Felice Salpeter
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Q: Will El Capitan kill Final Cut Pro 7?

I'd like to update to the newest operating system but I'm concerned FCP7 will no longer work.

Posted on Dec 3, 2015 12:16 PM

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Felice Salpeter

Q: Will El Capitan kill Final Cut Pro 7?

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  • by Ian R. Brown,Helpful

    Ian R. Brown Ian R. Brown Dec 7, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Felice Salpeter
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    Dec 7, 2015 12:30 PM in response to Felice Salpeter

    I don't think anyone can give you a definitive answer.

     

    You could create a new partition on your hard drive using Disk Utility, install El Capitan and FCP 7 on that and test it out.

     

    If it works OK, you could then delete the new partition and update your existing OS to El Capitan.

  • by Nick Holmes,Helpful

    Nick Holmes Nick Holmes Dec 7, 2015 3:01 PM in response to Felice Salpeter
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    Dec 7, 2015 3:01 PM in response to Felice Salpeter

    FCP 7 will mostly work, there's one minor niggle that I've found - not being able to enter Log and Transfer by a mouse click from the menu bar - although the keyboard shortcut works.

     

    Depending how important the rest of the suite is for you, DVD Studio Pro and Cinema Tools still work. The rest doesn't.

  • by Felice Salpeter,

    Felice Salpeter Felice Salpeter Dec 7, 2015 3:05 PM in response to Nick Holmes
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    Dec 7, 2015 3:05 PM in response to Nick Holmes

    If that is the case that would be  terrific!  I have some old projects that are revised from time to time.