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Q: FCP 7 and El Capitan?

Has anyone tested if FCP 7 works with El Capitan?

 

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Posted on Sep 30, 2015 10:36 AM

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  • by johnieuk,

    johnieuk johnieuk Oct 6, 2015 3:19 PM in response to Syd Rodocker
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    Oct 6, 2015 3:19 PM in response to Syd Rodocker

    I want to use FCP 7 as long as I feel a need, or as long as it works.  But, I believe that keeping FCP 7 running (or any other legacy software)  by fundamentally relying on ageing, obsolete hardware and OS, is more 'dangerous' than risking upgrading the OS as and when available, or hardware when prudent (E.g.  The introduction of Thunderbolt.)

     

    Should you want to buy, or more importantly are forced to buy, a new Mac, the older your existing hardware and OS, the more extreme the switch to the new OS will be, and the more likely and daunting the effect of loosing your legacy software and projects will be.

     

    I think this period of being able to run both FCP 7 and FCP X is a godsend, providing the opportunity to do a soft transition to FCP X with the security of having FCP 7 to fall back on.

     

    I can understand the need to 'keep on running' but computing is the one field where 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', has never, and will never apply - computers just keep on getting more powerful.   Those who, for very good reasons, resist change, are the very ones that suffer the most when change is forced onto them. Not a situation anyone should put themselves in.

     

    Having said all of that, If you really still do not want to leave FCP 7 behind, but need, or want, to invest in new hardware, I believe you can install FCP 7 on OS X 10.6 (etc) running inside a Parallels Virtual machine, on OS X 10.11 - I'll be trying this ASAP on the MacBook Pro - I will post the results....

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Sent from my iPad

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Oct 7, 2015 7:13 AM in response to Stockholm
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    Oct 7, 2015 7:13 AM in response to Stockholm

    AFAIK, the only things in FCS  that the most recent OS X upgrades have broken are the Qmaster preference pane and Motion 4. (The first is not a very big deal since the new Compressor is faster than the older version. However, without Motion 4, Send to Motion no longer works; Motion 5 is not compatible.)

     

    Russ

  • by bbren43,

    bbren43 bbren43 Oct 17, 2015 6:05 AM in response to Stockholm
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    Oct 17, 2015 6:05 AM in response to Stockholm

    Just to answer a question on having both FCP7 and FCPX on the same machine...

     

    It is possible. I work with FCP7 as my main NLE system but occasionally bounce an XML or ProRes LT file into FCPX. Install FCP7 and update it as far as 7.0.3 Then change the app name to "Final Cut Pro 7" instead pf Final Cut Pro. Once you do that, FCPX won't write over it upon installing.

  • by ozkahn,

    ozkahn ozkahn Oct 22, 2015 1:50 PM in response to Stockholm
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    Oct 22, 2015 1:50 PM in response to Stockholm

    hi guys,

     

    i was using final pro 7 pefectly fine on Yosimite but when i upgraded to El Capitan  mac osx my final cut pro 7 stop working. Every time i open it quits unexpectedly. Does anyone having the same issue ? please advise i will really appreciate the help from anyone.

  • by wwwXpert,

    wwwXpert wwwXpert Oct 23, 2015 9:48 AM in response to ozkahn
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    Oct 23, 2015 9:48 AM in response to ozkahn

    Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 still works for me.  Only Qmaster stopped working.

    After upgrading to El Capitan, the following prompt appeared:

     

    Incompatible Software

    The following software was found during upgrade and is incompatible with this version of OS X. It has been moved to the Incompatible Software folder.

     

    Qmaster Preference

    Qmaster Preference: this version of Qmaster Preference is not compatible with this version of OS X.

     

    The upgrade moved the files to the Incompatible Software folder rendering Qmaster nonfunctional.

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Oct 23, 2015 9:48 AM in response to wwwXpert
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    Oct 23, 2015 9:48 AM in response to wwwXpert

    Qmaster Preference Pane has been incompatible since 10.10 (or maybe even since 10.9).

     

    Russ

  • by BennyM,

    BennyM BennyM Oct 27, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Stockholm
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    Oct 27, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Stockholm

    FCP7 was as reliable as ever on Yosemite, but it's been a little funky for me on El Capitan.  The most notable issue being delayed playback audio sync issues when using USB speakers.  It plays and fine with headphones and line-out from my tower.  Also, on occasion footage will open in the viewer as solid green, and everything in Quicktime Player 7 appears as solid yellow with no audio.  I've trashed the preferences, but my attempt to reinstall.  Has anyone else noticed weirdness like this?

  • by cocoajc,

    cocoajc cocoajc Nov 1, 2015 2:34 PM in response to Stockholm
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    Nov 1, 2015 2:34 PM in response to Stockholm

    I have just tried to use Motion and it wont work with 10.11

  • by Anas BERIANE,

    Anas BERIANE Anas BERIANE Dec 26, 2015 7:06 AM in response to BennyM
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    Dec 26, 2015 7:06 AM in response to BennyM

    hey bennyM , im running a FCP7 on my macbook pro retina 15" mid 2014 and i have a plm using it like in the graphic of the programme looks so pixillized even the footage and i dunno what to do in this case !!! do u have same issue ?

  • by mdesignffm,

    mdesignffm mdesignffm Jan 5, 2016 2:59 PM in response to Stockholm
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    Jan 5, 2016 2:59 PM in response to Stockholm

    my system is on el capitan. fcp 7 is on a separate partition with mavericks, so i live in both worlds.

     

    but fcp7 does not really run stable in mavericks either. i have bad audio render issues sometimes which did not occur before.

  • by ggegg1-9er,

    ggegg1-9er ggegg1-9er Jan 7, 2016 7:12 PM in response to johnieuk
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    Jan 7, 2016 7:12 PM in response to johnieuk

    Hey, could you explain how you got FCP7 running on 10.11. I am using Mac Pro 6,1. Fresh install no other FCP on it yet. It goes through installation and then fails right at the end. Any hints to get it going? Thanks

  • by Drummergurl112,

    Drummergurl112 Drummergurl112 Jan 19, 2016 2:15 PM in response to Stockholm
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    Jan 19, 2016 2:15 PM in response to Stockholm

    I'm having issues with my final cut pro 7 with El Capitan. I can not key my background on my video file. It's changing to weird colors other than keying it from green. Is anyone else having this issue?

  • by macyourday,

    macyourday macyourday Jan 22, 2016 10:14 PM in response to ggegg1-9er
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    Jan 22, 2016 10:14 PM in response to ggegg1-9er

    I've been playing with a clean install of 10.11.2 and FCS3 installs as normal and everything opens except Motion (4.0.3). I'm going to boot into my Yosemite test volume to check what runs there but don't hold your breath. That was migrated from a Mavericks build that was migrated from my old 10.6 install.

  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Jan 23, 2016 7:53 AM in response to macyourday
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    Jan 23, 2016 7:53 AM in response to macyourday

    macyourday wrote:

     

    I'm going to boot into my Yosemite test volume to check what runs there but don't hold your breath.

    I expect you will find that Motion 4 won't run on 10.10 either.

     

    Russ

  • by macyourday,

    macyourday macyourday Jan 23, 2016 4:07 PM in response to Russ H
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    Jan 23, 2016 4:07 PM in response to Russ H

    Unfortuately you were correct. I hadn't noticed the no way symbol in the dock. I've had relatively little use out of my late 2011 17" since I bought it after they were discontinued as it's been a dog from the start and I've spent most of my time trying to work out what's wrong with it (trying every OS from 10.6, ram, etc).

    My last desperate move is to go to 16gig and an SSD.

    Was 10.6 the last version to run Motion 4?

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