domm2k Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Currently when I open my latest project, the main screen appears but it is transparent. I can click on things and even play the audio but can't see the arrange window at all. This currently doesn't happen to other projects but has happened before and resolved itself. Command + 1 doesn't work but I can open everything from the window menu except main window and mixer. I think it might have something to do with my external monitor / usb hub and saving / not closing projects. I have seen this same question on multiple other threads but it doesn't seem to get resolved or the thread goes quiet. MacBook 13 inch 2020, M1 processor, Big Sur, Logic 10.7.2, caldigit TS3 Plus (USB Dock) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Wyatt Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Can you please share screenshots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domm2k Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Here you can see the outline of the transparent main window and mixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Wyatt Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Here you can see the outline of the transparent main window and mixer Here where...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Here are the instructions to share your screenshots: How to attach files to your post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domm2k Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Apologies for that, I didn't see the status bar hadn't loaded the file yet when I pressed sent #newb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 does it happen with the external monitor disconnected? what happens if you change your desktop picture? and you could try changing the screen resolution (system preferences>displays>resolution: change it, then change it back to what you use). just some ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Wow it's the first time I see this. It looks like this could be an issue with your graphic card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des99 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 It's also worth trying to run Logic from a new user account, to see whether the problem persists (more of a system/hardware issue) or whether it works OK (and therefore, something weird in your user account). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domm2k Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Hi David, It's a brand new MacBook 13 inch from 2020 (got it in November) so I'd be surprised if it's that but you never know. I've seen people having similar problems online but no one has seemed to solve it. I'm wondering if it's something to do with the M1 chip and using logic in rosetta or something to do with having used a USB dock with an external monitor. des99 I didn't know you could get different logic user accounts, I'll look into that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Wyatt Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Hi David, It's a brand new MacBook 13 inch from 2020 (got it in November) so I'd be surprised if it's that but you never know. I've seen people having similar problems online but no one has seemed to solve it. I'm wondering if it's something to do with the M1 chip and using logic in rosetta or something to do with having used a USB dock with an external monitor. des99 I didn't know you could get different logic user accounts, I'll look into that Note that it's not a Logic user account. It's a new macOS user account and then opening Logic to figure out if the issue is with your current user account or global. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domm2k Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hi guys, I tried opening from another user account and same problem exists. Any other ideas? I literally can't use some projects or the one I'm working on becomes transparent. I feel like it must be something to do with M1 and rosetta compatability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Wyatt Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hi guys, I tried opening from another user account and same problem exists. Any other ideas? I literally can't use some projects or the one I'm working on becomes transparent. I feel like it must be something to do with M1 and rosetta compatability? So you're saying "some projects" behave like that and some don't? To be honest, I'm not familiar with M1 or Rosetta, so I can't comment on that, but if only some projects get affected, maybe that's an issue with some plugin(s) you have on those projects... but it's hard to know which, if everything is transparent... What you can do is try to import one of those projects into a new project and start by only importing some channel strips until you see the channel strip with the issue (if indeed the issue is with one or more plugins). Does it make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Are you using Sidecar or are you using a different screen display/monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This happened go me. Go to logic in applications, press command and click; 'get info' and click 'open in rosetta' off. This solved my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjp1989 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Yo to back up Tens reply, I've been having this problem for months now, especially when I upload sessions from other computers that were created on old versions of logic etc, but just started having it happen with sessions I created on this computer, and then the rosetta comment made a lightbulb go off and before I even saw Tens reply I went and tried opening logic regular style (as in not in rosetta) and it worked immediately. I then went back and tried opening the same file but after I did the finder>applications>right click logic>get into>open in rosetta, and the project loaded blank again. Which is weird because I know I was working in rosetta when I created this project, and now all of a sudden its doing that "everything is transparent" thing. But yeah, it appears that opening it in regular mode and not rosetta has solved the issue but also raised more questions I guess. At least I can get back to these freakin sessions now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domm2k Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Hi bjp1989, so having gone back and forth with the Apple support team and still not getting to the bottom of it (my case is with the "high engineers"), I realised that it must be something to do with Rosetta mode as I never got the transparent window when NOT in Rosetta mode. What I would get however was logic would crash instead. I then realised the whole point of using Rosetta mode was because certain plug ins were not yet compatible with my M1 chip and Big Sur. Turns out there was one plug in that was making my logic crash in normal mode and that was Inf EQ from Slate digital. I deleted it, upgraded it along with all of my other plug ins so they were all at their most recent versions (some had recently become M1 compatible) and logic never crashed or brought up transparent windows after that. So if you are getting this problem, try opening it in normal mode and figure out which plug in is causing it to crash. You can do this by copying all third party plug ins and removing then from your AU folder and pasting them into another folder on your desktop. Then try adding each plug in one at a time and see which one causes logic to crash. So some of your old sessions might use plug ins that are not M1 compatible or haven't been updated to their latest versions therefore cause the problem. And your recent projects might also use these dodgy plug ins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wader1650507620 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) It's happening to me on an iMac Pro.. no Rosetta 2 here, although maybe it's an old plugin. A blank project opens fine. Wish I knew how to diagnose this quickly, but I'm going to try importing parts of the project to see what breaks it. Edited March 5, 2023 by wader1650507620 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rAC Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Rather than adding the plugins one at a time try adding ½ back at a time: ie with ½ the plugins does it happen yes remove ½ of that half; if it doesn’t add ½ of the previously excluded ½ back, repeat as required. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wader1650507620 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Thanks for your reply rAC that approach makes a lot of sense in this kind of situation. For info, I trashed the com.apple.logic10.plist, com.apple.logic.pro.LSSharedFileList.plist and com.apple.logic.pro.cs files. Seems to be working ok now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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