Uninstalling Final Cut Studio

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coopdeville2 Author

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Uninstalling Final Cut Studio

I would like to find out how to perform a complete uninstall of Final Cut Studio. Do instructions exist for this task?

PowerMac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jan 18, 2008 1:02 AM

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Answer 1

gogiangigo

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Jan 18, 2008 3:22 AM in response to coopdeville2

Hi,
did you use the search tool? It really helps.
Here there are some useful threads:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3148496&#3148496
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6081774&#6081774

G

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Answer 2

Jan 18, 2008 4:08 AM in response to coopdeville2

Actually for the Studio, there's a lot of files to delete, and there's no software routine to just do it for you. App Zapper will get a lot of them, but not all.

Might post why you want to do this... I'd be prone to just perform and erase and install of the OS and start over if you're just looking for a clean way to install.

Jerry

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coopdeville2 Author

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Jan 18, 2008 10:33 AM in response to Jerry Hofmann

Hi Jerry,

To answer your question about why I want to perform an uninstall, I purchased an Academic version of FCP Studio a few years ago. I found out later that I could not upgrade an Academic version so I recently purchased the full version of FCS 2. I would like to completely get rid of the old version and start fresh but I'm reluctant to follow your suggestion to erase and install the OS because I have so many other applications tied to it. However, thanks for your advice.

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Answer 4

Jan 18, 2008 6:43 PM in response to coopdeville2

http://homepage.mac.com/fearless/FileSharing32.html Might have what you need to uninstall FCP...

Jerry

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fcpuser

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Feb 3, 2008 10:01 PM in response to Jerry Hofmann

this was a pain in the neck, but after 5-6 hours researching the following worked for me:

Shane adair's advise as below ( from thread upstream) and

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301182

shane thanks!

How to uninstall FCP 5

Here's the way to do it:

1) Close FCP
2) Go to: /users/username/library/preferences/
a. Delete the com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist
b. Delete the FCP User data folder.
3) Go to: Applications
a. Delete FCP application
b. Delete FCP HD addition easy setups folder.
4) Go to: /library/applicaton support/fcp system support/
a. Delete Custom Settings folder
b. Delete Plugins folder
5) Go to: /library/receipts/ and delete the following:
a. AnalogPAL.pkg
b. AppleIntermediateCodec.pkg
c. DigitalPAL.pkg
d. DVCproHDCodec.pkg
e. FinalCutPro.pkg
f. FinalCutproHDUpdate4.5.pkg
g. FinalCutProHelp.pkg
h. HDVCodec.pkg
i. IMXCodec.pkg
j. Uncompressed422.pkg
k. VideoOutSupport.pkg

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Answer 6

Andy Mees

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Feb 3, 2008 11:23 PM in response to fcpuser

well our fellow poster Jon Chappell can probably help you here:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm

don't forget to thank him!

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David S.

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Feb 4, 2008 9:08 AM in response to Andy Mees

Nice find Andy.

Has anybody tried this?

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Answer 8

Feb 4, 2008 3:21 PM in response to David S.

It doesn't actually delete anything, it just moves it all to the trash. It is up to you to actually click "Empty Trash", which gives you the opportunity to restore a file that has been incorrectly placed there. Most of the file paths are hard-coded though, so this shouldn't be an issue.

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Answer 9

Andy Mees

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Feb 4, 2008 11:40 PM in response to David S.

Nice find Andy.

actually Jon posted the link to this himself just a few days ago (thanks again Jon)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6503160&#6503160

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Answer 10

SYDEWAYZ

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Apr 9, 2008 1:23 PM in response to Andy Mees

Any information on how to Re-install Final Cut Studio while keeping all extras intact?

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