FCP 5 and Leopard Help

Hi I am currently running OS X 10.4.11 on a PowerMac G5 and I have been considering upgrading to Leopard. I notice on some website that to be able to use FCP 5 in Leopard I must be on version 5.1.4. Now I have been on 5.0.4 for ages now and it still says I am up to date. Is this a mistake or when I upgrade operating systems it will, if you will 'unlock' this update? any info I will greatly appreciate

5.1.x was only released as part of a paid upgrade of Final Cut Studio 1 to make it Universal Binary i.e. Intel compatible. Owners of FCS 1 could also return the original disks and upgrade for a nominal fee, for a short time. This offer has long since been discontinued.

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This computer doesn't seem to be able to handle HDV so I'm wondering if any amount of Ram increase would help my situation. During HDV capture it just constantly stutters and can't properly capture the clips. Here are the computer specs:
G4 tower (last one b4 the G5's)
1.25gb RAM
Dual 1Ghz PowerPC G4
Seems to me that it should still be able to handle it, no?

Oh, I can be a waaaaaay bigger pain than this, trust me on this one.
You asked for an opinion and I gave you an opinion, although in my case it's a fact, that you didn't want to hear.
Before my Mac Pro arrived this summer, I loaded a new harddrive with Tiger and FC Studio 2 in my Quicksilver 1 gig Dualie. I have the top of the line ATI card for the 2x/4x agp lanes as well in my trusty G4. (I think you have the MDD version) Guess what, Motion 3 would launch and that's about it, FCP would LAUGH IN MY FACE and tell me I needed better iron than what I had, DVD SP would launch and sit there and Color couldn't be bothered to even render an error message.
So try it but don't take umbrage when folks tell you what you don't want to hear. Path of least resistance is a Mac Pro. Sorry.
Good luck.
Zeb

FCP 5 and Leopard

Hi
I haven't made the jump to Leopard yet but would like to know if do install the new OS will my FCP5/Motion2 versions still be functional in the new environment

Yes, is will

1st generation MacBook, battery and Leopard issues; looking for help please

I have a 1st generation MacBook that started having battery problems immediately after installing Leopard. it was the same issue many others have complained about; battery life shortened and shutting down while on battery power with no warning. I have never had that problem while using Tiger. I experienced this with both 10.5.0 and the stand alone upgrade of 10.5.1 using an erase and install method.
(BTW, as a side note: I'm religious about calibrating my battery every month and use a program called "CoconutBattery" to document the results. Prior to Leopard, the battery measured 97-99% capacity. Three days after Leopard was installed it was time for another check, the result was 74% capacity.)
I had a clone backup of Tiger and immediately restored my MacBook, but the problem followed Tiger. I have Applecare and called support. Both myself and the tech found it rather hard to believe that the battery just suddenly failed coincidentally after the Leopard install. We went through the regular things; SMC reset, firmware checks, diagnostics, repair permissions, etc.
We believe it has to do with the Battery Updater package. I had gone between both versions of 1.2 and 1.3, but the problem remained with both Tiger and Leopard. The tech decided to send me a new battery (it's on the way) and I wish to try installing Leopard again. As long as I have my cloned Tiger image, all I have to lose is my time, but hopefully, not another battery! I would honestly like to get Leopard running on this machine.
But... here's my question. In reading through these discussions in both the Leopard and MacBook forum, there doesn't seem to be any consensus of which BatteryUpdater package to use. The Apple tech honestly told me he didn't know. Also, if the BU package "writes" to the battery (which it states it does), can it be downgraded once v1.3 has been installed? I mean, should I leave the battery out, install Leopard, then manually update BU to v1.2 before installing the battery (if possible)? I do plan on testing the new battery with my Tiger install, just to verify it is working as it was before.
There are a lot of people here claiming to be knowledgeable about Leopard, never had any problems with a variety of machines, etc, etc, so I would appreciate your input. Please don't speculate, but if you're using a version of BU that works with Leopard and your 1st Gen MacBook, I would appreciate you telling me about it. I have tried to document and methodically relate everything I've done so far, but if you need additional information, just let me know.
I noticed Leopard had installed BU v1.3 when I checked it, so it must use that as default, since I noticed Tiger had v1.2.
OR, am I way off base on this? Can anyone think of another reason I may have had this problem? Am I barking up the wrong tree by concentrating on the BatteryUpdater package? Is it possible all these batteries are failing under a Leopard install maybe due to some unknown reason?
Any knowledgeable advice or suggestions are welcome, thanks!

Well, Ding Dang y'all... it appears the battery was the culprit. I received my replacement battery from Apple and followed the same steps and everything seems to be working fine.
It sure was strange that the battery started this problem immediately after Leopard was installed... I don't know what to say about that, unless BatteryUpdater v1.3 started the chain of events.
In case it helps someone else, here's exactly what I did (rebooted through each step):
- Backed up data; unauthorized computer from iTunes
- Erase and install from the Leopard disc, while keeping the old battery in
- Installed Leopard, did software updates except for delta 10.5.1 update
- Applied combo update of 10.5.1 from separately downloaded file
- Found BatteryUpdater Bundle (BU) of v1.3, moved to trash, rebooted
- Ran software updates, BU v1.2 was found and installed
- Then, swapped out battery to new battery
- Tested unit, seems to be okay now, no shutdown issues, battery runtime seems normal
Thanks to all that had advice and suggestions. It was enough to get me to try it again. Now, I have two more machines to upgrade, since these are production machines, I'll probably wait awhile. But, having this is a real treat.
Have a great holiday everyone!

When i install the new os my fcp,motion and many adobe software not working so please help me out.

when i install the new os my fcp,motion and many adobe software not working so please help me out.
there are so many videos on youtube but i want know any solution from apple side plz my so many works are pending becuze i am working as Video Editor.

You need to be more specific about which software applications you're using, the versions and what happens when you try to open them.
It would also be nice if you could include which model MacBook Air you're using.
Clinton
MacBook Pro (15” Late 2011), OS X Yosemite 10.10, 16GB Crucial RAM, 960GB M500 Crucial SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

In my app store i have one update which is angrybirds so i go to update it despite me not have and it say that i need to sign into (my) account i have two unauthorized apps FCP 10 and Motion 5 and i tried the other hack thingy help?

n my app store i have one update which is angrybirds so i go to update it despite me not have and it say that i need to sign into (my) account i have two unauthorized apps FCP 10 and Motion 5 and i tried the other moving the masreceipt thingy help?
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Have you checked to see whether the App Store appis hidden via Settings > General > Restrictions > Installing Apps being set 'on' ?

Leopard Suddenly Running Slowly and Need Help

Hi there. I have been a Mac user (and Mac support person at work) for many years. I've recently run into a problem that I'd like some help with.
I have an iMac that I bought 4 months ago, and I upgraded to Leopard and then put 10.5.1 update onto it.
Nothing of any note has occurred with my computer in the last 2 days, however, 2 days ago, every application started running very slowly. I click on the HD icon, and the spinning color cursor spins for 30-40 seconds before the HD opens. I click in the bottom tray to open Safari, and it takes 40-50 seconds for it to open (as the color cursor spins away). I reboot, and the iMac comes up with the front white/gray screen and holds with the spinning circle for anywhere from 20 to 45 MINUTES before going to the desktop. I have reinstalled Leopard (telling it to Archive and Install). Same problems abound. I ran Tech Tool, and it says everything is fine. I started up from the Leopard install DVD and ran Disk Utility. Checking the progress log, it tells me that the HD cannot be unmounted (meantime, I've booted from the DVD and nothing else is attached or running). When I select "Repair Disk" in Disk Utility, I get an immediate message that the HD cannot be unmounted.
What does this sound like? A hard drive failure? Will completely erasing my HD and installing Leopard from scratch (as opposed to installing Tiger and upgrading to Leopard) help? Or am I merely band-aiding the problem and need to take it in for qualified Apple Tech support?
I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks.

Hi and welcome to the Apple forums.
I would run DU and check the disk and the permissions.
If necessary use DiskWarrior
You might also zap the PRAM and NV-RAM.
Check the console log, other logs and of course the activity monitor.
If it is noticeably slower, what is causing it should be rather obvious.
It could be a failing drive that is being re-read multiple times to extract data from a bad block/sector.
Be sure you have everything backed up. !!!
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Final Cut Pro4.5 and Leopard

I bought an iMacG5 2.8Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.8GH, with installed OS Leopard. As I startet the installation of Final Cut Pro 4.5 (first with fire wire cable from my old iMac (OS Tiger) it appeared a notice saying
" Fault of configuration
for this software you need certain hardware ore software, which is missing.
AGP-Grafikkarte !! "
Now I installed FCP directly from the FCP-discs. But the same notice appeared. Besides I installed all updates available. My question: does FCP 4.5 not work under OS10.5.1 ? Do I need a newer version of FCP? Who can help me.

Hi Florita,
Welcome to the forum!
FCP 4.5 on an intel Mac running Leopard?
I'm afraid that's not a good plan!
4.5 is not designed for newer Mac and OS.
The forum is full of helpful threads about this topic.
I just pass you one link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5960983&#5960983
You can find more by using the search tool on the right
hand side of the forum page.
Good luck,
Gogi

Clean install FCP6 and Leopard

Well, as some of you can see, there are several of us with problems with FCP after installing Leopard. There appears to be different solutions, I have tried most of them except CLEAN INSTALL. I really don't want to do it as it will take forever and require me to reinstall all old progams, update them to newer versions. register them etc.
So I wanted to hear from some of you who did a clean install and had success, or not.
And also what steps you took. I.e. did you install final cut AFTER the clean install of leopard, or did you go back to Tiger?
I looked through the other threads and couldn't find any step by step to clean instal to a successful FCP6 working.
Any help would be nice.

Again, search tool can be very useful:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5674931&#5674931
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5651983&#5651983
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5248920&#5248920
Read the whole thread below:
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many more threads to dig out!
Gig

FCS2 and Leopard?

Hi again!
I have read and am still reading through lots of posts here on FCS2 or just FCP and Leopard.
I am purchasing a copy of FCS2 next week since my Academic version of FCP is not upgradeable.
This as you know is a decent investment. I am also tempted to upgrade to Leopard while I am at it.
I am not in the middle of anything crazy important right now and I figured this may be a good time to reformat my entire iMac and reinstall everything on Leopard. (also plan on getting iLife 08)
question.
Is this stable enough yet?
I am reading many posts where users have had issues. I am understanding that it may have been b/c of not doing a fresh install.
what is working as of right now?
b/c I don't want to do this in 6 months if I can do it right now.
thanks in advance gurus.
DROCK

I just did a clean install of Leopard on both my MacBook Pro and MacPro. Did a clean install of Final Cut 6 with all of the upgrades. In addition I run Adobe Master Suite on my MacPro. I did all of the Leopard upgrades, including Quicktime 7.4. I have not seen any issues to speak of. I first installed Leopard and did all of the upgrades. I followed with a "Repair Disk Permissions". Then I installed Adobe with all upgrades followed by Repair Disk Permission. Then I installed Final Cut with all upgrades followed by Repair Disk Permissions. Everything runs quite smooth. Leopard is quite nice actually and Spaces really helps with having so many windows open to do video projects.
I know of one open issue on Adobe Suite and that is Acrobat 8. There is a Leopard upgrade due the end of this month for that application. At the moment I don't need it so I just have not even started it. Photoshop and Illustrator have both been upgraded to work with Leopard and appear to work fine. I don't use After Effects much to date so I really can't speak to that.
There were posts of people using earlier versions of Final Cut on Leopard and Quicktime 7.4 with capture's longer than 10 minutes. I loaded up Final Cut and tried a 30 minute capture. Everything worked fine.

Just Switched To Mac's and Need Help With A Few Issues!

Hi All,
I finally did it and switched to a Mac!! Never thought it would happen as I always felt guilty about the cost but after 5 laptops crashing on me - well, I just could not take it anymore! I managed to get a fairly good deal on a 15" Macbook Pro - 2.2/120GB version. I still don't know much about the mac way but am trying to learn so any help would be appreciated!
1). Is there any kind of video tutorial (preferably free!) that I can use that will help me learn the Ma OS X? I have Tiger 10.4.11 on my MBP (Did you hear that - MY MBP!!!)
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I can help you with your questions about AppleCare, and can also reassure you that both the macbook pro and Leopard will be worth your investment and the time you are putting into figuring out how to get your data across. I switched from windows when I bought my macbook a year and a half ago and would not use any other system now. The other day I completed the transition by erasing parallels and Windows from my system entirely.
As for AppleCare, you can get warranty care anywhere in the world, no matter where you buy your AppleCare. Mine was bought and is registered in the US, I live in Slovakia, and have had it serviced several times in Austria and Slovakia under the warranty without any problems at all. There are differences, however, in exactly what the warranty covers from place to place, in accordance with the law in each place that AppleCare is issued. Even though I live in the EU, my agreement with Apple is an American one, and the American guarantees hold. If EU law would demand that Apple fix more things, for instance, than American law does, I could not get those things repaired under my agreement, and vice versa.
Basically, though, I understand my agreement with AppleCare to be that they will fix all problems/damage that are not my fault free of charge for two years after my initial one-year warranty runs out, and that is good enough for me.

Lack of Ram and Leopard= tragic

I just got the new Leopard as an early xmas-present along with a 500GB external hard-drive and the new slim keyboard.
I currently have a iMac OS X version 10.3.9, PowerPC G4, 1.25 GHz, 256 MB, and Bus Speed: 167 MHz.
I attempted to install Leopard and when my computer restarted it wouldn't go beyond the infamous blue screen with the beach ball spinning!! I contacted tech support and they helped me get back to the original screen and suggested that I need more Ram, which makes ALOT of sense!
So here it goes I've been fishing around forums and comparing answers. I'm unsure about what to get either a 512MB or a 1GB. I've recently graduated in Graphic Design... so I basically use my Apple for everything! I love it! I use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Word, Firefox, iTunes, iPhotos, iChat and the list can go on. Please if anyone has any suggestions about which size Ram I should go for, I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
P.S I am also thinking about installing it myself, so far it looks pretty easy... (after seeing the many diagrams in the forums)

Hello Greenjuju and welcome to discussions,
Have a look in this, excellent, post by Mr Totes....
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1274834&tstart=0
Just remember to follow the instructions carefully and be very very gentle with the Mac - You will be fine.
Regards
Ian

Graphics render bug in FCP 6 and 7 - Dare to prove me wrong?

I have an issue with an HD video that contains red and purple text and graphics in the edit. I've looked for an answer tirelessly online, with friends, and through trial and error for a good 7 hours before giving up. Here's the deal,
Sequence settings: HD 1440x1080 16:9, 23.98, HDV 1080p24 for editing the canon7d footage that came in - this however doesn't matter because i tested with every setting imaginable including animation raw and ended up with the same results for the graphics problem I'm having (kind of unrelated to the actual footage).
I need to output this 9 minute edit I have to an HD file 1280x720 for youtube upload. So, it has to be under 2gb (youtube's limit) but for client purposes, it needs to be crisp and great looking as you would imagine.
I have a bunch of PSDs, each show a different line drawing of a brush. For each one, the line is a different color. For any of the colors that aren't red or purple, they render crisp and wonderful in final cut pro over top the video. However, the graphics that have the lines that are red or purple, come out pixelated and blurry no matter how i try to render them. The only solution that worked was to render and output them with the animation codec. ProRes HQ worked too but not as well. However, this makes a file way too big. Whenever I went from animation to h264 or from FCP to h264, or any other web friendly format, graphics come out way pixelated. It makes me frustrated as to why all the graphics that were exactly the same except not red or purple came out perfectly crisp. Also, why is animation codec the only codec out there (besides uncompressed obviously) that will create clean edges in these red/purple graphics?
Conclusion: Found that reds and purples are the only colors that seem to be effected when rendering the graphics. Everything else comes out nicely. Animation and pro res codecs aside, any codec making the video small enough for the web (less than 2gb) resulted in the problem of pixelation with the red and purple graphics. Based on extensive research I did online, I was surprised not to find many people posting about the exact same problem. For the issues I did find that seemed related, people concurred that HD nor regular DV video do a good job rendering bright reds or variations of red. Because I found no solutions online or from all the things I tried in the list below
-re-rendered the PSD's in Final cut pro with variation of sequence setting to see if that would make any difference - it didn't. Tried all kinds of different settings in export for h264, keyframes, max quality, etc. no luck.
-tried rendering to "Animation/uncompressed" as far through the process as possible. For instance, I outputted a perfectly crisp "Animation" file that was perfect looking. As soon as I re-exported to h264, mpeg4, or sorenson, or any other codec dropping the file size down, all results returned pixelated results for the reds and purple graphics.
-made sure photoshop settings were all good, even copied and pasted psd into new 1920x1080 project, played with DPI up to 300 to see if it did anything, saved as different formats TIFF, png, eps, layers, flattened, 8-bit, 24-bit, 36-bit, etc., none of the formats worked correctly.
-outputted my own purple and red graphics and text and rendered in final cut to see if the file had anything to do with it. same problem with my red and purple graphics and text.
-Tried adding slight moving grain to the graphic in Final cut to try and trick FCP to thinking it was a video instead of a graphic and therefore render it smoothly.
-consulted with 2 other video editors/media experts, ended up frustrating them as well (and hurting their ego a little since they were sure they could figure it out)
-Ran the shot and graphic through after effects and premiere pro separately (different video programs) to see if final cut pro was causing the problem, same problem with those programs.
-tried rendering on a different mac, still the same.
-Actually upgraded my final cut pro version to the new version (now Final cut studio 3). Ran tests on new version of final cut pro, same exact problem.
-added black edge to purple graphics to see if that did anything different to the rendering. Didn't help
-Changed the hue of the graphic to anything other than red or purple. Wouldn't you know...That fixed it.
Here is a link to the Animation Output of a half second of the edit with a sample red graphic crisp as can be for you to test (12.7mb) -
http://www.robinsonhope.com/downloads/makeup_animationtest.zip
Here is a link to view screenshots before and after to show you what rendering does to the graphics.
http://www.robinsonhope.com/downloads/makeup_ss.jpg
In case you'd like to try and find a solution, please download the link to the HD animation half-second clip and output to h264 or any other web friendly codec that would show these red graphics clean and not blurry and pixelated. Other rule is after doing the math, a 9 minute video with the compression you choose would need to be under 2gb. This shouldn't be too much of a problem because even a 1280x720 h264 at max quality for a 9min video is still under 2gb.
The first person to show me that you are truly a FCP guru and can solve this, post a link of your successful solution, I will praise you as genius all over this forum. I will also be eternally grateful. Live in LA? I'll also buy you dinner, Haha. But seriously...

Welcome to this forum,
Sorry to hear you so struggling with this issue.
And I doubt whether I can solve this for you, but I can say a few things.
The title of this thread is:
Graphics render bug in FCP 6 and 7 - Dare to prove me wrong?
I'll prove you are wrong. Or actually you've already proved yourself wrong in your post:
-Ran the shot and graphic through after effects and premiere pro separately (different video programs) to see if final cut pro was causing the problem, same problem with those programs.
Seams that I try to annoy you, but I'm not. It's not a joke. The fact that other applications can't handle it as well AND the fact that Animation Codec (Which is pretty lostless) does not have this problem, tells you that the problem is likely the low compression you want OR the footage itself. And I dare say it's BOTH.
I downloaded your testfile and have opened it in FCP and I can see in the Vectorscope that your color Red is too hot.
[Click here|http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz356/rienkL/Screenshot2010-04-02at1324 20.png] to see the vectorscope of your picture?
You also see the small boxes (clockwise)
Red, Magenta, Blue, Cyan, Green, Yellow. The signal of your picture should stay somewhere between those boxes. You should read [this article|http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/lj_scopes.html] (two third on the page) about the vectorscope. Also has a picture with the range to be broadcast safe.
So back to your picture and your vectorscope. You'll see that just along the right side of the R in the vectorscope there's a peak which goes way out of the range. And that's exactly the color of your graphic.
I tried isolating that color, reducing the saturation, and then do an export, but that failed. You should adjust that within the PSD's first and then see how exporting goes.
So now you are thinking: My client wants his own colors! Sure he does. But those colors were probably designed for print, which does have another colorrange. Simple technical story. You're bound to specific saturation. Going over that means troubles....
And I'm not claiming that your problem will be solved when you adjust this. It is still possible that h264 just doesn't like red too much. Maybe that's on purpose. Our eyes are most less sensitive to red, so that gives the compressor some extra room to compress in the reds (Don't know if this is what compression developers do; just thinking out loud, just an idea...)
Hope this helps at least a little.
Rienk

What Compressor codec should I use for footage recorded on a Canon T3i, edited on FCP 6, and intended for Vimeo?

I am looking for help!
My planned workflow is as follows:
Footage recorded on Canon Rebel T3i ---> Edited on Final Cut Pro 6 (sequence compression is apparently H.264 according to the browser) ---> Compressed with Compressor (ver 3.0.5) in original 1920 x 1080, 24p format ---> Uploaded to Vimeo
I am now at the point where I am trying to find a Compressor setting that will create a compressed movie that looks somewhat similar to what I see in the canvas in Final Cut Pro 6. I have tried using the H.264, Apple ProRes 422(HQ), HD Uncompressed 8-bit, and XDCAM HD 1080p24 settings and in all cases, my movie plays back fine, however, the brightness/exposure seems to be hiked up a few stops and there is a substantial amount of noise in both the blacks and midtones that doesn't appear in FCP's canvas.
My compressed movie I wish to export is only intended for Vimeo (similar to Youtube). Is there a different setting I should be trying, or perhaps a way of downloading a more effective or current codec?? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as it is very disappointing to see my movie degraded so much from its orginal quality.
Shaun M

H.264. But the FCP Legacy (FCP 7 and earlier) Canvas and Viewer aren't color accurate. Not designed to be. Their purpose is to show you what you are doing, show you the footage so you can make editing decisions. For color accuracy, the ideal way, since this was designed with television and feature editing in mind, is to have an IO device like those AJA.com and DECKLINK.com make, and send the signal to an HDTV or broadcast monitor.
Apple has realized that more and more people are editing for the web and computers only, so they made it so that FCX's viewer IS color accurate. So...what that means is that currently, using what you have, you won't get things to match....they aren't designed to. So you can adjust for what happens when you export.
But a big issue is that you are editing H.264 in FCP native. FCP doesn't work with H.264 native well, all sorts of potential issues can arise. Sync issues, quality issues, the correct shot be exported, all sorts of things. FCP works best with the FCP editing codecs. What are they? They are found in the EASY SETUP list. But for HD, the most commonly used option is ProRes 422. There is a BIG problem that FCP Legacy will SEEM like it'll work with H.264 natively just fine...it doens't throw up any warnings. That is bad. Also something Apple fixed with FCX.
The fact that you are editing H.264, and trying to export H.264, might also lead to the footage being more off that it would if you edited ProREs 422, and exported H.264. Note...H.264 is a higher data rate codec, and easier for FCP to work with...but because it has a higher data rate, the file sizes are much higher than the original H.264. 5-6x larger. FCP 7 did have a way to import Canon 5D, 7D and T2i (needed a hack with the T2i) via Log and Transfer. But it doesn't work with the T3i...not even with that hack. Because FCP 7 was no longer updated after the T3i came out. It's 4 year old software, discontinued 2 years ago.
If you want to edit native, you need to look at Adobe Premiere Pro CC. It's interface is more accurate too.

Anybody experience with FCP X and Macbook pro 15inch 2.2?

My old mid 2009 macbook harddrive died on me today, and I'm thinking to upgrade. Sell the old one and buy the new 2011 2.2. The old one was slow in rendering and had lots and lots and lots of spinning beachballs. Was I pushing it too hard? Don't know, but it was horrible. I lost so much time.
Anyway, does anybody have this combo fcp x and the new 15inch macbook pro with the 1gig card and what are your findings??
Thanks
Peter

I've got a 2011/2.2/8GB/6750 running FCPX. Once I troubleshooted my external HDs (a Drobo that was nearly full with Time Machine backups was slowing down the entire Firewire bus) things run a lot better. I'm currently storing video on a Promise Pegasus R4 Thunderbolt RAID and the entire system is pretty snappy. The only slowdowns are:
1. clips, events, and projects on slower hard drives can slow down launching the app and screen refreshes
2. FCPX is still flakey. It will run great for a whole day and then will refuse to launch the next morning.
3. exporting through Compressor is slow, particularly when I'm under deadline! 10 minute HD segments can take an hour or so. The Activity Monitor shows the CPUs maxed out, so I suspect that's the bottleneck. I've tried setting up distributed rendering but it doesn't work quite yet.
4. FCPX can be a RAM hog, so if you're a rabid multi-tasker like me, prepare to beachball or change your wicked ways.
All in all, FCPX runs pretty well on my MBP. If video editing was my main line of business, I'd seriously consider a Mac Pro stuffed with RAM and as many cores as I can find. I might wait for a newer one with Thunderbolt though for a bit of future-proofing.
Hope this helps...

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