Help installing FCP

I am upgrading from FCP 3 to FCP Studio 1....I bought a new G5 to do so. When i put my serial number in, the continue button is not highlighted, i can go back , but, not forward to continue with the registration.

If you call Apple, they may be able to give you a new SN, for a fee, of course.
Or sell that upgrade to someone who can use it and get the new upgrade to FCS2 when it is released.

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HUGE problem installing FCP 7 -- Please HELP

I know that the people in this forum are ridiculously smart -- I REALLY need some help!
For the past six days I have been trying to install FCP 7. I had a version of Final Cut Studio 2 and I wanted to upgrade to FCP 3. So I put the install discs in and it automatically made me skip over installing FCP 7. I am attaching a screen shot below. You'll notice that for FCP is says "SKIP" under actions. I thought that this was due to an issue with Installer reading my old serial from FCS 2, because I never had to enter the serial number for FCS 3.
OK, so I downloaded FCS Remover and got rid of Final Cut Studio. I put in my install disc and I did have to enter the serial number. It went through fine BUT I got that SAME EXACT screen with FCP amid others being told to "skip." I do not have the option to change this.
Is there anyone else out there that can help me with this?

Both Final Cut and Compressor are unable to be checked....Most of my projects were saved in FCP 6. My partner tried to give me a project in FCP which is why I tried to upgrade. Right now I can't even access FCP 6. I might try to wipe my hard drive clean and reboot from a Time Machine backup that had FCS 2.
I might try to bring this to the Apple Store. My Macbook Pro is under warranty, though I'm not sure if they would know anything about Pro Apps
Wow, this whole ordeal has really been a nightmare.

How to format my G5 and install FCP?? Plz help URGENT

Hi Everyone,
Since I installed FCP suite my compressor never worked, So I decided to format my mac and reinstall Tiger and FCP.
Can some one give me a quick steps on how to format my mac. Never done it before..
Thanx so Much

I know how it sounds but blieve me I tried everything. I gathered the process of reinstalling Tiger is not as bad. Just insert the DVD and follow instruction.< </div>
Umm, well, the Scorched Earth Method is drastic and cannot be undone. But,m yeah, it's easy.
By the way is there a prefrence on how to install FCP or just put cd's and follow wizard. eg. Is there a sqequence on what to install first.< </div>
Put them in and follow the instrucitons.
Thnx alot for ur reply David.< </div>
No problem, we just hope you don't get BAD advice here.
I hope compressor works after this < </div>
There is no reason at all to believe it will work after reinitializing your system. None at all. There's hop, but no rationality.
bogiesan

Installing FCP using terminal

friends: i want to try and install final cut pro HD 4.5 on my macbook air 11 inch running 10.7.2 (if possible). this same program is running great on my other macbook air 11 inch using a slightly earlier OS X (Lion?). 10.7.2 as you know does not support 10.7.2, but i have heard that sometimes it is just the installer that needs the powerpc so i am trying to install it via terminal. the problem is, i do not know how to configure my string properly. when i drop the .app into the terminal window i get this location:
/Users/mycomputername/Desktop/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ HD.app
and i was using variations of this:
sudo installer -package /Users/mycomputername/Desktop/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ HD.app -target /
try not to laugh, i am not a coder, just trying to get my computer to run this program that i love. the new FCP is too expensive and i don't even like it. if you can assist me in creating the proper string i would be grateful. i know that someone was able to install final cut studio using this method.
thanks so much for your help!

I do not use Final Cut Pro, but I play one on Television!
Here is a quote from Wikipedia:
In April 2004, version 4.5 of Final Cut Pro was introduced and branded by Apple as "Final Cut Pro HD" due to its native support for Panasonic's tape-based DVCPRO HDformat for compressed 720p and 1080i HD over FireWire. (The software had been capable of uncompressed HD editing since version 3.0, but at the time had required expensive video cards and high speed storage.)
Any program written in 2004 would have been a PowerPC application. After Apple migrated all of its future Macs to the Intel platform in 2006, it included in OS X Tiger (and later Leopard, and optionally in Snow Leopard) emulation software that would allow most PowerPC apps to continue to run in Intel. This sofware was based upon technology that Apple licensed from a 3rd party and which Apple called Rosetta.
Apple's license to include Rosetta in newer versions of OS X expired with Lion and now Mt. Lion.
Hence no matter how well you use Terminal, or even Pacifist to install FCP 4.5, it just will NEVER run under Lion on your Mac.
If your MacBook Air 11" is old enough (2010, MacBookAir3,1) to boot and run Snow Leopard, you can either partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard into it. You can then "dual-boot" into Snow Leopard when you want to run FCP 4.5 or into Lion when you need iCloud or otherwise.
Alternatively you can install Snow Leopard Server into Parallels 8 on any 11" MacBook Air and have FCP 4.5 running concurrently with Lion, such as here where the PowerPC app Appleworks is running on a Lion Mac:
[click on image to enlarge]
Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only).
Parallels offers a 14 day free trial download from its website. It sells retail for $79 but can be found for a discount on the internet.
NOTE: You are confusing your version with Final Cut Express 3.5 and Final Cut Studio 2, both of which will run in Lion, but whose installers have problems in Lion and Mt. Lion due to a "bug" in the installer program. For those versions, as pointed out in Jeremy Johnstone's blog, using Terminal (or alternatively, using Pacifist) to install will achieve success in using those versions in Lion.

I'm trying to install FCP, but FCP option dimmed

Hello,
I'm attempting to install FCP on Macbook Pro. I put the FCP install disk in computer. For some reason when it gets to what is going to be installed the Final Cut Pro option is dimmed so that I can't check it as an option to load. I have attempted to clear the computer of all FCP studio suite files and re-install but nothing has worked. I don't have logic on the computer.
Can anyone help?

Full install. It's not checked despite it being dimmed. Yes it is a MBP 4 gig 2.66 mhz. I've owned it less than a month. I have installed FCP several times on several computers over the years. This is my 1st install with this program on this computer and I'm having all these problems. Sorry for the rant...
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Unable To Install FCP

Hi
Can Any one help me i am trying to install FCP Studio in My G4 Power Book, But It is telling that licence code error , user has no enough privelage.
Please help me to fix this problem

First off is the copy you are trying to install a fresh, brand new, official copy of the software. If its some ripped or dodgy version then its probably corrupted and not worth the CD/DVD its stored on.
Also check out the minimum specs for FCP Sudio here
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs.html?finalcutpro
and make sure your Powerbook and copy of OSX is up to the task of running the software.
If everything is legit, then ctrl click on the image of your hard drive in the finder. Navigate down to "Get Info".
In the window that appears, look down at the bottom where it says "Ownership and Permissions" - here it should say "Read and Write", if it says "read only" then your gonna have to change it in the section below named "Details" using your system password.
Click the small arrow next to the word "Details" and another small section should open up. Make sure the "owner" section is correct and that the "Access" section reads "Read and Write".
If it doesn't then click the small padlock next to the "Owner" tab and change the settings accordingly. Here you will be prompted for your system password. This is the password you should have chosen when you first purchased and set up your mac.
Also make sure you are entering this password correctly when prompted for it in the installation process.
Hope this is of some help
All the best
JB

New Mac Pro with Lion and can't install FCP.

I got a new Mac Pro with Lion and can't install FCP that worked fine in SL. Is it not compatible? Is it really a PowerPC program??? I'm a videographer and rely on this software and to spend $300 to continue to use it after spending a lot more for this software 4 years ago! Tell me this is not the case and there is a solution to installing FCP.

How to run FCP 6 (FCS 2) under Lion.
The installer for FCP 6 (FCS 2) is a PPC app. The Programs themselves are Intel. If your trying to install FCP 6 (FCS 2) this work-around will work...
First you need to install Rosetta from your Snow Leopard OS installation disc:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/27987.html
After doing that you can install FCP 6 (FCS 2). Remember, after installing FCP 6 (FCS 2) you need to apply the updates. This has been discuss many times in the Final Cut Studio forum.
If your trying to install FCP version 5.1 (FCS 1) (a PPC app) and below your out of luck....
If you need further help, here is the URL for the Final Cut Studio forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_stud io?view=discussions
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Re-install FCP 4 on new Mac dual 2.3

I just bought a new G5 dual cor 2.3 and used the migration software which transfers most of the software from my old G4 to the new G5.
However, it does not transfer FCP 4.
I did a lot of search and found all the neccessary tweaks to get FCP 4 running on the new PCI graphic cards. What I did not find is the basic
'... how do I install FCP 4 on a new machine?'
Do I have to de-install it on the old one and get a kind of 'transfer-licence ID' and if so, how?
Do I just do a fresh install and poke in my licence number - but wouldn't it be a breach of the licence because I installed it then literally on two maschines.
Sorry, I really don't have a clue.
Thanks for help

I'd just install it on the new machine. Delete the app from the old machine and you've only got one install.
Patrick

Problem installing FCP 6, Boris Caligraphy titling problem

Bought FCP 6, at Apple store... can't install -- its grayed out--- and checkbox. HELP! Please. Using iMac OS X 10.6.8 amd had to dispose of academic version of FCP7 along with 'little snitch' before trying to install FCP 6. This was shipping new in box, but is ALSO an academic version. Why would it matter ?Going on 7-hours today alone. Mike, Rat, anyone, Bueller, sos...

You bought FCP6 (Studio 2, I assume) from Apple? It has been superceded for like 4 years...
The last time I installed FCS2 on an iMac, I had a problem with the prokit version. Look here
ProKit 6.0.1 breaking Final Cut Studio - Digital Rebellion
for an explanation.
That may not be it, but it's a decent bet.
You need to mail me as I suggested, I could have been on this hours ago.

Just installed FCP 10.1.2 and my FCP sound effects folder is missing

I just downloaded and installed FCP X 10.1.2 and was noticing that under Music and Sound that my FCP sound effects folder is missing. Any suggestions as to how to get it on there. Thanks for any help.

Yes i went to additional content, it said everything up to date. I also did the quit FCP and then start Garage Band and quit it and restarted FCP still no FCP sound effects folder

Install FCP HD on new Quad G5

I just recieved my new Quad G5 and am having problems installing FCP4 HD.
Originally I started with FCP1.25 on my G4 then bought all the upgrades. Now I can't install FCP 1.25 to begin the upgrade process again on the new machine. Installing the OS9 support module on the G5 lets me install FCP 1.2.5 but not start it to enter the original serial number.
After installing FCP 4 and trying To open the app I get a message that hardware or software is missing (I am presumming they mean the original FCP 1.2.5 and its serial number)
Any sugesstions?

You're right, it's not funny it's silly.
If I'd just spent 4 or 5 grand on a new computer and my 1 year old version of FCP 4.5 wouldn't install, I'd be a little upset. Especially since it's a fix that Apple won't tell you about or provide themselves. Instead, you have to inquire here to get an answer from people who want to help, but who aren't even sure they should answer in case it violates the Terms of Use.
When I bought my 1st generation dual G5 I didn't even think to ask if FCP 4.5 would run on it (negligence on my part, perhaps) but I'd bet the farm that the majority of Apple Store employees would not have known to tell me if it wouldn't.
Sorry, but it's the silliest thing I've heard since Apple told me that if I wanted to install FCP 3 on my PB, I couldn't use the upgrade disks I'd purchased, I'd have to buy the full OS X version. Why? To circumvent the fact that the PB was not built to boot in OS9 which was required to install the original FCP software.
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Erros Installing FCP 5

Maybe someone can help me, I decided to be a good guy and purchase FCP Hd legally. I am doing a clean install did the disk warrior thing, repaired permissions. then started to install fcp I get halfway through and get "There were errors installing software" I had to do this several times before FCP finally made it in and I still have not been able to install Live Type. The support site is no friggin' help at all, there seems to be no email address to ask for any type of response. can anyone tell me why the software does this. I previously had FCP Studio from another party and it loaded up fine. are there any issues with the actual disks themselves.
g5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 3 gig mem

Hang on my good guy friend - what v of fcp are you trying to install ?
Your post says fcp hd but your title says fcp 5 - sooo .... ?

Installed FCP has white screen in viewer

I have Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 in my newer model macbook pro (Version 10.9, 2.2 GHZ Intel Core i7, 8 GB ram). This computer went down, so to finish up a few projects while it was in the shop, I installed my Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 using the original discs into my imac (Version 10.9.1, 2.8 GHZ Intel, 4 GB RAM) and another Macbook pro (10.6.8, 2.3 GHz Intel Core 5, 4 GB ram). In both of these computers, FCP was properly installed, but it would not play video that I shot with my JVC HM-GY100 camera. After I capture the video, footage appears as just a white page in the viewer. With my normal Macbook Pro, the video is captured and it works with no problems, it can be seen in the viewer and does not have to be rendered. The footage has the following information. 1920 x 1080, mpeg-2 Video, Linear PCM, Time Code, Color Profile: HD (1-1-1). I have checked the viewer and canvas and they both display RGB. I got my MacBook Pro back from the shop. The same footage that would not play in the newly installed FCP on the other computers, loaded up perfectly in my MacBook Pro. Would love to use the Final Cut Pro on a desktop computer for a future backup. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I need to do to get FCP working in the imac? Thanks for any help.

You are probably viewing the alpha channel only.
At the top of the viewer are three buttons. The rightmost one controls the view settings. Select RGB and life should be good again.
cheers,
x

Newly INstalled FCP Studio Universal - No Firewire Recognition!

I use a Canopus ADVC-110 via a Firewire to digitize from analog sources and feed my timeline to an external monitor.
Since I installed FCP Universal, I cannot get the software to acknowledge that there is a firewire device connected to the computer. I trashed prefs and still - no recognized firewire device.
Any help out there???

Check out this link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
whether it works in your situation or not, I don't know, but I don't think it can hurt.
Good luck.

Need to install fcp studio 2 on my new second generation i7 iMac

I used to own mac book pro 17" and had fcp studio 2 on it. I decided to purchase imac 27" i7 second generation and tried to install fcp studio2 on it but I get the following error "you van't open the application FinalCutStudio.mpkg because PowerPC applications are no longer supported"
I need help to get around this as i didn't like Final Cut Studio X

There are some possible solutions in this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15540498#15540498
Read all the way through to the end as there are several strategies.
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