Apple sent out multiple updates today. The OS X update isn't interesting but Final Cut Pro X 10.2 has been enhanced in a variety of ways. Compressor has also been updated to permit creating iTunes packages, presumably for marketing video via the iTunes Store.
The Final Cut Pro X 10.2 update promises spectacular 3D titling effects with more sophisticated ways to color them and this along with a variety of significant changes. The 3D titles worked well and a title with gold letters did a 3D tumble onto the screen with most convincing effect and looking all Hollywood the whole way.
However, I clicked to try the Cinematic 3D title and the screen went black. Even trying to power the machine off by holding the power button did not work. Finally there's nothing left: unplug it. That worked and it has been running fine ever since I booted it. It's been decades and I've never seen a Mac do that before.
I have no explanation for why it did that. I was interested to see what the change was but I don't want to play hours of Sherlock Holmes with it.
Update: Final Cut was started back up and the same Atmosphere title effect was used ... and the machine crashed in exactly the same way. The screen went black and the only way to recover it was to pull the plug, wait and then boot it.
There are anomalies with some of the Events as some video clips are missing and were not previously. I had verified the videos not so long ago to ensure all clips were present so the anomalies definitely came with the upgrade. Note that part of the conversion to v10.2 is the library goes through a one-way upgrade and cannot thereafter be read by earlier versions of Final Cut.
How it runs for you may be different but I'm definitely seeing some weird out of it. Be careful out there.
Updated again:
The same symptoms took place and Final Cut wasn't even running. The screen goes black and the machine won't respond with the only resolution being to unplug it. It has to be OS X 10.10.3 that's bugged as it has never happened before with this machine and now three times today since the updates.
And one more update:
The problem is attributed to a number of things after the OS X 10.10.3 update. More information in another article at OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 - Black Screen and Crash. The quick summary is Apple knows about it and is working on a fix. That's rumor but from a credible source.
The Final Cut Pro X 10.2 update promises spectacular 3D titling effects with more sophisticated ways to color them and this along with a variety of significant changes. The 3D titles worked well and a title with gold letters did a 3D tumble onto the screen with most convincing effect and looking all Hollywood the whole way.
However, I clicked to try the Cinematic 3D title and the screen went black. Even trying to power the machine off by holding the power button did not work. Finally there's nothing left: unplug it. That worked and it has been running fine ever since I booted it. It's been decades and I've never seen a Mac do that before.
I have no explanation for why it did that. I was interested to see what the change was but I don't want to play hours of Sherlock Holmes with it.
Update: Final Cut was started back up and the same Atmosphere title effect was used ... and the machine crashed in exactly the same way. The screen went black and the only way to recover it was to pull the plug, wait and then boot it.
There are anomalies with some of the Events as some video clips are missing and were not previously. I had verified the videos not so long ago to ensure all clips were present so the anomalies definitely came with the upgrade. Note that part of the conversion to v10.2 is the library goes through a one-way upgrade and cannot thereafter be read by earlier versions of Final Cut.
How it runs for you may be different but I'm definitely seeing some weird out of it. Be careful out there.
Updated again:
The same symptoms took place and Final Cut wasn't even running. The screen goes black and the machine won't respond with the only resolution being to unplug it. It has to be OS X 10.10.3 that's bugged as it has never happened before with this machine and now three times today since the updates.
And one more update:
The problem is attributed to a number of things after the OS X 10.10.3 update. More information in another article at OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 - Black Screen and Crash. The quick summary is Apple knows about it and is working on a fix. That's rumor but from a credible source.
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