how to install my final cut studio into my iMac 4k Renita? The iMac 4K Renita does not have an optical drive

You need to either buy or borrow and external optical disc drive.

Apple sells one:

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD564LL/A/apple-usb-superdrive?fnode=5f

There are others also available -

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MRSSDSDT8X/

BUT - keep in mind that FCS was abandoned by Apple years ago, and Apple's latest operating systems are built without any regard as to the functionality of FCS.

Some of the apps in FCS are dead in the water, and others operate with limited or erratic functionality.

Anecdotal reports of problems running FCS on ElCap are all over the map. Some get it to work, some don't.

Also, FCS2 has problems with its included installer, requiring Rosetta to run (which is no longer included in the Operating System), so it won't install without a workaround to that.

MtD

Some time ago, a few advanced users of older software had suggested a complex

work-around to running older software via use of Snow Leopard server edition in

a virtual machine utility, so the old software could be used in newer Macs + OS X.

This involved a few costs and trial and error for those who worked toward that ideal.

Not sure how it worked out, some said (a few years ago) the virtual machine utility,

and old Snow Leopard Server version (10.6.8) allowed them use of vintage software.

Perhaps that is a possible angle to use the old Final Cut Studio; unless you happen

to still have an older Mac on hand for vintage products you may prefer or need to use.

Good luck in any event...! 🙂

Just to add a suggestion that when you buy/borrow the optical drive, use Disk Utility to make img copies of the physical install and content disks. Among the list of advantages of doing that is if you need to reinstall for whatever reason, installation time is shorter.

Russ

You did not mention which version of Final Cut Pro you want to install in El Capitan. The following information is with regard to Final Cut Pro 6, Final Cut Studio 2 and its cousin Final Cut Express 3.5:

Apple has created a "bug" in the attempt to install FCP6 in Lion, Mt. Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan, which makes it look like Rosetta is needed for a PowerPC app, the installer, so as to make it difficult for the use of FCP6 in these versions of OS X! There are three ways to install it:

1. Pacifist https://www.charlessoft.com/

2. Jeremy Johnstone's Terminal method http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html

3. HawaiianHippie has discovered the best and safest possible solution to this problem:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5591321?answerId=26309669022#26309669022&ac_cid=tw123456#26309669

I have now successfully done this on four computers, brand new iMacs running 10.9.4. And I've discovered an even easier way to do this! You don't need to edit the plist file, just move it into the Trash. Install proceeds normally. You can return it after you're done if you like, I don't know what (if any) possible repercussions might come from leaving it deleted.

The file, as indicated on Jeremy Johnstone's blog, is

/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/PPCRequirements.pl ist

(Note that when you get to Installer.app, you will have to Control+click and select "Show Package Contents")

I have successfully duplicated the HawaiianHippie method on Yosemite and, after turning off Gatekeeper and SIP, it also works in El Capitan (and then after full installation and upgrade of FCP, be sure to turn these security features back on).

So, in response to Meg The Dog's comment "Also, FCS2 has problems with its included installer, requiring Rosetta to run (which is no longer included in the Operating System), so it won't install without a workaround to that." -- As shown by Jeremy Johnstone's research, linked above, Rosetta, or its lack thereof, has nothing to do with the installation of FCP 6.

In response to K Shaffer's suggestion about a hoped for running FCP in Snow Leopard Server in virtualization, I have tried it in Parallels and the limitations of the emulated video card and VRAM cause FCP 6 to fail to install and run. Perhaps the results would be different in VMWare Fusion or VirtualHub.