Can't recover FCP when I hide it
by Paul Campbell
on
Oct 1, 2009 at 10:54:49 pm
For some reason, whenever I hide my FCP, I can't recover it from the dock. It didn't always do this, and at first I thought it was a problem with too many apps running, but it'll happen with FCP being the only thing running. Here are my specs:
Mac version 10.5.5
2x2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
2GB 800MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM Memory
FCP version 6.0.4
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Paul Campbell on Oct 2, 2009 at 12:29:58 am
Hi, David. Same thing. I can toggle to FCP, but selecting it still does nothing. I've gotten very used to saving my work every 5 minutes since this problem started. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to do a hard reboot so I can get back to my FCP!
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by John Steventon on Oct 2, 2009 at 10:04:28 am
Is it maybe a spaces thing? I know that sometimes throws me - though most of the time spaces will auto-flick to the one I've set up for that app - but sometimes I'll recover a hidden one, and when I recover it, it'll happily open into its correct space, but I'm still in another one - and need to manually select the right one.
Unlikely to be the answer, but in case it helps get you any further with the problem.
John
John Steventon
JKL Editing
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Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Jason Twite on Oct 2, 2009 at 2:39:16 pm
Same problem here from time to time. Tried to figure out a pattern, but it hasn't happened in a month or so to me. I swear its something with file types in your current project. I've had FCP freak out and crash simply because a WMV file was on the desktop. Just ridiculous. I've searched for a end all fix to this hiding problem, but nothing so far.
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Dennis Leppell on Oct 2, 2009 at 3:28:10 pm
had something like this happen about a year ago w/ DVD SP. Don't remember how it got fixed. As an alternative, though, I map my expose keys to the command, option, and control on the right, so if I need something on my desktop, I just fly out the windows, click+hold, and fly the windows back in.
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Jason Diebler on Oct 2, 2009 at 5:55:58 pm
I think John is right. I experience that phenomenon quite a bit too, & in my case it's definitely attributable to "Spaces"... The Apple+Tab doesn't ever work, but if I hit F-13, I can get back where I need to be.
"The deepest blues are black" - Foo Fighters
(this doesn't help me when I'm chroma keying!)
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Paul Campbell on Oct 2, 2009 at 8:08:50 pm
Wow! Look at all these posts. Sorry for the late reply, everyone. I normally don't check until I get home. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions. I'll let you know how it goes.
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Shawn Marshall on Oct 2, 2009 at 11:11:42 pm
I've been using 6.0.5 for months now and this just started happening to me, too. I hide it, and then I can't get it back no matter what I do, and I end up having to force quit the program. I don't have Spaces activated because it didn't work very well for me (OS 10.5.5)
Re: Can't recover FCP when I hide it by Thomas Berglund on Oct 5, 2009 at 12:00:57 pm
I had the exact same problem. It turned out to be a WMV file. Once I removed the WMV file from the FCP project, the project file size shrunk from 228MB to 1MB, and I have not had issues getting Final Cut Pro back after hiding it since.
