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Update FCP5 to FCP7 after FCPX install??

Hello FCP Gurus,


So I just bought FCP-X, not thinking that it would effect my current beloved FCP7. But low and behold, after installing, it reduced my FCP7 to FCP5! And then when I downloaded the ProApps update 2010-02 to upgrade back to 10.7, it told me that my computer doesn't need the update! So now I have all my FCP7 projects that can't be opened in FCP5 because they're "too new!" Any suggestions???


Thanks!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on May 8, 2012 8:55 AM

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May 8, 2012 4:28 PM in response to Nick Holmes

Nick and David,


Thanks for all this - greatly appreciated - all so I can just get ONE XML file exported from FCP7.0.3! I actutally just got off phone with Apple Support, who told me the only way I could have 7.0.3 is if I had bought 7.0 at some point - but I swear I bought 5 and then upgraded to 7 using software upgrade - I have no 7.0 disks! So he sold me a disk over the phone for $16! And then he gave me the same instructions - dump everything, install FCP7 first, run software update, then go back and reinstall FCPX... Sheesh!


BTW, I sent him the link you sent me David, and he balked and said, wow that's way out of date and sent it upstairs to take offline!


Thanks again guys...

May 8, 2012 5:14 PM in response to Matinicus Rock

FCP 5.x, whether the stand alone or as part of Final Cut Sutudio is a pay for upgrade to FCS 2009 - which includes FCP 7. You didn't get it via Apple Software Update.


FCS 2009 is a set of disks (7 or 8 DVDs, dunno exactly, my set is in a safe deposit box at my bank)


$16 bucks? Tell him I'll buy a truck load at that price. These babies were $300 if you had a prior version, $1000 if not. What kind of people are manning the Apple support lines these days? In my day, you had to know every single product not only blindfolded but after being beaten senseless, hit with sticks, then drowned in a bucket and spat upon by Windows gamers. Pffft!


"I have a iPhone, tight jeans, a Justin Beaver haircut and horn rimmed spectacles"... Welcome to Apple.


They used to employ people who knew what they were talkng about. For shame Apple. For shame.


Now, get off my lawn you youngsters.

Update FCP5 to FCP7 after FCPX install??

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