Upgrade Mac OS 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard

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Upgrade Mac OS 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard

I'm an editor. I have a MacBookPro 17" with 10.4.11 looking to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Must I go to Leopard first? If not, what adventures can I expect from third party software, especially FCP Academic 5.1.1 - Adobe CS4, etc.

Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 1:59 PM

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Limnos

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Apr 12, 2010 2:01 PM in response to Frank Cento

Can't answer your third party software questions but you can go straight from Tiger to Snow Leopard assuming your computer meets other specifications. [Snow Leopard 10.6 Technical Requirements|http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs>

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Nick Holmes

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Apr 12, 2010 2:04 PM in response to Frank Cento

You will need to run Software Update to get FCP to version 5.1.4 along with all the highest possible updates for the rest of the FCS suite. CS4 also works in Mac OS X 10.6.

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Frank Cento Author

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Apr 12, 2010 2:32 PM in response to Limnos

Appreciate the quick response.
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Studio X

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Apr 13, 2010 5:58 AM in response to Frank Cento

Is there a specific editing reason to move to 10.6? If not, you may do well to stay with a system where the Apps and the OS were designed to be compatible.

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