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Q: FCP 7 and El Capitan?

Has anyone tested if FCP 7 works with El Capitan?

 

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Posted on Sep 30, 2015 10:36 AM

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Q: FCP 7 and El Capitan?

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  • by jayasri,

    jayasri jayasri Apr 6, 2016 9:40 PM in response to Shane Ross
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    Apr 6, 2016 9:40 PM in response to Shane Ross

    Shane, can I ask which version of Avid Media Composer you are using with OS 10.9.5? Also, how did you buy 10.9.5 six months ago? On another thread, some people are saying Yosemite is like 10.9.6--much like Mavericks.

  • by Shane Ross,

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Apr 7, 2016 10:13 AM in response to jayasri
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    Apr 7, 2016 10:13 AM in response to jayasri

    I'm running the latest, Avid MC 8.5.1.

     

    And I didn't buy Mavericks. I believe that was the first one they gave out for free.  I downloaded it, like I downloaded Yosemite and El Capitan.  Downloaded, and then made installer USB flash drives.

  • by jayasri,

    jayasri jayasri Apr 7, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Shane Ross
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    Apr 7, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Shane Ross

    Thanks for the tip! One should download an OS as soon as it's made available and make installer drives whether one installs it or not. I didn't do that, so I had to buy Snow Leopard which I am now using. Didn't cost much but it was only by asking an Apple Genius that I found out where and how I could make the purchase.

  • by TomJazzz,

    TomJazzz TomJazzz Apr 21, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Shane Ross
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    Apr 21, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Shane Ross

    I might add to this that if you're running Adobe apps, new versions run only on osx 10.10. So you'll have to upgrade that OS if you want to keep up with Adobe. I just had a chat with Adobe Tech Support and that's what they told me.

  • by micdim,

    micdim micdim Jun 20, 2016 9:14 AM in response to Stockholm
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    Jun 20, 2016 9:14 AM in response to Stockholm

    In order to get FCP 7 to work on El Capitan. You need to do the following...

     

    1. Move Motion 5 out the of Applications folder. (Don't delete it, as you'll move it back in)

    2. Have Motion 4 installed (Change the name of the App to Motion 4 once installed)

    3. Move the following files inside the Components folder to another folder. (don't delete "Components" folder)

        a. Go to System Hard Drive/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/ and Create another folder called "Components (not used)" or something equivalent.

        b. Move files inside System Hard Drive/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components/ (when you move files press Command Key to actually move them, and not copy them).     

            Note: Also you will get a dialog to put in your admin password while moving the files.

        c. Start FCP 7, and it should now open up.

     

    Notes:

    You won't be able to use Motion 4 stand alone or with FCP 7, as it won't work with El Capitan, but yo can certainly use FCP 7.

    There may be other instabilities, but at least you can open you projects, create an XML file, and then use 7toX for Final Cut Pro App http://assistedediting.intelligentassistance.com/7toX/

     

    4. If you want to go back using FCP X move the Motion 5 App back into the Applications folder, and put all the files above back into the "Components folder" by pressing the Command key while moving the files. (once again the command key moves the files as opposed to copying them.)

     

    Hopefully this helps.

    Cheers.

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