Loch Phillipps

Q: FCP 7 and Lion reconnecting problems

I still haven't heard any comment from Apple on this.  I feel caught in the middle here, as an editor.  I had to get Avid Media Composer 6 because everyone I work for seems to be running away from Apple now that they've released FCPX.  To install the latest version of Media Composer, I had to upgrade to Lion.  I was told FCP7 would still work on Lion but I'm having all sorts of issues, beginning with problems reconnecting media. 

 

Does anyone know if Apple is going to release some fixes for Studio 3 so it does work with Lion as advertised.  Apple is behaving strangely, or really, poorly these days.  It's one thing to leave old apps and hardware behind as you move forward, but when you start leaving your customers in bad situations, that's not good.  Please Apple.  Communicate with us on this.  I'm shocked really.  I understood FCP7 had about a 50% marketshare.  Why drop that ball?

 

I don't like Lion that much so far either.  Not happy.

MacPro quad 3.2, 8 gig RAM, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 13, 2012 12:21 PM

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  • by Studio X,

    Studio X Studio X Jan 13, 2012 2:06 PM in response to Loch Phillipps
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    Jan 13, 2012 2:06 PM in response to Loch Phillipps

    Did you do a clean installation of Lion or did you install it over your existing OSX 10.6 and all your apps?

     

    If you did an overwrite install, you may be dealing with all the problems you had in 10.6 but didn't really know about because they had not risen to the level of noticable. Upgrading an OS can break these incipient issues.

     

    A number of people are running FCS3 on 10.7 without a host of issues.

     

    My suggestion (painful as it may sound) is to get a new hard drive for your MacPro and do a clean installation of 10.7 on it then install FCS and your other apps from the original disks. My guess is a number of issues will be cleaned up.

     

    Good luck.

     

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