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Hi Gang,
I just installed the latest universal version of FC Studio HD on my 8-core Mac Pro and NOTHING works. I fire up DVD Studio Pro and I can't open a new project (I click on new project yet nothing happens) I can't open up old projects (I browse to them and try to open and nothing happens) and MOST of the menus in DVD Studio Pro 4 are greyed out (I assume they are greyed out because I don't have a project open because I can't open a project)
I'm running OSX Sdervder 10.4.9 with latest patches
5Gb Ram
and DVD Studio Pro 4 version 4.1.2
My old version of FC Studio HD (Power PC version) worked just fine on my 8-core in emulation mode.
Final Cut, and all the other programs in FC Studio HD appear to be working just fine... except DVD Studio Pro.
I saw a post here with someone who had this exact problem but there was no response for a solution even though the post was "answered"
Any help would be much appreciated.
Joe

I'm sorry... I should have been more clear.
I installed the PPC apps because that's all I had after I sold my G5 and purchased this new Mac Pro.
The PPC apps worked just fine on my Mac Pro.
I obtained a crossgrade for the universal application FC2 Studio HD
I deleted the PPC version
I installed the Universal App version
Everything worked except DVD Studio Pro and Compressor.
I deleted and reinstalled compressor and it worked.
I reinstalled DVD studio pro without deleting it... and it didn't work.
Now for the good news...
I deleted DVD Studio Pro, then re-installed it, and it now works.
I did the software upgrade on DVD Studio Pro... and it still works.
Problem solved!!!
In order to get it working... I had to delete the existing install completely... and then JUST install DVD Studio Pro (from the list of applications that come with FC Studio HD).
Hope if someone else runs into this problem; this post helps.
Thanks for your time everyone!
Joe

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