to update the library I was working on upon opening it, but that happens every time we update FCP.


However, I discovered something about this library update process. The library files are not backwards compatible! Just for the heck of it, I installed a backup of FCP 11.0.1 to see what would happen if I attempted to open one of the 11.2 updated libraries. It does not work. I get this error message:



I could still open an older library in 11.0.1 that had not yet been updated, but an 11.2 updated library will not open in older versions of FCP.

Final Cut issues My Library are shutting down in new version

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