Smoothie1969
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Q: Final  Cut % issue

I'm trying to load Final Cut Pro 5 into my iMac with OS X El Capitan and keep getting the error message "The installation failed"  "The installer could not install the software because there was no software found to install".

 

This is NEW Final Cut Pro 5 never used!  I have the I-7 processor with 8 Gig and 2 TB hard drive.  Any help would be great!  Thinking about installing older version of OS X but don't know which one to install or if that would work.

 

Thank you,

 

Jon

Final Cut Pro 6, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Final Cut Pro 5 not on list

Posted on Feb 29, 2016 4:34 PM

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Q: Final  Cut % issue

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  • by Russ H,

    Russ H Russ H Mar 1, 2016 4:58 AM in response to Smoothie1969
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    Mar 1, 2016 4:58 AM in response to Smoothie1969

    I suggest that you post this in the Final Cut Studio discussions.

     

    This is the Final Cut Pro X discussion forum and while this application shares the same name as FCP 5, it is completely different.

     

    Depending on whether you have 5.0 (PPC only) or 5.1, there may be a way to install it on a recent Mac. But regardless, even 5.1 will require a work-around and the folks that contribute to the FCS discussions will know.

     

    Good luck.

     

    Russ

  • by Shane Ross,

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Mar 1, 2016 8:51 AM in response to Smoothie1969
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    Mar 1, 2016 8:51 AM in response to Smoothie1969

    You are trying to install 10 year old software on a brand new computer and new OS. It doesn't matter if it's a new copy or no, there have been 5-6 OS updates...and ANY software that's that old would be hard pressed to work, much less install, on the latest OS.

  • by Jim Wanamaker,

    Jim Wanamaker Jim Wanamaker Mar 1, 2016 10:57 AM in response to Smoothie1969
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    Mar 1, 2016 10:57 AM in response to Smoothie1969

    I seem to recall that it is a problem with the installer which runs on Power PC but not on Intel based Macs.

  • by Meg The Dog,

    Meg The Dog Meg The Dog Mar 1, 2016 11:04 AM in response to Jim Wanamaker
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    Mar 1, 2016 11:04 AM in response to Jim Wanamaker

    Yes, but even if you go trough the machinations of overcoming the installation problem, you are still attempting to run an application on an OS that is light years away from the OS the software was originally designed to run on.

     

    Deciding if using software that may become unstable, erratic, and unpredictable - and which is now completely unsupported by its maker - rests with the OP, but it's hard to understand why someone would want to put themselves through that given all the other pressures of the post production process.

     

    MtD

  • by Shane Ross,

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Mar 1, 2016 11:09 AM in response to Jim Wanamaker
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    Mar 1, 2016 11:09 AM in response to Jim Wanamaker

    Yes, and here's the solution to that...for people running FCP 6 and 7. FCP 5.0 won't do it no matter what, it was designed for PPC only. FCP 5.1 was the first version to work on Intels, as Meg mentioned.

     

    Final Cut Pro Installation CD doesn't open

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    The software is EXTREMELY old and can't handle any of the new camera or formats out there today. Really only good for DV, HDV and DVCPRO HD. Can't even read ProRes, the default format for the later versions of the app.

     

    Best not to try to keep using this. It's too old.

  • by Smoothie1969,

    Smoothie1969 Smoothie1969 Mar 2, 2016 4:40 PM in response to Shane Ross
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    Mar 2, 2016 4:40 PM in response to Shane Ross

    Thank you everyone for the help!  The reason for the question is we use Final Cut Pro 5 at work and I am new to both Mac and FCP.  Looks like I buy an older computer to run the software package!

     

    Jon