I am working on a project in FCS 6.06. It has 8 sequences. The work was going fine. Yesterday I tried to open the project and received a message that this project can't be opened because a newer version of FCS is needed. I've done the whole project on FCP 6.06. How can I open my project. I have MANY hours in this project. The autosaves do not open either. Same message.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), iMac6,1
Between the time the application was working and the time you tried to open and failed, did you make any changes to your computer? Any OS updates?
MtD
No changes, no updates The message is "this project is unreadable or may be too new for this version of Final Cut" I've done all of the work on this version.
Digital Rebellion's Pro Maintenance Tools contains a Project Repair Tool. You might try it on a copy of your project and see if you have any luck.
There is a free trail period, if I remember correctly:
https://www.digitalrebellion.com/promaintenance/
Also, can you zip a copy of the project and post it somewhere public for download (don't need the media, just the project) and I'll try and open it on my machine.
MtD
Thank you. I went back a generation in the autosave vault and was able to open the project. I then had to reconnect hundreds of links. I'm still not sure why that worked but it did.
FCP 7 was last validated for OSX 10.6.8. I'm not sure what the last version of OSX FCP 6 was certified to run on but I'm pretty sure you are past it. The lesson is, if you have software you need to run, do not go beyond the OS version it is certain to run on. After that version, all bets are off and you can be chasing your tail.
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I've kept my system at 10.6.8 just so it wouldn't have problems with my FCS software. I use a different computer for all of my internet use. I really need to fix this problem. It's holding up my work. I have 3 projects pending and I'm afraid to skip between them to work on them because I'm afraid to close a project. Very frustrating. This has never happened before. As far as I know, I have not installed new software or changed my machine in any way. I really need help if anyone has any ideas.
Final Cut Studio won't open a project
