How to Install FC7 in Mavericks...No longer support PowerPC error

You may be able to run an older Mac OS X such as Snow Leopard (with rosetta installed?)

in your newer Mac; under emulation in Parallels, in the same machine as Mavericks.

Not sure how (or if) it will work for you, but I've heard something similiar had been done.

You'd still need a source DVD OS X 10.6, & Combo 10.6.8 plus rosetta, & Parallels.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

You could do one of the following (not that I think either is desirable):

1. Install Parallels and then install Snow Leopard + FCP7 in a virtual machine
2. Use Pacificst to try to install FCP7 on Mavericks

You might also try using 7 to X for Final Cut Pro to migrate your FCP7 project to FCPX.

Actually, to run FCP 7 under Mavericks, you need to purchase virtualization software like VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop or a free, open source virtualization software called VirtualBox. Then, you need to purchase OS X Snow Leopard SERVER.

You will have to call Apple at 1-800-MY APPLE to obtain this as it is no longer available online from Apple.

It will cost $20 to get the Snow Leopard Server OS.

You first install and run the Virtualization software.

Install the OS X Snow Leopard Server OS inside the virtualization software.

Rosetta was an optional install for Snow Leopard, so you may have to do a custom install and select Rosetta to install with the rest of OS X Snow Leopard Server

Then, after Snow Leopard Server and Rosetta is installed and running, you can install FCP 7 inside Snow Leopard Server.

This should launch and run with no issues.

Make sure your Mac model has plenty of RAM installled.

Did these suggestions work for you? If not, here is some more information regarding my experience with giving similar advice is with FCP 6 not 7, which does not require Snow Leopard Server in virtualization:

Firstly, to correct a misstatement above:

Rosetta is a default install in Snow Leopard Server; not optionaly as with Snow Leopard client.

Secondly, Final Cut Pro 6 and then presumably 7, was a Universal application that does not need Rosetta to run and according to roaringapps.com, it will run in Lion and Mt. Lion (and presumably Mavericks, as many report that Final Cut Pro 6 runs in Mavericks).

Final Cut Pro 6 installer has a "bug" that causes a Mac running Lion, Mt. Lion or Mavericks to report the "PowerPC" dialog box. There are two known solutions to this FCP6 problem that may work with FCP7:

1) Use Pacifist to install (http://www.charlessoft.com/) or

2) Use Jeremy Johnstone's Terminal method:

http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html

A "partial application" migration might work, but only if you know where each and every element of the FCP7 install landed. Pacifist should help in this regard.

Well,

I, definitely! wasn't aware of all of this, Michael.

Curious, I still use Final Cut Express in OS X Snow Leopard.

Will this continue to work in Mavericks without any virtualization, or not.

FCE 3.5 is from the same generation and suffers from the same installation problem as FCP 6 (FCS2), but will work in Lion and Mt. Lion and presumably Mavericks, which please confirm for us when you try it!

Will do.

This is is one of my staple use apps that keeps me still using and running Snow Leopard.

Well, NOTE: FCP 7 was written in 2009 to run in Leopard (and FCE 3.5 before that), and at the end of the day, will probably continue to run best in Leopard or Snow Leopard. No doubt, FCP 7 will not run optimally in Mavericks for that reason.

My information is primarily for those who can no longer run Snow Leopard in a Mavericks world!

edit; this was an FCP7 OP, but i think those affected will find the following still applies, with the exception it's different updates required..

Whilst it may not be legal and certainly won't be supported, per the MlchaelLAX post, Jeremy Johnstone's Terminal method does get you a launching and rendering FCP6 (for it is the installer, not the apps, that has only one component that is written in PPC only code, requiring rosetta.)

You may require ProApplicationsUpdate2008-05-2 to bring FCP to 6.0.5, after which there is a delta update to 6.0.6, which you may struggle to find unless you have an internal sus. Or maybe softwareupdate will still locate it, the apple.com/downloads link tends to take me to the other meta updates instead. The new pre v6.0.6 install rejected my session files from my old workstation v6.0.6 install.

Remember to have Quicktime components to suit, and if required you will need to reinstall all your 3rd party camera and effects plugins.

Looking forward to watching quad-core hyper-threaded i7 dual 6Gb/s SSD performance. Should smoke the old MBP...

YMMV

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Here's another suggestion no one mentioned that might be easier to implement if you don't want to deal with virtualization software. You could use Disk Utility and create second partition on your hard drive. Install Snow Leopard on this partition. Boot from this partition and install Final Cut on it. Boot up friom this partition if and when you ever need to use Final Cut.