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  • Compressor Won’t Run

    Posted by Derek Tow on March 8, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Hi all,

    I bought a used G5 with FCP 6. Everything works great except Comressor. When I try to open it (either through FCP or on it’s own), I get ‘The application Compressor quit unexpectedly.’ error.

    Apple support pages have a trouble shooting work flow which I tried but nothing fixed the issue. I don’t have the original software as I bought the system used so I can’t reload the program.

    (I can hear you saying now – ‘that’s what you get buying used’.)

    But – is there another way to repair the program? Compressor is only bundled with FCP right?

    Thanks for any help…

    Derek

    Dan Sparks replied 17 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Michael Sacci

    March 8, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    the problem is not buy used it buying pre-installed software without the original disc. You don’t own the software. Hope you didn’t pay extra for the software that was on the computer.

    The only fix I have seen for Compressor issues is to re-install it but as you already know you need the disc for that.

  • Derek Tow

    March 8, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    Thanks – I’ll find a work around for now.

    I did get a good deal on the system – everything else runs well. Probably going to buy the software and re-install eventually.

  • Michael Sacci

    March 8, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    It is a good ethical policy to pay for software you use, especially if you are making money from it. Even big companies deserve to get paid for there work.

  • Dan Sparks

    March 9, 2009 at 12:10 am

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