Almost got it..now need external hard drive

Well it just goes to show that persistence pays off, at least so far.
I now have FCP6.0.6 installed on my 2012 15" Macbook Pro running Lion.
The laptop was given to me with Mavericks.  Shane had the helpful response to get back to
Lion.  I researched and found out that this computer originally came with Lion, so I used the recovery
disk to do a factory reset.  I erased the hard drive and then did the factory reset over the internet.
Then to get FCP 6.0.6 on Lion.  I did it, but I am not exactly sure what did the trick.  I installed Rosetta
from Snow Leopard, but also did the command line recommended my Shane.  Not sure which one worked,
but it loaded FCP without a hitch.
Now I am up and running.   Phewwwww
So now I need an external hard drive.   No heavy lifting for this go around (HDV) but I may want something
a bit faster in the future.  
I thought that a Thunderbolt drive might work out as I will be logging video from the camera with firewire to the
external drive.
Wondering if there would be any problems with this drive.
Thanks again for all your suggestions
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Shane Ross wrote:
If Kirk reports any, I'm sure you can help walk him through uninstalling Rosetta. Now that he no longer needs it to run FCP 6...just install it.
WOW: Two statements - wrong twice!
Kirk specifically indicated he needed to install FCP6 on his new MacBook so that he could edit footage using FCP6 (while on his boat, if I remember correctly).
And no, I NEVER advise anyone to install Rosetta on a Lion, Mt. Lion and/or Mavericks Mac.  And to the contrary, when I see such advice (which is stale-dated advice from 2011, but is infrequently repeated more recently) I attempt to warn the OP not to follow such advice.
Since you have been on one or more of those threads, you have read my posts warning not to install Rosetta, but you continue to ignore them and proceed to give such advice based upon your one client's experience.
And hoping for advice on how to remove Rosetta after he reports crashes, panic attacks, etc. is like closing the barn door after you lose the cow!
So, no, I will not be giving Kirk, or anyone else for that matter, advice on how to remove Rosetta; only advice to NOT install it in the first place.
Something about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure!
Good luck, Kirk!

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