<p>Every so often while I'm editing in Final Cut Pro, I zoom in or out with the trackpad and suddenly the app becomes unresponsive in a strange way - you can't click on anything, right-clicking the icon shows the normal menu with "Quit" at the bottom but it doesn't work. There's no spinner or anything - it feels like it's spawned a modal dialog window somewhere unreachable, so it's not a crash per se - more like it's gone into a weird undefined state. I've tried tabbing and "show all windows" and all sorts but no dice. </p>

<p>All I can do is force quit the app but it really feels like there might be a better way to fix this problem without doing so.</p>

<p>Has anybody else experienced this problem? I haven't had any luck on Google.</p>

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2017-03-17T17:26:08.747Z
I'm voting to close this as it's not production related. You should file a bug report with Apple if this is a recurring bug in your software.
MoritzLost
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2023-03-08T02:55:20.503Z
Voting to reopen. Anybody that uses Final Cut Pro should know that forcequitting and reopening FCP is just as part of your production workflow as color grading. One trick I found was turning off and turning back on your mouse. On the MX 3S you can tap underneath to disconnect bluetooth, same thing. This works 20% of the time.
William Entriken
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How to recover when zooming makes Final Cut Pro unresponsive?
Michael Forrest
# How to recover when zooming makes Final Cut Pro unresponsive?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-17)

Every so often while I'm editing in Final Cut Pro, I zoom in or out with the trackpad and suddenly the app becomes unresponsive in a strange way - you can't click on anything, right-clicking the icon shows the normal menu with "Quit" at the bottom but it doesn't work. There's no spinner or anything - it feels like it's spawned a modal dialog window somewhere unreachable, so it's not a crash per se - more like it's gone into a weird undefined state. I've tried tabbing and "show all windows" and all sorts but no dice.

All I can do is force quit the app but it really feels like there might be a better way to fix this problem without doing so.

Has anybody else experienced this problem? I haven't had any luck on Google.

**Tags:** final-cut-pro-x

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm voting to close this as it's not production related. You should file a bug report with Apple if this is a recurring bug in your software.  
> **username_2**: Voting to reopen. Anybody that uses Final Cut Pro should know that forcequitting and reopening FCP is just as part of your production workflow as color grading. One trick I found was turning off and turning back on your mouse. On the MX 3S you can tap underneath to disconnect bluetooth, same thing. This works 20% of the time.  

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