Q: Fresh reinstall of Final Cut Studio 3
I've recently "upgraded" to FCPX and am not impressed with it. When I purchased it, I was running FCS3 on my system. I noticed that my system felt a little sluggish after purchasing FCPX. I later read a forum that said Apple does not recommend running both FCP7 and FCPX on the same drive. I figured that was why my computer was running slow. I decided to wipe my computer and start fresh with a clean install of EVERYTHING. I figured it was due for a cleaning anyway. I reinstalled everything except for FCS3. I noticed how fast FCPX runs on my machine. However, I'm not happy with FCPX. I'd rather not go into why I don't like FCPX. There are too many forums bashing FCPX, and while I feel the same way, I'd rather move on. After reading Apple's recently released FAQ's about FCPX and FCP7 working together fine, I'd like to install FCS3 back on my computer. I read somewhere that Apple has stopped supporting FCS3. Does that mean when I install FCP 7.0.0 on my system, I won't be able to update to FCP 7.0.3? I'm worried that if I decide to delete FCPX and install FCS3, it won't be supported. If I leave FCPX on my machine, will I even be able to install FCS3?
Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Posted on Jul 2, 2011 5:14 AM
Make a folder and call it Final Cut Pro X
Drag FCP X , Compressor 4 and Motion 5 (if you have them) into it and place it in your Applications folder.
Open and close Motion 5 (if you have it) before FCP X. (Actually this is probably not necessary).
You can then install FCS 3 in the normal way.
Software Update will see your FCP X etc. in the folder you have made.
This official Apple guide (last section) should confirm what I have described. The main thing is that FCP X etc. is kept out of the way of FCS 3 in its own folder.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722
Message was edited by: Ian R. Brown
Posted on Jul 2, 2011 5:41 AM