How to "Move" final cut pro to external drive. When I drag it duplicates the application. can I just delete the application on the MacBook?

I want to "Move" Application Final Cut X Pro to my external hard drive but when I drag it only copies it. Can I delete it from the hard drive now.
How do I tell Final cut X pro that I want it to use the External drive for all files?

Keep the application on your hard drive and when you save files save them to the external

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How to use Final Cut pro with external hard drive?

I have too little space on my computer so I have to use final cut pro x with an external hard drive, but whenever I have the hard drive plugged in and Final cut going, my computer goes very slow. I just upgraded to 16gb ram... but can't seem to run FCP x while an external hard drive is plugged in. FCP just freezes up and I have to force quit.

craigbuckley wrote:
all the files and events in final cut are still on my internal, so my internal drive is still full.... Do I have to go and delete everything off my internal?
In addition to the excellent advice to keep your media on an external HDD, you need to make sure that your system (boot) drive has a decent amount of free space if you want to have a satisfactory editing experience. Many people recommend not going below 20% free space. That's especially so for the boot drive, but as you fill up the external, its performance will also slow. Ideally, we would have separate media and backup drives,
You don't need to "delete everything". Rather, you first figure out what needs to be moved. You copy those files to the other drive and then verify that all the files you copied are in two locations. At that point you can delete those files from your boot drive.
Good luck.
Russ

Possible to use MIGRATION to move Final Cut Pro to external HD w/OS ?

MBP=Tiger and working FCP Studio.
Just wondering if it would be possible to use migration assistant or some other third party application (since it is the same computer) to my bootable Leopard external HD in order for me to see how well it works without re-installing all the programs again.
Thanks.
PS. How many machines can you install it on and is there a sheet that shows the difference between FCP Studio and Express? Does express come with all the programs and demos?
Next purchase after the HD 120hz refresh TV (Lord willing) is a Mac Pro - just read that there is software out there to make a stock 2.8 run faster than the 3.2, not sure I would do.
Thanks again.

Well it looks like it will work and it won't.
Apparently, you have to SELECT all applications which then by default, selects your library and I don't have enough room.
Was hoping that I could just choose ONE application, FCP and get used to it in Leopard. I don't suppose there is a 3rd party product that will allow me to do this. Why doesn't  allow us to manually select WHICH application(s) we want to move.
Surely there has to be another way instead of installing all of the DVD's again. This is a nightmare.
Appreciate any ideas. Otherwise its install all the DVD's, or CLONE OS to a NEW HD and start from there - glad I did as I have two clones of Leopard ,one 10.5.3, the other 10.5.2 and I tested 10.5.4 and yikes, it had major GU problems with redraw and lost some points overall in XBENCH.
Am sure they can fix that easy - should be mostly for windows users and imobileme (LOL).
Any help in transferring FCP to external appreciated via 3rd party program or individual application select.

How can I move Final Cut Pro folders?

Hey guys!
I'm trying to figure out how to move the "Final Cut Backups", "Final Cut Pro", and "Motion Templates" folders out of my Movies folder. I keep a bunch of my own movies in that folder, and having those 3 in there becomes an inconvenience.
I've tried to move all my Final Cut Pro media over to an external and when I load videos I want to edit from there, Final Cut Pro still makes folders in my Movies folder instead of my external.
I want Final Cut Pro to set all destinations to my external. Making my external the main place it stores and saves all files/folders.
Even if there isn't any "Change destination" option within Final Cut Pro, could this be done through Terminal in any way?
I am currently using Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2)
Thank you so much!

You can move them in the Finder. I wouldn't move Motion Templates, however.
Where FCP stores the other files can be set in the Inspector.
Russ

When exporting as a quicktime movie, final cut pro crashes!

When exporting as a quicktime movie, final cut pro crashes about 3/4ths the way through the 12 hour process. I'm saving it to a La Cie 500 GB disc by fire wire. It's worked before but after I converted one SD sequence (that was shot in HD)to a HD sequence, I haven't been able to export it and it won't play straight at anything bigger than 25% size. Please if you have any advice I won't forget it. I'm trying to export as ProHD 1060i.

I converted one SD sequence (that was shot in HD)to a HD sequence
How, exactly? And what were the settings of your new HD sequence? DVCPRO HD 1080 60i?

Does anyone know how to get final cut pro x to stop lagging?

Does anyone know how to get final cut pro x to stop lagging?

Two things: 1) MORE RAM.
2) What hard drive?
I am sorry if this sounds harsh, but the bare minimum to get decent performance out of FCP X is 8GB.
If you mac supports more, even better - go to 12GB or 16GB.
Also, the hard drive? Are you editing on the internal drive? That is also a bottleneck. The system drive should not also be used as a media drive; plus, depending on model, it may not be very fast drive to begin with.
You should use an external drive with a fast enough connection - USB3 or Thunderbolt, if possible; FW800 as a distant third. USB2 may also work, albeit it is a relatively slow connection.
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How much is Final Cut Pro x?

I Am getting a mac in 3 weeks and I have heard IMovie is only good for small home movie projects. So I would like to get a more professional editing software. So how much is Final Cut Pro x?

max peacock wrote:
... and I have heard IMovie is only good for small home movie projects. .. II've never done anything professional before but I do YouTube videos, ..
may I suggest to read professional advice for the apps, and not what's chattered around on 'boards' or 'social media'?
all Apple Apps offer a 'Help' button, upper right in the Menu bar, which laeds to the official Manuals, e.g.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/?lang=en
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/
and there're few professional, 'recommandable' posters at YouTube offering help, for FCPX I like to mention Larry Jordan, rippletraining, izzyvideo...
You can create highly professional video with iMovie, and you can create terrible amateurish stuff with FCPX ... these are just tools.
You get pro with your mind, not with your wallet...
Follow Ian's advice:
Use iMovie which comes preinstalled with your new Mac..
It needs some time to get to the bottom of this nice tool.

Still trying to get more space on my hard drive, how to move final cut?

Is it possible to just move final cut pro, all the videos and everything inside, to my external hard drive? My macbook pro 2012 hard drive is getting full and I think its because of all the HD video clips... I am trying to store them on my external, but not sure of the best way. Move all the events or just move the application as a whole?

It depends whether you imported with Copy Files to Final Cut Events Folder in your Import Preferences. If you did then moving the contents of Events and Projects should do the trick. One way you can check is simply move a project/event out of the Movies folder and relaunch with your external drive.
If the projects load without any issues or offline media then you can safely delete the copy on your system drive. And yes you'd need to have the external drive attached to use any Events or Projects stored there. FCPX will still launch if the drive isn't attached- it will just not load those contents. Projects and Events will default back to the system drive.

How to minimize Final Cut pro with one click?

I know you can minimize windows (canvas, timeline, etc) by pressing Command+M 4 times but how to minimize Final Cut pro with one click?

Hold down the Option key and click the Minimize button on any window, all windows in the app will minimize.
Don't know what or if the reverse of this is - so although it's a one click minimize all windows, I believe you have to re-enlarge them one at a time.
MtD

Final Cut Pro X keeps freezing when sharing my work to You Tube, it does about 90% of the upload and then seems to get stuck. Any ideas on how to resolve this please?

Final Cut Pro X keeps freezing when sharing my work to You Tube, it does about 90% of the upload and then seems to get stuck. Any ideas on how to resolve this please?

this is a perfect question to ask the users in the FCP X forum. Good luck. https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_pro_ x

I had downloaded and used Final Cut Pro 7 (studio 3) on my mac, but it died. Can I download it to my new computer without buying a new copy? I'm not sure of the number of installations for academic copies. How would I do this?

I had downloaded and used Final Cut Pro 7 (studio 3) on my mac, but it died. Can I download it to my new computer without buying a new copy? I'm not sure of the number of installations for academic copies. How would I do this?

AH...good.
There is no limit on the times you can install it from the DVDs. There's just a limit as to being able to run it on multiple machines AT THE SAME TIME. If your old computer dies, or you sell it (please reformat the drive so they don't get FCP for free), then you can install on a new computer fine. And you are allowed to install on (1) desktop and (1) laptop at the same time as well...but only use it on one machine at any given time. Meaning you can use it on the desktop at work, and then when away from the office, on your laptop.
Long story short...you can install it fine without any issues.

How to install final cut pro 5.1 which is on dvd disk's on macbook without dvd rom?

how to install final cut pro 5.1 which is on dvd disk's on macbook without dvd rom?

Are the images just on the desktop, or are they actually opened?
See this:
http://www.lafcpug.org/phorum/read.php?1,251129,251160
That's how I did it and it works for me.
Good luck.

Problem when HD movie (Final Cut Pro edited) viewed at smaller sizes on youtube

Does anyone else get occasional lines during motion (not interlacing) and motion jerks with their HD video when it is viewed in anything other than Full Size HD?
I am having this problem and it's driving me crazy trying to figure out where the problem is. Original footage was shot on an HD JVC Camera 1920 x 1080/50p AVCHD. Final Cut Pro converts it to 29.97 Apple ProRes 422 with Field Dominance: Upper (Odd).
Please refer to the attached file to see the compression settings I used in MPEG Streamclip. I found that I saw a lot of jumpyness before seting the data rate at 15000 kbps. There is still slight "lag" on panning shots, but watching the converted file on my computer and in Full HD on youtube (at full size) it is acceptable.
Is this a problem with youtube or with my conversion process? I have heard that AVCHD cameras have caused similar problems for others. Has anyone found a solution?
Thanks,
Spark

Here's an example of a file (.MTS) converted to H264 for youtube then uploaded with horrible panning problems:
http://youtu.be/hD8UnT_fv1s
And here's the piece I made which works perfectly fine when fully loaded and played full size in HD mode, but has glitches at any other size/ quality when played:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VHByjcs-n8&list=UUSCZm618F5deYQzcZLiw-vg&index=1 &feature=plcp
At around 0.51m, 1.20m and 2.08m motion lines/ glitches are most noticeable. Seems to happen mostly during panning/ movement shots.

How to uninstall final cut pro 5

How do you do this? I have used app delete to erase the files but it didn't get them all. I know this because when I check for updates it still offers me the final cut pro updates. I have searched around but cant find an uninstaller. Help please.
Thanks,
Macguy3000

Warning - This is a long post.
How to uninstall Final Cut Pro & the other ProApps -
There are two ways to do this. The first requires that you insert the
install discs for each app and go through the following procedure to
identify the installed files.
1) Insert the disc and double click the install icon.
2) Click to let the installer check your system
3) After the installer opens, click File > Show Files (Command-T)
4) Click the disclosure triangle next the the app's name to show all the
files installed, then select all of them
5) Choose Edit > Copy (Command-C)
6) Open a text editor & paste the list
7) If you have a printer connected, print
8) Make sure you delete the file/folder in the exact location indicated
in the list
9) Insert the next app's install disc and repeat
The other way involves the Terminal.
Using Terminal:
1) In Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G)
2) Enter the location /Library/Receipts/FinalCurPro.pkg/Contents
3) Click Go to open the Contents folder
4) Launch Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
5) Enter the command lsbom -s (a lower case L, not an upper case i)
lsbom lists each of the files inside the bill of materials. To list only
the folders, the command would be lsbom -d.
6) Type a space, then drag the Archive.bom file from the Finder window
to the Terminal window.
7) Press Return to view the list
8) Drag to select the list in the Terminal window and choose File > Copy
(Command-C)
9) Open a text editor and paste the list into it. Print if you have a
printer attached.
10) Guided by the list, delete all the files and folders, being
extremely careful to delete from the exact locations shown in the list.
NOTE: The above comes from the Peachpit book Optimizing Your Final Cut
Pro System.

How to update final cut pro newer version?

How to update final cut pro newer version?

Do you have Final Cut Pro X? (To check, go to the menu bar and click Final Cut Pro > About). If you don't have version 10 (X) I don't think you can update it any way other than buying it from the Mac App Store, which requires Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later.
It's currently $300 on the Mac App Store, which is an enormous drop from what it used to be.

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