FCPX and Mavericks

William Hohauser · October 28th, 2013, 09:42 PM

Mavericks, regardless of it's improvements or changes, does one thing that affects FCPX in a negative way. Thankfully it's easily fixable. The new system feature, "App Nap", which reduces unneeded drains on system resources by background applications (think Flash player) has the unfortunate side effect of stopping background exports in FCPX if you switch to another program. This is fixable by highlighting FCPX in the Application folder and selecting Get Info. In the info window you will find a check box that prevents App Nap for FCPX. Enable that and you are back to background exporting. All applications have this option now.

Steve Benner · October 29th, 2013, 04:01 AM

Awesome thanks!

Frank Maxwell · November 5th, 2013, 01:35 PM

I also like to say Thank You.
Why cant we be informed by Apple of these things?. How many other little gems are hidden regards FCP-X?

Bill Davis · November 7th, 2013, 10:50 AM

Not sure this is "hidden" so much as it's a natural progression of balancing user needs.

For someone NOT doing video editing or other mission critical creative work, longer battery life for your laptop is a great goal. And App Nap supports that.

For those of us who do edit - a way to defeat that useful improvement is also required - and Apple has provided exactly that.

I'm not sure I'd make a huge deal out of a function that will only affect a relatively small subset of the universe of all Mac Users.

My 2 cents, anyway.

October 28th, 2013, 09:42 PM	#1
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	FCPX and Mavericks - Important exporting issue Mavericks, regardless of it's improvements or changes, does one thing that affects FCPX in a negative way. Thankfully it's easily fixable. The new system feature, "App Nap", which reduces unneeded drains on system resources by background applications (think Flash player) has the unfortunate side effect of stopping background exports in FCPX if you switch to another program. This is fixable by highlighting FCPX in the Application folder and selecting Get Info. In the info window you will find a check box that prevents App Nap for FCPX. Enable that and you are back to background exporting. All applications have this option now. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

October 29th, 2013, 04:01 AM	#2
Steve Benner Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: United States Posts: 590	Re: FCPX and Mavericks - Important exporting issue Awesome thanks!

November 5th, 2013, 01:35 PM	#3
Frank Maxwell New Boot Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Trowbridge,England Posts: 11	Re: FCPX and Mavericks - Important exporting issue I also like to say Thank You. Why cant we be informed by Apple of these things?. How many other little gems are hidden regards FCP-X?

November 7th, 2013, 10:50 AM	#4
Bill Davis Trustee Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Posts: 1,538	Re: FCPX and Mavericks - Important exporting issue Not sure this is "hidden" so much as it's a natural progression of balancing user needs. For someone NOT doing video editing or other mission critical creative work, longer battery life for your laptop is a great goal. And App Nap supports that. For those of us who do edit - a way to defeat that useful improvement is also required - and Apple has provided exactly that. I'm not sure I'd make a huge deal out of a function that will only affect a relatively small subset of the universe of all Mac Users. My 2 cents, anyway. __________________ Classroom editing instructor? Check out www.starteditingnow.com Turnkey editor training content including licensed training footage for classroom use.