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Q: Can't install Final Cut Studio 2 because "PowerPC applications are no longer supported"

Bought a brand new 15" MacBookPro OS X 10.7 2.2Ghz Intel Core i7 and tried to install Final Cut Studio 2. Got the error message "You can't open the application FinalCutStudio.mpkg because PowerPC applications are no longer supported." Oh no, does this mean I have to spend more money!???

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 26, 2011 5:16 PM

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Q: Can't install Final Cut Studio 2 because "PowerPC applications are no longer supported"

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  • by Mr Neunz Jr.,

    Mr Neunz Jr. Mr Neunz Jr. Aug 26, 2011 7:40 AM in response to Maylyn
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    Aug 26, 2011 7:40 AM in response to Maylyn

    Hi Maylyn,

     

    You may have resolved this already but if I were you I would...

     

    1. Use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable copy of your new Mac hard drive on an external HD. (So you can restore your computer to as new if ever needed and without paying to upgrade in the future).

     

    2. Connect your mac to another mac in 'file transfer mode' and wipe the drive completely using disk utility, then install a fresh copy of snow leopard and enjoy your final cut studio 2 etc.

     

    Note: This will give you the best compatibility and if you can live without the gimmick features of Lion, why not, until the bugs are all fixed!!!?!

     

    Note: To do this you will need - access to another mac, an external HD and a full copy of snow leopard.

  • by Terry Smelker,

    Terry Smelker Terry Smelker Aug 27, 2011 8:38 AM in response to Maylyn
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    Aug 27, 2011 8:38 AM in response to Maylyn

    I don't know whether this helps, but I had to wipe my drive, reinstall SL an dall my apps, complete all the software updates (inscluding that last one for SL that helped prepare the SL transfer to Lion), then reinstalled Lion 10.7.1. Additionally, I installed Rosetta and QT7 off the SL disk, and all works perfectly- both FCS2 and Adobe CS3 (I was having similar issues as well with those apps). Thanks to all the help here!

  • by Maylyn,

    Maylyn Maylyn Aug 27, 2011 10:02 AM in response to Maylyn
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    Aug 27, 2011 10:02 AM in response to Maylyn

    Thanks for the suggestions. My solution was to switch to editing with Adobe Premiere Pro and sell my Final Cut on Amazon.

     

    Goodbye Final Cut...

  • by marionfrombedarieux,

    marionfrombedarieux marionfrombedarieux Aug 30, 2011 7:01 AM in response to Miralys
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    Aug 30, 2011 7:01 AM in response to Miralys

    Should this work for other programmes?  e.g. Roberts/Collind dictionary - when I try to open message "power PC applications not supported" appears.  I'm not very confident about altering operating systems and am new to Mac.

    Marion

  • by sgutas,

    sgutas sgutas Sep 16, 2011 1:28 PM in response to Maylyn
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    Sep 16, 2011 1:28 PM in response to Maylyn

    I finally got Final Cut Studio 2 installed on my Lion mac.

     

    You can install Rosetta on Lion from the Snow Leopard installation disk. Put in your Snow Leopard DVD and navigate to the hidden /System/Installation/ directory. Find Rosetta, open and install it.

    I had no errors here.

     

    After this, open the Final Cut Studio 2.0 installer, and it should work normally. Unfortunately this trick does not re-enable all PowerPC apps, but somehow the installer works.

     

    Hope this helps.

  • by marionfrombedarieux,

    marionfrombedarieux marionfrombedarieux Sep 27, 2011 7:36 AM in response to sgutas
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    Sep 27, 2011 7:36 AM in response to sgutas

    Have finally got round to trying this - but couldn't find how to navigate to System/Installation/directory.

    Apologies for being dense but can you give any further clues?

  • by sgutas,

    sgutas sgutas Sep 27, 2011 3:38 PM in response to marionfrombedarieux
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    Sep 27, 2011 3:38 PM in response to marionfrombedarieux

    Insert the Snow Leopard disk, then click the Go menu in the menu bar.

    Choose Go to Folder...

    and type:

     

    /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/

     

    That will take you to the directory where you'll find the Rosetta installer.

  • by Ovid 01,

    Ovid 01 Ovid 01 Sep 29, 2011 5:06 AM in response to Maylyn
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    Sep 29, 2011 5:06 AM in response to Maylyn

    I owned FCS2 which I used for some small vids, travellogues etc. It worked while Snow Leopard was installed. I listened to the Apple hype and accepted that what they were selling was important to the functionality of the hardware and software that I had. So I installed Lion over Snow leopard.

     

    I hadn't used FCS since beginning of June and had no warning of the disaster that lay ahead until last night when I had to edit an audio/video audition tape. I now have real problems. FCS works, more or less, but it's impossible to use Compressor when exporting to Mpeg 2. There is no audio with the video and there is only half the the video there anyway.

    The FCS software was worth A$1500 when I bought it and I never intended to upgrade as I don't use it commercially. So you can imagined how ****** I am that Mr Apple and the boys have sold me on OSX Lion as if it was the answer to a maiden's prayers when all it did functionally was to stuff some pretty expensive pieces of software.

    And Mr Apple forgot to warn me of exactly what it would do. If he had warned me, I could have chosen to ignore the advertising hype and stick with older Snow Leopard, knowing that my applications would remain viable.

    Now I find that pretty cheap and nasty. Particularly since, as a result of a defect in the code, Lion also caused Safari to crash (black screen of death at least daily and often three or four times a day.

    As you can tell, I am very angry.

  • by alekswielki,

    alekswielki alekswielki Nov 13, 2011 4:48 PM in response to Maylyn
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  • by Nick Holmes,

    Nick Holmes Nick Holmes Nov 14, 2011 12:59 AM in response to alekswielki
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    Nov 14, 2011 12:59 AM in response to alekswielki

    It's a lot of messing about when all you really need to do is install Rosetta from a Mac OS X 10.6 disc, followed by the FCS 2 Installer.

  • by Erik in sac,

    Erik in sac Erik in sac Jan 8, 2012 9:13 PM in response to Nick Holmes
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    Jan 8, 2012 9:13 PM in response to Nick Holmes

    Hi guys, looks like I got it working on lion 10.7 by downloading rosetta seperately from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?zd1mmy4nijn

    just intall it (after unzipping it) and it is now going through FCP studio 2 intall as I type

    thanks to whoever put that on mediafire

     

    And thanks for the tip about Rosetta in the first place!

  • by aldombr,

    aldombr aldombr Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM in response to Maylyn
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    Jan 11, 2012 11:27 PM in response to Maylyn

    I got it working using pacifist and the method described here:

     

    http://www.instructables.com/id/Install-Final-Cut-Studio-2-on-Lion/

  • by DInsley,

    DInsley DInsley Mar 3, 2012 7:15 AM in response to Erik in sac
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    Mar 3, 2012 7:15 AM in response to Erik in sac

    This really worked nicely. Downloaded rosetta via

    http://www.mediafire.com/?zd1mmy4nijn

    and then reinstalled my FCPStudio 2 version 6.0 with no problems. Then upgraded 6.0 to 6.0.6 and it works great. Sees all my old projects. No hiccups so far. Thanks for the tip.

  • by Max of Apple,

    Max of Apple Max of Apple Mar 7, 2012 7:18 AM in response to Maylyn
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    Mar 7, 2012 7:18 AM in response to Maylyn

    I used this method and it worked amazingly, thanks for saving me 300$ on the new FCP.

  • by JeremyJohnstone,

    JeremyJohnstone JeremyJohnstone Mar 11, 2012 12:34 AM in response to Maylyn
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    Mar 11, 2012 12:34 AM in response to Maylyn

    For those of you wanting to get it installed and either don't want to hassle with Rosetta or don't have a 10.6 install disc handy, here's an easy solution: http://url.vg/Etk7

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