I recently downloaded FCP X and now FCP 7 won't open, any ideas why?

Open up your Applications folder ... Create new folder and put into that folder the FCPX app. The basic point is you cannot have FCPX and FCP 7 on the dock. So if you seperate them this way it means you can keep which ever one you use most frequently on the dock. I Keep the FCP 7 one there. This works as it is the set up I have .. I was not a fan of FCPX but to future proff my skills I bought it and use it occasionally to learn on.

Jim

You need to open Motion 4 and then close it again. After that, FCP 7 will work as usual.

Did you try trashing the FCP 7 prefs ?

Incidentally this is what I meant when I mentioned putting them in different folders .. I saw this on a Lynda.Com tut .. as I say it worked for me

It is possible to have both in the dock…just not open at the same time.

When you download X, all the FCS apps will be relocated to a folder as Jim shows. After downloading, you need to do as Nick said and that is to open Motion 4 first. The steps are descibedhere. (Link is also under helpful resources at the top of the FCX discussion forum.) So try starting the install again from the beginning, following their recommendations and you should be good to go.

Russ

If it were me I'd start completely over,moving FCX to the trash…then a new download and install that follow the steps outlined in the Apple best practices doc. You shouldn't get charged for the reinstall.

Good luck.

Russ

It's unclear (to me) what you've done with respect to preferences. Why don't you download Digitla Rebellion's Preference Manager and trash them with that tool.

What OS are you running and have you run Software Updates?

If you followed the instructions on installing FCX on the same disk partition as FCP 7, they should coexist perfectly fine.

Russ