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10.6: After Logic Install, Final Cut won't install

After a Clean install of OS 10.6 on a Macbook Pro 15", I immediately did a complete install of Logic Studio 9. Then I tried to install Final Cut Studio 2.0, but the Final Cut app is greyed out in the installer window! Installer says the reason is: "TT_NEWERALREADYINSTALLED". There is not a newer version of Final Cut on the system.

There are newer versions of Soundtrack Pro, Compressor and Apple QMaster installed by the Logic Studio 9 installer, and the FC Studio 2.0 installer correctly recognizes this. But it won't let me install Final Cut, and that's a problem!

Obviously, The Final Cut Studio 2.0 installer sees something about the Logic installation that it thinks is a newer version of Final Cut.

Software Update says there aren't any updates available for this machine.

How do I fix this and get Final Cut installed? I've got some hours involved in building this Mac, and I really do not want to start over just because the Final Cut installer is confused. Please don't say, "Buy Final Cut Studio 3.0." 😉

Thanks.

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Sep 6, 2009 9:11 AM

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User profile for user: Nick Holmes
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Sep 6, 2009 9:19 AM in response to coh998

If you install Final Cut Studio 2 after having installed Logic Studio, the option to install Final Cut Pro may be dimmed so that it is not possible to install Final Cut Pro. Other applications can be installed.

This particular issue specifically occurs on systems on which Logic Studio has already been installed.

Resolution

Take the following steps to resolve this issue:

If it is still running, quit the Final Cut Studio Installer.
In Finder, navigate to /Library/Receipts/.
Locate the file named ProMediaIO.pkg and drag it to the Trash.
Run the Final Cut Studio Installer again.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1110
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Sep 6, 2009 9:26 AM in response to Nick Holmes

Nick says "Locate the file named ProMediaIO.pkg and drag it to the Trash."

That file does not exist in /Library/Receipts under OS 10.6.

I saw that advice during a Google search before I came here. The Apple Support doc giving that solution is dated Jan '08...

Either Logic Studio 9 has changed it's "Receipts" behavior, or OS 10.6 has.
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Sep 6, 2009 10:01 AM in response to Captain Mench

Captain Mench says: "Did you look in your SYSTEM DRIVE/Library/Receipts/??"

Yes. There is no Proapp receipt in either /Library/Receipts or ~/Library/Receipts. There is no Receipts folder in /System/Library.

Odd that there is no receipt anywhere for Logic Studio 9 installation, no? Or any other Apple install. Not that I can find in the usual locations, anyway... Microsoft Office left 24 of 'em in /Library/Receipts!

Niel says use Pacifist. Good idea, but it opens the Final Cut Install .mpkg and breaks it down into 24 .pkg installers, not all of them with obvious names. I can't tell which ones are for Final Cut only, and I do not want to overwrite newer Soundtrack Pro or Compressor files from the Logic install. Nice try Neil, but I want to enable the Apple installer because it knows which packages are necessary for Final Cut only and I do not.

Thanks for your help, guys... I'll keep looking.
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