March 2004 Archives
TROUBLESHOOTING FINAL CUT PRO PROBLEMS by Larry Jordan. This article was first published at http://www.lafcpug.org/, March 8, 2004. Final Cut is a reliable, high-performance editing system. However, there are things you can do to both fix and prevent problems. This article focuses on tips to keep your hardware, operating system and project files up, running and optimized. (If I've left out something you feel is important, let me know so I can update the article.)There isn't enough space to provide the "why" behind all these recommendations. Where possible, links are provided so you can read more about it.This article is divided into the following sections:
Regular maintenance
Simple things to check
Simple ways to prevent problems
Optimizing your system preferences
More advanced ways you can prevent problems
Upgrades
Helpful repair utilities
