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Final Cut Studio 3 installation problem

Working on my Mac Pro 1,1 and I'm habing rouble re-installing Final Cut Studio 3 on it.


Here's the background: I've hesiated updating the OS beyond 10.5 so that I could keep using a legacy copy of ProTools LE. Recently, I decided to add a new hard drive to one of the open bays so that I could have a 10.7.5 startup disc for most applications, and I could simply rebppt in 10.5 when I need to. everything went smootly until I tried to re-install FCS-3.


The installation keeps hanging up whenever I try to install any components that need content (i.e. DVD Studio Pro, Sound Track, etc...). As a test, I did an install of just FCP (and default Compressor) and that seemed to be OK. Once installed, I thought I'd try to add one compnent at a time - so I started with DVD Studio Pro.


Just as had happed when I tried to do a full install, it failed. I got an error message that


"the installer encountered a problem and that I needed to contact the software manufacturer"


So far, I've tried with both DVD Studio Pro and Sound Track with the same result. It seems to go through the entire process of copying over files on the content disc before it fails. On the DVD-SP as soon as it ejects the one (and only) content disc, I get the error. On SoundTrack, it seems to take all the data from disc 1 (of 3) then it askes for disc 2. As soon as i put it in and it tries to read it, the the install fails and I get the same error as I listed above.


Anybody have am idea of what might be happening?


Thanks,

Steve

Final Cut Studio '09, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Nov 26, 2013 2:02 PM

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Final Cut Studio 3 installation problem

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