Install FCP 5.0 on dual gig g4 with 1.5 gigs of ram

Will FCP 5.0 work on a dual 1.0 g4 with 1.5 gigs of ram?

This is my current cofiguration. However, I would highly recommend a new video card, the stock card with that computer will not allow Motion to operate. You really want an ATI Radeon 9800 Mac Edition made for the 2x-4x AGP computers like the 1 gig dualie. Good luck.

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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

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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Installing 2x1 Gig extra Ram

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I am thinking about installing 2 x 1 Gig extra Ram, I understand that Windows XP 32 bit, will only recognised a total of 3 Gig. Does this mean that the system only operates of 3 Gig of Ram, all be it 4 Gig of Ram is inserted?

You could buy 2 x 512Mb modules......
You will not really see big increase in performance for day to day tasks. If you edit photos or do media work then yes you will see speed increase.
On a sidenote:- Did manage to acheive 3.5Gb seen buy XP pro, by dropping to a 64Mb graphics card.....

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.
rh

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 .... ?

How many times can you install FCP?

Hello everyone, new to the forums here. I've searched throught he forums but couldnt find an answer to my question.
I'm in the middle of installing Final Cut Studio 2 (waiting to put in the next disc) when my buddy came over and mentioned that you could only install FCP one time and never install it again on any other computer. This worries me because in January I was going to get a new Mac Pro and un-install FC from my Macbook Pro so I could use it on the new computer. Is this possible? Or once I install this on my laptop is it permanent?
Thanks in advance for the help

Ok so you can install it on as many machines as you like but can only use (or have one activated through registering) one at a time. I know this is a touchy subject with piracy and all, but I thought it would just be rediculous if I installed this on my laptop, and 6 months down the line wanted to install it on another computer that I own.

Can't install FCP 5

I just purchased a new MacBook Pro and was getting ready to install FCP 5 (and later upgrade to 6),
but when I click on the installation icon I get this message:
" You can't ope the application Final Cut Studio.mpkg because the PowerPC applications are no longer supported. "
I was not expecting this since I had FCP installed in my old computer which is also an intel based MacBook Pro (2007).
Why am I getting this message? My system requirements are good.
Any way around this?
Thanks!!

You don't need to install FCP 5 before FCP 6. Everything you need is on the FCS2 install disc. All you need is the serial number from FCP 5.
That said, you still can't install it on Lion unless you install Rosetta from a Mac OS X 6 Snow Leo disc first.
Read the second half of this thread for more: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15535675#15535675

Cannot install FCP X on Mac Pro (2,1). Graphics card issue.

I have a Mac Pro 2,1 (2 x 3 Ghz Quad Xeon, 16 GB RAM, and ATI Radeon X1900 XT (512 MB)) AND I cannot install FCP X. It says graphics card not supported. What do I need to run FCP X? If I need a better GPU, what card is recommended for this machine? It's hard to believe I can run the software on my Macbook Air but not my Mac Pro supercomputer...

Radeon HD 5770 (as inserted into the current MacPros) will do it. Make sure it's the unit bought from Apple, not a big box store.
Plenty of discussions about it, here's one:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2544029?start=0&tstart=0
Your "super computer" is more of a super computer than mine, but it did start life in 2007. Things have moved on... your MacPro isn't obsolete, by any means... in fact your original graphics card is probably just about to give up anyway! Mine did last year (I had an older card in a MP 1.1) and am glad I changed it.

Installing FCP (V2/V3 on iMac G5)--Urgent!

Okay, I have some editing to accomplish (putting a reel together) and I'm in the process of upgrading everything... I would like to use FCP on a loaner G5 iMac while I wait for my QUAD to be delivered. I have FC Studio Cross-grade on the way that will solve all of the world's problems--right? Yet, I don't have any current FCP or FC Studio components.
I own FCP V2 and the V3 upgrade... I was using this painfully on my G3 Pismo years ago... I also have a B & W G3...
Any ideas? I see my options as follows:
a) Try to install FCP 3 on the G5--probably will not work--bad idea.
b) Use iMovie... not powerful enough--bad idea.
c) Get a temp. license from Apple for FCP 5??? Is that possible?
d) Install the old $h#t on the old G3...
e) Something you suggest?
Well, any thoughts?
Thanks,
Robert

a) Won't work. The upgrade to FCP 3 require that FCP 2 be installed, and since you don't have OS 9 running...you can't do this. Even in Classic mode I hear that installing FCP 2 doesn't work.
b) If it isn't powerful enough for you, it isn't. What kind of reel is this anyway? This should be fine for straight cuts and dissolves.
c) Not possible.
d) This is your best bet. In fact, this is your ONLY bet in my book. And FCP 3 works fine on the older machine.
Shane

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

Can't install FCP on my new MacBook Pro

I just realize that I can't install FCP on my brand new Macbook Pro. Does anyone knows of any solution that would let me install FCP. According to the notes FCP will not install on Intel Core Processors.

It would be useful if you -
A. told us what version of FCP/FCS you are trying to install
B. told us the error messages you received
In the meantime, Final Cut Pro 5.0 and earlier are not supported on intel macs. Time to upgrade. If you have a regular retail version of FCP, the upgrade price is $299. Academic and Not For Resale versions do not qualify for the upgrade.
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I recently downloaded / installed FCP X before reading to NOT install it on a volume containing a previous version of FCP. I installed FCP X in the same Applications folder as FCP v6. I have moved FCP 6 to the trash, but now, should I reinstall FCP X?

I recently downloaded / installed FCP X into the same folder as a previous version of FCP before reading to NOT do that. I've trashed the older version of FCP, but now what? Has there been damage done? Should I trash FCP X and reinstall it?

Paulbernard wrote:
Hi Andy, You say that when installing FCP X the old FCP should move to a new folder called Final Cut Studio. I have just installed FCP X Trial and checked in the applications folders and nothing has changed. Final Cut Pro is where it has always been.
Hmm. I din't have experience of the trial version - maybe it doesn't move legacy FCP.
Make a new folder (Final Cut Studio) in the Applications folder, and drag FCP there.
I have also found that the sound effects in FCP X keep disappearing and I need to re start FCP X for them to appear again. This has happened several times today.
This could be a case of a conflict with Final Cut Pro. What do you think?
I doubt it, but FCP X is a fickle application.
If moving FCP doesn't fix it, post a new topic to ask about this.
Andy

Has anyone installed 8 gigs of ram on their MacBook Air 11inch?

Hello everyone, I am in the market for a high end mobile/light laptop and I am trying to decided between a Macbook air Bootcamped with win7 64bit and an Asus ul30 with upgraded SSD and 8gigs of ram. With the upgrades the Asus is a tab bit cheaper, but the Air is definitely lighter and more mobile. I have seen a few youtube videos of the Air perfoming well with heavy tasks, but I would like my new laptop to carry 8 gigs or ram (2 sticks of 4gigs). I know the Air has an upgrade to 4gigs for $100, but has anyone tried installing 8 gigs? If so, are there any complications?
I know the ceiling on the spec sheet is 4gigs, but normally that is set b/c they are only offering up to a 4 gig upgrade. 8 gigs would be much nicer.
Thanks in advance
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Here's one minor complication: the Flash chips are soldered onto the logic board itself, thus upgrading the RAM (as I'm planning to do for my aluminum MacBook) isn't something that can be done by the user. That's why people are recommending spending the extra $100 when you order.
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