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Final Cut Pro Trial Reset
mv -v ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.FinalCutTrial/Data/Library/Application\ Support/.ffuserdata ~/.Trash
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TehBrian commented Feb 19, 2025

Please someone help!!! This has worked for me for almost a year. Then I couldn't cancel the file on time and I lost the trial I had. Once I downloaded Final Cut Pro again and tried to delete the counting days file, it didn't work. There must be another file, maybe with another name that is counting the days of the trial?? I have Sonoma 14.7.2 and have had it since I have my Mac. So it's not a problem of operating system, I think, but it's Adobe. Please, can someone help?? I use this method: https://www.highapproach.com/final-cut-pro-free/ The file is deleted but the days on FCP did not reset. I only have 6 days left and I won't be able to download a trial version again until they issue a new updated version..... :( I really don't have 350 eur or I would have just bought it for peace of mind.

Did you try running the updated command in this gist?

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With the help of Chat GPT, we solved the problem!! Now it's back to 90 days. Before finding the updated command, I had deleted the usual file without any success. Chat GPT helped in finding the deleted file (I don't know why but many deleted files don't show up in my Trash), I put it back where it was and run the updated command. It didn't work at first, but run the command 3 times and at the 3rd time it worked!
Thank you so much for answering!!!!! Super appreciated!!

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No problem, I'm glad you got it working!

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The method shown on the link you sent seems correct, i have no clue why wasn’t it working

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It always worked with the previous version of FCP...not sure if that's why....

I said Adobe, in my first post but I meant FCP.

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