Transitioning from a crack copy to a legitimate copy of fcpx...

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Transitioning from a crack copy to a legitimate copy of fcpx...

Well as you can see from the title I have been a naughty boy. I feel honestly is the best policy if I have any hope of recieving helpful information.

I have been editing a feature film for some time now on my copy of FCPX which was given to me by a friend. I naively did not check what version of the software it was and what that version would enable me to do.

The version is 10.0, so i have no hope of exporting an XML, OMF or utilizing Xto7 in order for my colour grader and sound mixer to use their own desired programs.

I would like to update my FCPX and in doing so gain a legitimate copy of the program and pay for the software from the app store.

When I search for FCPX in the app store, there is no price, merely an update button. I am terrified to press this as I suspect that during the update process it will become apparent that my copy of the program is not genuine, and i may lose the months of work i have put into the edit.

I know there are lots of walk throughs out there about transitioning your projects to newer versions of FCPX and the introduction of libraries, however, what i am after is insight into the the transition from crack to legitimate version of the program.

I would greatly appreciate anybodies help and plead that you do not judge me for using a crack.

Peter

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 5, 2014 9:33 AM

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fox_m

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Mar 5, 2014 10:33 AM in response to Peter Trifunovic

You need to completely remove the old copy. This document will help:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5149

I recommend after deleting the Application Support files, restarting your Mac. It's been reported that there is a background process that caches preferences and even if they're manually deleted, the background process will restore them from its cache.

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Answer 2

Mar 5, 2014 10:35 AM in response to fox_m

and this should leave my project in tact? ready to be opened once I install the current fcpx?

thank you for your response.

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fox_m

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Mar 5, 2014 11:16 AM in response to Peter Trifunovic

Yes it should. If you have room for it, you should back up your project files before making changes in FCPX, just in case. I've never had a problem with FCPX bashing projects, even over upgrades... Apple recommends the files be backed up (if possible.)

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Mar 5, 2014 11:54 AM in response to fox_m

super! good to hear.

at risk of sounding like a simpleton, by backup do you mean make a copy of the folders "Final cut events" and "Final cut projects" onto an external hard drive or something?

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fox_m

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Mar 5, 2014 12:30 PM in response to Peter Trifunovic

Oh - well - you'll be ungrading to FCPX 10.1.1 from an older version. Your Events and Projects folders will not be touched by FCPX 10.1.x. You will be building a newer structure after upgrading called Libraries. You can have FCPX do that for you automatically, but you might prefer to manually rebuild those events and projects.

This page has a lot of references: http://fcpx.tv and go down to the section labelled:

Updating toFinal Cut Pro X10.1 Libraries...

These will help you out considerably.

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