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Q: Is 10.6.7 OK with FCP studio 7.03?

ALso, does the install of FCPX destroy DCP Studio 7.03 at all?

bunches, Mac OS X (10.6.4), too many macs

Posted on Jul 6, 2011 3:24 PM

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Q: Is 10.6.7 OK with FCP studio 7.03?

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  • by Nick Holmes,Helpful

    Nick Holmes Nick Holmes Jul 6, 2011 3:41 PM in response to labcomp
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    Jul 6, 2011 3:41 PM in response to labcomp

    To answer the thread title, it works without a hitch.

     

    To answer the question in the body of your message, all the FCS 2009 apps are moved to a folder named Final Cut Studio, inside the Applcations folder. They can co-exist with FCPX peacefully.

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    labcomp labcomp Jul 6, 2011 3:56 PM in response to Nick Holmes
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    Jul 6, 2011 3:56 PM in response to Nick Holmes

    Excellent info Nick. Appreciated.

     

    Do I understand that we should 'not' install 10.6.8 if we wish to keep using FCP Studio 7.03? Aren't there woes with that combination?

  • by Nick Holmes,

    Nick Holmes Nick Holmes Jul 6, 2011 4:03 PM in response to labcomp
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    Jul 6, 2011 4:03 PM in response to labcomp

    I haven't seen any bad reports about 10.6.8 and FCS 2009 yet. Do you have a source that claims to have issues?

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    labcomp labcomp Jul 6, 2011 6:17 PM in response to Nick Holmes
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    Jul 6, 2011 6:17 PM in response to Nick Holmes

    Saw some posts like this "10.6.8 upgrade killed digital out in FCP pro 7" and "It was widely reported here over the past few days to avoid this update if you are sticking with FCP7".

     

    And "According to new posts today at Adobe the latest Snow Leopard 10.6.8 update has apparently broken Premiere's Mercury Playback Engine running on NVidia's Cuda cards. So, be careful." "

     

    "A creative cow motion forum item from Stephen Smith seems to indicate this, which would

    invalidate all Motion 4 workflows with legacy versions of FCP installed on the same partitiion

    under Snow Leopard 10.6.8."

     

    Lastly, "It seems that the update kills all media files with Media 100 codec - they play BLACK in Quicktime and cause bad video frame errors within Media 100 Suite 1.6.3 - other quicktime codecs seem to be okay."

     

    But I dont know whether it is dangerous for us here or not. Perplexed whether to go to 10.6.8 or just 10.6.7

     

     


  • by Meg The Dog,Helpful

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Jul 6, 2011 6:49 PM in response to labcomp
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    Jul 6, 2011 6:49 PM in response to labcomp

    I'm running 7.03 on two systems with 10.6.8. Not having any problems, both systems connecting to Matrox output cards.

     

    Whenever you are upgrading, always make a clone of your system disk first so that you have a safety net in case you get unexpected results.

     

    MtD

  • by labcomp,

    labcomp labcomp Jul 7, 2011 6:21 AM in response to Meg The Dog
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    Jul 7, 2011 6:21 AM in response to Meg The Dog

    Excellent help Meg.Thank you.