Shane, you expound upon an interesting proposition. I am curious how much of it is theory and how much of it is practice?
Of the 100% of the time that you use Final Cut Pro, what percentage of the time since YOU upgraded to Mavericks have you used FCP 6 and what percentage of the time have you used FCP X (the sum of these two numbers does not have to equal 100% if you use other versions)?
Your second paragraph is mostly an analogy to Microsoft's Windows operating system: a completely different operating system based upon different theories of operation by a completely different company. It is kind of like comparing Oranges with Apples, don't you think?
While it seems logical to state that:
Apple never does this...never looks back. And doesn't care that software that's 7 years old will work or not...they want you to use FCX.
The fact of the matter is that many examples of Universal software written for Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 or Leopard 10.5 continues to work in Mavericks as can be seen be reviewing this chart:
http://roaringapps.com/apps?index=a
The problem is that you try to answer a specific with a generalization: Yes, of course, it is always best to upgrade any software to its most recent version (so long as it continues to support those features that you need) and always best to run older versions of software in the version of the operating system that existed when the older version of the software was released. But that begs the question for mwgray!
He notes that he uses both FCP X and FCP 6. Obviously he has determined that he must continue to utilize a dual track of operating FCP based upon HIS needs!
So really, the only relevant question for him, is how well FCP 6 works in Mavericks. Entering "final cut studio pro 2 mavericks" into Google, this thread was the first link to come up:
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1179121
Interestingly, the following post was submitted in answer to the OP's question: "Good day. I'm curious if anyone's tried running FCS6 in Mavericks. I haven't upgraded yet, but am holding off to see if I should. Thanks for your help!"
Hi Shane,
I have just updated my ageing 2009 Mac Book Pro to Mavericks.
As it goes i have an old install of Final Cut Studio 2 on there.
I am pleased to tell you that FCP6 does in fact work fine although some of the plug ins did not.
After updating and on first launching the application it would hang while attempting to load Boris Continuum Shaders making it then "Quit Suddenly" while still on the loading splash screen.
After uninstalling BCS plug ins however it all now works fine.
I haven't tested it thoroughly as i don't really use it anymore, however just for you and in the name of science i opened up a pre existing project, made a new sequence, set in and out points on some footage, dragged it to the timeline. Bladed it, trimmed it, added a cross dissolve, rendered some colour correction and exported a ProRes 422 Quicktime successfully, all of which is fairly conclusive i would say.
There you go!
Steve.
It seems that "Steve" is responding to YOU and virtually the same theoretical concerns you posted back in October, 2013! Of all of the follow-up posters to Steve and others, none of them was YOU!
So, the relevant question remains, Shane, what is your experience with working with FCP 6 in Mavericks; or do you just continue to restate your theoretical concerns even the face of the experience of others, who have responded directly to you, that it works fine (absent some plug-in problems that are enumerated)?
I would not normally go to such lengths in this thread, except for the fact that mwgray has specifically reiterated that he is just looking for the Terminal instructions on how to install FCP6 in Mavericks. He has made it clear that he wants to run FCP6 in Mavericks and your reposting of old concerns will only serve to confuse others who read this thread. He really has rendered the totality of your post moot for his wants and needs...
Otherwise, your post is well written and you should be continued to be thanked for speaking up on the various FCP issues that I have seen you post on this forum in other threads!
There you go!
Michael