transfer from trial to purchased version final cut pro

I'm just replying to this post to help people having an empty library when upgrading from FCPX trial to full version because this happened to me and there is no answer to the question. This are the steps to solve the problem.

First you will have two versions of FCPX in your apps folder (FCPX and FCPX Trial) launch the one called FCPX if all you see is a new empty library, right click in the libraries areaand select close library.

Once that library closes a new button that says open library will appear, click that, then click LOCATE, then change the tab on the top of the window which will say DOCUMENTS or FINAL CUT DOCUMENTS and navigate that to your MOVIES folder, select the older library there and voila! your library will move over.

NOTE: this will open one library, if you had more than one library in your trial version select all of them at once while holding the command key to bring all of them at once, otherwise you will have to close one to open the other moving forward.

Once you have all libraries showing, move the trial version app to the trash but don't empty the trash until you're sure everything works by quitting and relaunching the main version.

The two apps are in the applications folder and the libraries are in the movie folder (unless you changed their location) so, by deleting the trial app you're not deleting the libraries.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Hi Kristinkshui,

Welcome to the Support Communities! I’m happy to hear that you liked the Final Cut Pro X software enough to purchase the full version. You will be amazed at all of the things you can do with this creative software!

The full Final Cut Pro X application will recognize the Libraries (and the projects and clips contained in them) that you created with the Trial Version. By default, these libraries are in the Movies folder in your User Account on your Mac, unless you chose an external hard drive to store this data. So, all you should have to do is launch the new Final Cut Pro X application and you should be able to pick up exactly where you left off. Once everything is working with your purchased software, quit Final Cut Pro X, and delete the FCPX Trial by dragging it from the Applications folder to the Trash.

The video below will provide a quick overview of what Final Cut Pro X can do:

Final Cut Pro X: Overview

http://support.apple.com/kb/VI287?viewlocale=en_US

I'm also including the Online Help Manual for Final Cut Pro X for your reference below:

Final Cut Pro X Help

http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/

These additional learning resources may come in handy as well:

Apple - Final Cut Pro X - Resources

http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/resources/

I hope this information helps …

Have a great day!

Judy

Perfect!!...thank you

Hi Judy = I have now purchased final cut pro and it's uploaded but there are no projects in the software.The files haven't transferred from the trial version? Can you help? How do I transfer the projects I have been working on? I was running the software from a portable hard drive. However, I can see final cut pro back ups in my movies. It won't let me import??

Thanks

KT

@TVScanada - thank you so much! I was a bit disoriented shortly after switching from the trial version of FCPX to the purchased version of FCPX.

Now that I've opened the library which was created by the trial version of FCPX - is it safe to delete the trial application of FCPX?

David

WWhere is the library you were working on? Original library called Untitled in the Movies folder? Right-click on it and select Open with FCP.

thank you so so so much!!!!! this worked perfectly

thank you very much - I was totally panicked that my work was gone. Thanks a million!!