assigning windows to different displays in final cut pro x

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assigning windows to different displays in final cut pro x

I am running final cut pro x on two attached monitors, for a total of three screens. I will call the monitors 1,2,3, with #3 being the laptop screen.

I would like sidebar, browser, inspector and time line in #1, viewer in #2, and #3 free for other apps and tasks.

I have tried moving task bar to #1, and sidebar, browser, inspector and time line appear there.

unfortunately #3 (laptop screen) is treated as secondary viewer, not #2 as desired.

And, ideally, I would like dock to stay on laptop. I can drag fcpx to #1, but viewer defaults to laptop screen (#3), not #2.

Any remedies?

Thanks!

macbook pro 15" 2019

Mojave

MacBook

Posted on Sep 9, 2019 12:06 PM

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Answer 1

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Luis Sequeira1

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Sep 10, 2019 5:21 AM in response to marten berkman

To have Final Cut Pro use your 1 and 2 displays:

1) In System Preferences-Displays move the little white menu bar representation to display 2

2) Click the real menu bar in display 1

3) Press command-space, start typing Final and press enter

Final Cut Pro will start in display 1

4) Window->Show in Secondary Display->Viewers

Only thing to be addressed is the Dock. My suggestion is to turn on automatic hiding in System Preferences->Dock. This way the Dock will appear in whichever display you want, just move the cursor to the bottom of that display

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Answer 2

Sep 16, 2019 9:54 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi Luis, thank you very much for suggestion (sorry slow to reply, was away). I tried the sequence you suggested, and FCP actually showed up in window 2 when I searched in window 1, but I just dragged it to 1, maximised, and defined window 2 for time line and voila i have what i need! (and saved the work space). Thank you!

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