Snow Leopard and Final Cut question.

What happens to all my FCP projects when I install Snow Leopard onto my 24" iMac. I know that's probably not a very educated question, but I'm wondering if anything changes in my FCP projects and settings after I make the upgrade. Also do I need to unistall Leopard, or is that taken care of simultaneously durning the addition of Snow L?
Thank you,
Trey

treyvon wrote:
What happens to all my FCP projects when I install Snow Leopard onto my 24" iMac.
Nothing. They will continue to work as usual.
treyvon wrote:
Also do I need to unistall Leopard, or is that taken care of simultaneously durning the addition of Snow L?
If you bought the $29 upgrade of SL, it requires that Leo is present. Installing as an upgrade replaces older operating system components and essential software. It does not touch add ons like FCS, iWork, Office etc.
If you bought the SL box set, you can erase the drive and install eveything fresh.
As with any update or upgrade, make sure that your irreplaceable files are backed up first.

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