Updating Final Cut Pro 10.4.8

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Updating Final Cut Pro 10.4.8

I'm currently running Final Cut 10.4.8 on macOS Catalina 10.15.3 on my MacBook Pro. I can update to Catalina 10.15.7 or Big Sur, and I think I'm long overdue for a Final Cut update - which isn't downloadable or visible in the App Store unless I get the 10.15.6/later update. I'm wondering if it's safe for me to get Catalina or Big Sur, and then update Final Cut. My last mistake was updating to Catalina first, which left me unable to open Final Cut and caused a huge debacle.

Also for many months I've had issues exporting from Final Cut. It hasn't been able to export to external drives or flashdrives, despite having full permissions to my knowledge. This is my main reason for wanting the update, hopefully it resolves those issues.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jan 29, 2021 6:03 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Jan 29, 2021 6:07 PM in response to LS100

We can’t be sure, but if you want to update FCP you will have to update the OS first.

I would be surprised however if the update by itself would fix the export problem as nothing really has changed in Sharing in recent versions.

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Alchroma

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Jan 29, 2021 6:14 PM in response to LS100

If you select these in the System Settings you should be good to export:

Al

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Answer 3

LS100 Author

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Jan 29, 2021 6:28 PM in response to Alchroma

Thank you Al, this solved my problem! Final Cut was not selected in that folder, not sure how that happened or what caused this issue in the first place. Nonetheless I can successfully export to my drives!

I'm editing a four-hour feature film so as you can imagine this was a lifesaver. Thank you so much!

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