FCP Upgrade Problem - Quartz Extreme

Help! I've owned FCP for many years, and currently have a MacBook Pro that I've used since the original Intel switchover.
Apple's "Software Update" suggested that I install the Pro Application update the other day, I clicked "OK" and now my FCP won't run any more! I get an error message saying that Final Cut Pro requires Quartz Extreme video.
Why on earth would Apple "auto-update" software (which I paid good money for) such that it is now disabled on my machine? Can this be true? Would Apple really do that? Help!

Well, duh, of course I was the one who clicked "OK".
But the point is that it was Apple's Software Update application which "recommended" that I install an update which now has rendered a $900 application inoperable. All other instances of software updates from Apple (including both manual installers and the Software Update app) detect the hardware and OS specs before "recommending" and installing something which permanently disables the application on my hardware. This is clearly something they missed on this one, and I'd like to know how to get back the software I paid good money for (without re-installing from scratch, which looks like where I'm headed).
So, don't give me this "you're the one who clicked OK" stuff.

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