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I'm surprised at this point Apple still doesn't have some sort of solution for cloud/remote editing integrated into Final Cut. What I mean is a native desktop GUI but with the video files streaming from a remote location for the previews, thubmnails, etc. Heck, the GUI could even be a web app.

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They had the beginnings of that, but they discontinued it 15 years ago:

Final Cut Server:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Server

• https://unflyingobject.com/posts/final-cut-server (2007)

He isn't even using Final Cut. That should tell you how good of a job Apple is doing with FCP.

Avid is the industry standard and has been for years. Doesn't matter how good or bad FC is.

Even DVR hasn't been able to compete even though it's probably the industry standard for grading.

> Avid is the industry standard and has been for years. Doesn't matter how good or bad FC is.

FCP used to hold 60% of the market (by various estimates), and then Apple botched both the transition to FCP X and the Mac Pro at the same time.

That was like... 15 years ago?

I'm like yeah 2010, that's yesterday.

I've now had the "90s were just 10 years ago" moment :)

Yup, FCP X was released 14 years ago.

Latency?

If the GUI is running locally I don't think latency would be that bad given that you're not on the other side of the world and you have a decent connection.

More than remote desktop?

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