I am running FCP 7 on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.10.1. I need to keep FCP 7 for the next few months to complete a project. A few days ago, I downloaded FCP X and Motion 5 thinking I should start using them since I'll need them in the future. I played around with the new software but then tried to open FCP 7. It was then I encountered the "This version of Final Cut Pro is incompatible with Motion 5 which is installed in a directory that previously contained Motion 4." message. I did some searching and saw that all the fixes required running Motion 4 ... but I did not have Motion 4 on that computer. It was the only FCP Studio component I never used so I never installed it. I put in the original Install Disk and saw that you cannot load Motion 4 into Yosemite.
Then I went to the link presented by GFXZen. I did the "Restore the Final Cut Studio (2009) applications to their original location" fix. I did this even though I did not have Motion 4 that is referred to at the bottom of this fix. So, as Step 1, I created a new folder in the Apps Folder called "Final Cut Pro X" and put Compressor 4, Motion 5 and FCP X into it. I then went to Step 2, Modifying the permissions on the Final Cut Studio Folder. But when I got to that point I noticed there is no "admin" entry ... maybe because of Yosemite. The entires are "_spotlight", "system", "wheel", and "everyone". So I could not change the Sharing & Permissions for admin ... and even if I could, I did not have Motion 4 to open as called for in the next step. All I had done was move FCP X, Motion 5, an Compressor 4 into a new folder. I thought I was stuck ... but then, not knowing what to do next, I double clicked on Final Cut Pro 7 ... and it opened!
So the short story is this ... All I did was move the Final Cut Pro X components into a new folder. This one step seems to have fixed the problem. I have not tried opening FXP X yet, and I'm a little hesitant to do that. I'm also thinking of UnInstalling Motion 5 just to be sure. Do you have any opinions if I should do that or not?
Has anyone else solved this Directory Issue just by creating the new folder?