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Will Final Cut Studio 3 work with OSX Mavericks?

Hi,


Does anyone know if Final Cut Studio 3 will work with the New OSX Mavericks when it's released this fall?


Thanks in advance

Posted on Jun 23, 2013 2:50 PM

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Oct 24, 2013 6:45 AM in response to Tommykos

If you have the snow leopard install disk, you can do a custom install and just install rosetta.


One person on this forum, says there are serious issues with this workflow and links to another method.


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3222857?answerId=22029476022#22029476022


I've done it a few times without any issues, and I haven't seen any definitive reports detailing the problems with this.


Doing a complete clean install is the much safer way to have a dependable system. Here's a user tip on OS and FCP installation


https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2861


I'd also recommend creating a bootable clone of your startup drive before doing any os upgrades or application installations or upgrades. That way if things go south, you can easily return to the previous working system.


https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2494

Oct 24, 2013 7:39 AM in response to Tommykos

MichaelLAX says that installing Rosetta in Lion or Mountain Lion can cause OS corruption. I've never seen any direct evidence of this. Do some searching here and you'll see endless back and forth regarding this. Having a bootable clone of your startup drive is protection for many possible problems including this one.


In the situation you describe with minimal material on your harddrive, keeping an up to date clone doesn't sound like a difficult task.

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