From fbba1a369a5fd927dafb71391ba5a2b87e8a522d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Hocking Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:27:57 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Tweaked Update Guide Page --- docs/update-guide.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/update-guide.md b/docs/update-guide.md index 11ae2eecc9..8b5b9177fc 100644 --- a/docs/update-guide.md +++ b/docs/update-guide.md @@ -16,10 +16,25 @@ You can read our current recommendations below: **Final Cut Pro 10.6.9** was released on the Mac App Store on 19th September 2023. +This update drops support for macOS Monterey - only macOS Ventura and Sonoma are now supported. + If you're currently using **Final Cut Pro 10.6.6 or earlier** we recommend sticking with that for the time being. **Final Cut Pro 10.6.8** resolved some issues with the Viewer going black and various crashes, but **Final Cut Pro 10.6.9** breaks all third party trackers using Title Templates. +FxFactory writes: + +> In what is now an established pattern, Apple released an update to Final Cut Pro 10.6.9 that contains a rather horrible regression. As they fixed the “Opacity” slider bug affecting some Motion Templates, they broke something worse. +> +> Many of our products rely on what they call the “Analysis API” to analyze sequences of frames. Most products do so within the context of a Title Template, because developers and users have come to prefer Title-layer effects above all else. +> In Final Cut Pro 10.6.9, any Title-layer effect that attempts to perform analysis via an object tracker or face detector no longer works. As the status window will clearly show you, the host app is feeding the top-right 1/4 of the frame. This obviously makes the algorithm fail. +> +> In the coming days we are going to face a disaster, as thousands of users with products based on analysis will fail." +> +> We request that you file feedback [here](https://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html). +> +> Next, submit a bug report [here](https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/). + Read more about this bug [here](https://fxfactory.com/news/finalcutpro-10.6.9-skip-the-update/). ---