Can I install final Cut 6 on non operating system hard drive?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Brad Jenkins] “Can I install Final cut 6 ( or studio 2 for that matter) on my second hard drive that does not have the operating system on it? And if so, is there any issues or problems that occur when installing this way?
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No, FCP requires the OS to be on the same drive as the software. You can install the OS and FCP on that 2nd drive if you desire, but that is not a good way to run a system.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

You can also choose not to install all of the templates which take up enormous amounts of room.

The applications themselves are relatively small. You can always install templates later.

[Steve Eisen]

Your best option is to clone your current HD onto a larger HD and replace your current HD with the new one.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Mark Maness]

How about older MacBook Pro laptops?

What do you do in that case? We have an independent contracted editor with a first generation MacBook Pro with a 120 gig hard drive. As you know… that’s not much by today’s standards.

What would you suggest in this case?

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

You can install all of the templates on a separate external drive, or upgrade the hard drive. Laptops get up to 500GBs now.

Jeremy

[Steve Eisen]

https://techrestore.com/powerbook/

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Mark Maness]

Thank you, Steve!

That’s exactly the info I needed.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
https://web.mac.com/schazamproductions
schazamproductions@mac.com