can’t update FCP to 7.03

[Steve Eisen]

Reinstall

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Greg Ball]

With all due respect Steve, I rather not go through the long process of reinstalling FCP. I can’t seem to get my serial number registered either. It says not valid. (which further suggests I don’t want to reinstall) How can that be. I see the serial number right there with on the FCP startup screen

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Greg Ball] “With all due respect Steve, I rather not go through the long process of reinstalling FCP.”

You could use FCS remover and remove just the applications (none of the media/templates which is what takes so long to install). This would go very fast, as would a reinstall.

https://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm

It’s weird that it’s not updating.

[Frank Nolan]

Check to see if the pro apps update worked on the other programs.
What is the version of Motion, color, compressor, apple qmaster?
Perhaps you just need to re-install the updater.

[Craig Alan]

Repaired permissions lately?

Just guessing here but could it be a corrupted file — the one that holds the serial number ???

Along with Jeremy’s suggestion,

To avoid the agony of a reinstall which is recommended, at the very least, when you update the OS:

Reinstall OS X & Final Cut Studio The Right Way – Part 3 – By David A. Saraceno

Reinstall OS X & Final Cut Studio The Right Way – Part 2 – By David A. Saraceno

Reinstall OS X & Final Cut Studio The Right Way – Part 1 – By David A. Saraceno

Once you have these images in place the install process is a lot faster than working off a “super” drive.

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