Final Cut Pro X is Apple 's professional offering in the field of video editing and production. This powerful program offers many features, but there is one aspect of it that has been somewhat ignored by the company, causing frustration for many users.
According to several commenters on Apple's support forums and other websites, there are some scenarios where scroll bars occasionally disappear in the Event Browser and Timeline. This issue primarily affects FCP X versions 10.1.x, MacBook Pro (Retina, Late 2013) and Mac Pro (Late 2013).
Many users are reporting that the issue occurs when connecting a new mouse or trackpad to their Mac. Apple does not appear to have released a patch for this bug yet, but the issue may be fixed in a future update to Final Cut Pro X.
The solution, however, is simple! To resolve the issue, simply change the “Show scroll bars” setting to “Always” from your Mac’s “General prefs.” Here are the detailed steps.
How to fix Scroll Bar issue in Final Cut Pro X 10.1
Step 1
Click the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your desktop and choose System Preferences. Alternatively, press Command (CMD) + Alt (Option) and type System Preferences. Before you finish typing, Spotlight should already have suggested things.
Step 2
In System Preferences, look for the General tab in the upper left corner (as shown in the screenshot below)
Step 3
Then look for the setting for displaying scroll bars “Show scroll bars”. Select “Always” and the problem is fixed!
