16th January 2026

Author: latenitefilms

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+### [16th January 2026](/news/20260116)
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+[Cult of Mac reports](https://www.cultofmac.com/news/apple-kills-free-90-day-final-cut-pro-logic-pro-trial) that Apple has removed the 90 day free trial of Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro.
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+Because the trial timer reset with each Final Cut Pro & Logic Pro update, there's quite a few Final Cut Pro users that have actually just been using the free trial for years, as there's generally been a new update every 90 days.
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+Some users also realised that you just needed to delete a file to reset the trial - for those wanting to stay on an older version.
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+This definitely isn't a surprise, and eventually I'm sure Apple wants everyone to jump to the subscription option.
+
+---
+
+**Dylan Bates (The Final Cut Bro)** recently posted a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzvw-9DudGY) about [Patrokiras's](https://www.instagram.com/patrokiras/) [Final Cut Pro X Workspace Remapper](https://www.fcpxbooster.com/workspace-remapper/).
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+This is a free tool that allows you to completely customise your Final Cut Pro Workspace layout.
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+In theory it's amazing - and Patrokiras has done a great job building a fantastic website to customise things. It's a really nice user interface!
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+Because a `fcpworkspace` file is just a plist (Property List) - it's actually very easy to mess around with an customise - you can just open it in a text editor (I use [BBEdit](https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/)).
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+For example, here's the start of a file for example:
+
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>AdditionalInformations</key>
+	<dict>
+		<key>timecodeHUDShowStateKey</key>
+		<false/>
+		<key>timecodeProjectHUDShowStateKey</key>
+		<false/>
+	</dict>
+	<key>App Version</key>
+	<integer>85</integer>
+	<key>Auto Layout</key>
+	<false/>
+	<key>Bounds</key>
+	<string>{{0, 45}, {2056, 1240}}</string>
+	<key>Category</key>
+	<integer>0</integer>
+	<key>Display Name</key>
+	<string>Final Cut Pro.saved</string>
+	<key>Identifier</key>
+	<string>C8AFE9FB-EF4C-4036-95E1-B7FFAC353E37</string>
+	<key>Key Equivalent</key>
+	<string></string>
+	<key>Layout Inset</key>
+	<real>0.0</real>
+	<key>Layouts</key>
+	<array>
+		<dict>
+			<key>Class</key>
+			<string>PEMainWindowModule</string>
+			<key>Content</key>
+			<dict>
+				<key>ToolbarConfiguration</key>
+				<dict>
+					<key>TB Display Mode</key>
+					<integer>2</integer>
+					<key>TB Icon Size Mode</key>
+					<integer>1</integer>
+					<key>TB Is Shown</key>
+					<true/>
+					<key>TB Size Mode</key>
+					<integer>1</integer>
+				</dict>
+				<key>WindowClass</key>
+				<string>PEWindow</string>
+				<key>WindowState</key>
+				<string>LKKeyWindow</string>
+				<key>WindowStyleMask</key>
+				<string>LKLargeMetricsMask NSClosableWindowMask NSMiniaturizableWindowMask NSResizableWindowMask NSTexturedBackgroundWindowMask NSTitledWindowMask</string>
+				<key>releasedWhenClosed</key>
+				<false/>
+			</dict>
+```
+
+Back when I first started working on FCPX Hacks, which later became CommandPost, I had a tool that allowed you to customise Final Cut Pro workspaces in a very similar fashion.
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+[Alex Gollner (Alex4D)](https://alex4d.com) was also messing around with these files about a decade ago.
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+However, what we discovered is that hacked or customised workspaces made Final Cut Pro pretty buggy and unstable, and we were generating lots of crash reports.
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+When I spoke to Apple about this, they basically said to stop messing with the Workspace layouts - so we did.
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+So now that Patrokiras has released a very friendly and easy-to-use way of creating your own layouts, it'll be super interesting to see if the same users start to report more FCP bugs and crashes.
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+I've already started to see a few reports of people saying that things like the Export button randomly stop working.
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+If you're using a customised workspace, and Final Cut Pro isn't crashing and is rock solid - please let us know in the comments!