• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP 6.06 running with Snow Leopard

  Posted by Payson Mathewson on December 20, 2010 at 5:02 am

  Hi,
  I am thinking of upgrading my Mac Pro Dual core 2.66 with 8 GB RAM from Tiger 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard.
  I am using FCP 6.06 and was wondering if I install the Snow Leopard upgrade over the current Tiger OS, will FCP 6.06 run under Snow Leopard upgrade?

  I don’t really want to do a fresh install as I have various film projects in FCP.

  Any help would be appreciated,
  Thanks
  Payson

  Payson Mathewson replied 15 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  December 20, 2010 at 1:46 pm

  If you are unable to perform a clean and fresh install, I wouldn’t upgrade the OS. You’ll gain little in any event, and why would you want to do it when you don’t gain much…? i.e., If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.

  A “real” upgrade would be to go to Studio 2009, and Snow Leopard done as a clean install.

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  Michael Gissing

  December 20, 2010 at 9:38 pm

  Agreed. I ran 6.0.6 and 10.4.11 until I jumped to both FCS3 and SL with a complete clean install. ( I also upgraded my MacPro so I had the old G5 on the network to transfer files across).

  There is nothing in SL to take advantage of with FCP 6 but a lot of potential problems with updating drivers. Lots of nice things in FCS3 so wait until you are not mid project and buy a new internal hard drive to do the OS & FCS3 install on.
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  Payson Mathewson

  December 21, 2010 at 8:07 am

  Thanks for that Jerry,
  After I posted my question I did a bit of research and most of the advise was to do a complete clean install.
  So, as I am not having any problems with current set-up (Tiger 10.4 and FCS2) I guess I will hold off on Snow Leopard upgrade.

  Thanks,
  Payson
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  Payson Mathewson

  December 21, 2010 at 8:13 am

  Cheers for that info Michael, I will wait until my finances warrant FCS3 upgrade and SL OS. I just thought it would be nice to have my Mac Pro up to date with OS etc. but it sounds like a lot of mucking about for not a lot of gain. Thanks again for your comments/help.

  Cheers,
  Payson

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