Can't load or use FCPX on High Sierra EVER!!!

Hi there, I've tried many things already and this is what I get, hope you can help me. Thank you so much!


Process:               Final Cut Pro [1180]
Path:                  /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier:            com.apple.FinalCut
Version:               ???
Build Info:            ProEditor-34223000026000000~1
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Final Cut Pro [1180]
User ID:               501
PlugIn Path:             (null)
PlugIn Identifier:       (null)
PlugIn Version:          ??? (551.4)
Date/Time:             2020-12-06 20:24:03.284 -0800
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.13.6 (17G66)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        AD387912-520B-516C-79E9-9D6A0DC5F094
Sleep/Wake UUID:       ECAF0F0B-A003-4C25-9BE9-6B893308B083
Time Awake Since Boot: 12000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       8100 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread:        0
Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Termination Reason:    Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x1
kernel messages:
VM Regions Near 0 (cr2):
--> 
    __TEXT                 0000000101bf9000-0000000101ce8000 [  956K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   ???                            0x0000000106c6519c _dyld_start + 0
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x0000000000000000  rbx: 0x0000000000000000  rcx: 0x0000000000000000  rdx: 0x0000000000000000
  rdi: 0x0000000000000000  rsi: 0x0000000000000000  rbp: 0x0000000000000000  rsp: 0x00007ffeee006c10
   r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x0000000000000000  r10: 0x0000000000000000  r11: 0x0000000000000000
  r12: 0x0000000000000000  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14: 0x0000000000000000  r15: 0x0000000000000000
  rip: 0x0000000106c6519c  rfl: 0x0000000000000200  cr2: 0x0000000000000000
  
Logical CPU:     0
Error Code:      0x00000000
Trap Number:     0
Binary Images:
       0x101bf9000 -        0x101ce7ff7 +??? (34223.0.26) <A4AA8CB9-942B-3EC8-A3AE-37437FE5F17E> (null)
       0x106c64000 -        0x106caeacf +??? (551.4) <8A72DE9C-A136-3506-AA02-4BA2B82DCAF3> (null)
External Modification Summary:
  Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
  Calls made by this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
  Calls made by all processes on this machine:
    task_for_pid: 5841
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=1820K resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=1820K(100%)
Writable regions: Total=8404K written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8404K(100%)
 
                                VIRTUAL   REGION 
REGION TYPE                        SIZE    COUNT (non-coalesced) 
===========                     =======  ======= 
STACK GUARD                       56.0M        2 
Stack                             8192K        2 
__DATA                             516K        4 
__LINKEDIT                         564K        3 
__TEXT                            1256K        3 
shared memory                        8K        3 
===========                     =======  ======= 
TOTAL                             66.3M       11 
Model: MacBookPro9,2, BootROM 233.0.0.0.0, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.2f44
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435438473353313630424D2E433136465044
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435438473353313630424D2E433136465044
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.190.18.1a3)
Bluetooth: Version 6.0.7f10, 3 services, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: CT1000BX500SSD1, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS41N
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 25.1

Hi Roy, welcome to the forums.

You have a 2012 MacBook Pro 13" i5 with an Intel HD 4000 GPU with shared memory, running High Sierra. That system will never run a recent version of Final Cut Pro. If you purchase Final Cut Pro via the App Store, it will give you the version that will work with your system. Any newer versions that you got via any other way will not work.

- Ronny

Odd that I'm able to run FCP in various versions on a 2009 Mac Pro & High Sierra on some of the computers here so there shouldn't be a reason it won't run on a three year newer machine.

I suggest creating a temporary new user account and see if it runs from that account. If it does then there's a problem with your user account side of things.

It has not so much to do with the age of the computer but with the specs of the MBP and the OS that he runs on it. Officially, you can only run FCP until version 10.4.6 on High Sierra. 10.4.7 requires Mojave. And even then, this basic MBP will underperform with any newer versions of FCP.

- Ronny

I think the OS is the issue.

You can update your MacBook Pro 2012 to Catalina. That should allow you to run FCP as long as your projects are not too heavy and you don't expect any blazing performance.

- Ronny