FCP 7 killed in Yosemite?

[Andrew Kimery]

Or make a separate boot drive that has 10.9 and your old FCP apps on it.

[Alok Agrawal]

I get what you’re saying. The new feature I want is airdrop between iPhone, iPad and my MacBook Pro. Is it possible to make a separate boot drive on a MacBook Pro.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Using disk utility, you can partition empty space on your boot drive. So, yes.

Jeremy

[Bill Dewald]

So you would switch from FCP7 to Avid in order to have AirDrop?

What’s so important about AirDrop?

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Jeremy,

Is it a complicated process? I have a 512GB HD with 378GB of free space. Thanks for your help.

[Jim Wiseman]

The potential problem, of course, comes when you need a new computer and it comes pre-loaded with Yosemite and might not (probably won’t) run a previous OS.

Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.1.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.5, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1 TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Bill,

I have been trying to get better with Avid Mediacomposer because I feel Final Cut Pro 7 is a dying piece of software. I would have gone to Final Cut Pro X, but my teacher said he didn’t like it and that the editing stations at school would be Avid. Airdrop isn’t really that important but it can definitely be useful. I mostly just like the feeling of getting a new operating system with new features. I guess it’s somewhat fun for me.

Sincerely,
Neel

[Alok Agrawal]

Hey Jim,

According to that logic then Final Cut Pro 7 will definitely be completely obsolete in five years. It’s a very good point because the computer technology advances at such a fast pace that no one will be working with old hardware.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Alok Agrawal] “Is it a complicated process? I have a 512GB HD with 378GB of free space. Thanks for your help.”

It’s very easy.

Open Disk Utility, select your hard drive, click the partition button, click the plus sign, choose a size by sliding how much free space you want to keep, and partition.

Jeremy

[Alok Agrawal]

Thanks Jeremy. Appreciate the help.