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El Capitan and FCPX
So todays the day El Capitan is released, obviously you shouldn’t upgrade without making a full system backup first, but what do we now about how FCPX works with it?
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More info:
https://arstechnica.co.uk/apple/2015/09/os-x-10-11-el-capitan-the-ars-technica-review/
https://www.izotope.com/en/community/blog/product-news/2015/09/el-capitan-compatibility/
https://www.coremelt.com/news-reviews/news/323-essential-updates-for-el-capitan.html
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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I am going to do a fresh install from the ground up but thinking of having a Yosemite partition to just to play it safe. The only reason I am a bit hesitant to upgrade now is because I also run Resolve and Fusion along with Photoshop. Until it is known what issues there are, going to hold off updating. When that time comes, a clean install from the ground up is in order. I never like the idea of putting a new version of OS X on top of an existing one. Too many weird things can happen and I don’t want to play “Slay The Glitch Gremlins” game.
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I’ve been using it for a few weeks on my home system and two weeks on my work retina iMac. Some issues initially with Mail not wanting to play nice, but that’s worked itself out and I’ve been working with AE and FCPX without a hitch.
That’s not to say I’m upgrading all our systems to it just yet – but it’s not a terrible upgrade. Run time machine first, etc. And maybe wait a week.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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I think the issues boil down to plug-ins that rely on Mac OS X frameworks, notably core image and core audio. If you use Logic Pro X, it seems that it should be avoided, because of the plug-ins there, like native instruments. Red Giant has announced compatibility and I’ve heard that Color Finale is also good to go.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Coremelt and Digital Rebellion should also be fine.
And plug-ins based on Motion should also be pretty safe to go. -
Adobe have said that PPro has some issues at the moment, so I’m holding off until they have official support
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I should add that Native Instruments has some issues loading applications, but I don’t really use that much so it’s not a big deal for me.
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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As a general rule, Apple has historically changed little things between test versions and actual release versions. Therefore, few developers are going to trust their results done during the development stage without retesting on the release build. That’s why Avid, for example, is always a bit later, as they take the safest route.
I certainly wouldn’t advise anyone to update right away. Give it a few weeks at least until the dust settles. Maybe even a few months. Cautious types will wait until at least 10.11.1. There’s not going to be anything in there right now that will significantly improve any software that you are running.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com -
Presonus hardware and software issues:
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com -
From the Ars Technica article:
The minimum system requirements, which haven’t changed since the Mountain Lion release in 2012, runs thusly:
iMac (Mid-2007 or later)
MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later), (12-inch, Early 2015)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, Mid/Late 2007 or later), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
Xserve (Early 2009)Not all of those Macs support all of OS X’s features. The cutoff for the fanciest features—AirDrop between Macs and iDevices, Handoff and Instant Hotspot, the Metal graphics API—require a Mac introduced in 2012 or later. Here’s the specific support list for all of those:
MacBook (Early 2015)
MacBook Pro (2012 or newer)
MacBook Air (2012 or newer)
Mac Mini (2012 or newer)
iMac (2012 or newer)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com
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