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Unistalling Final Cut Pro 5
I am looking to unistall and reinstall final cut pro 5 because of rendering and exporting issues mainly being very very slow to both render and export my timelines to quicktime movie.
Please advise me on whether or not this is a good idea and how to execute it.
Thanks for the help.
Eric
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6 Replies
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I doubt reinstalling will solve anything, Apple software just doesn’t work that way.
Repair your drive permissions, get rid of everything you don’t need, empty the trash, obtain any of the free Mac cache handlers like MacJanitor and purge all that junk. Repair permissions again. run Disk Repair form your OS installation DVD.
Almost all rendering slowdowns with FCP and Motion are weird user errors, misunderstanding the task at hand, or other subtle but easily fixed glitches.
If you want o uninstall FCS, you can search this forum for the term. We see the topic weekly. Some free products are available that will do the job for you and hunt down and kill every file associated with the suite.
bogiesan
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Thanks for your response.
I will try the MacJanitor.
I am a rookie when it comes to running repairs, is it as easy as putting in the disc and following prompts? How does one repair permissions?Much appreciated.
Eric
I doubt reinstalling will solve anything, Apple software just doesn’t work that way.
Repair your drive permissions, get rid of everything you don’t need, empty the trash, obtain any of the free Mac cache handlers like MacJanitor and purge all that junk. Repair permissions again. run Disk Repair form your OS installation DVD.
Almost all rendering slowdowns with FCP and Motion are weird user errors, misunderstanding the task at hand, or other subtle but easily fixed glitches.
If you want o uninstall FCS, you can search this forum for the term. We see the topic weekly. Some free products are available that will do the job for you and hunt down and kill every file associated with the suite.
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Try DiskWarrior from Alsoft, a must for all NLE systems.
Cheers
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MacJanitor allows a user to perform clean up of system database and log files that are done automatically on machines that are left on 24/7, but it does not operate on any cache files. A free system maintenance utility like Onyx will perform all the tasks suggested plus many others.
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[Eric Newman] “I am a rookie when it comes to running repairs, is it as easy as putting in the disc and following prompts? How does one repair permissions?”
Unfortunately, drive maintenance is complicated these days. As you have noticed in this thread, Onyx has been recommended (thanks Chuck) as well as Disk Warrior (I disagree DW is necessary for NLEs but it’s a great app and a good prophylactic). DW rebuilds directories and that can take many hours on a 500 gig drive.
You can spend a few minutes on Google looking for Mac system repair utilities. Also try versiontracker.com and search for some freebies there.
bogiesan
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[david bogie] “DW rebuilds directories and that can take many hours on a 500 gig drive. “
You must not have DW any longer Bogie, because it’s no where near that slow.
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