FCP X 10.4.7 is out

[James Culbertson]

And if you are on Mojave there is an FCPX 10.4.7 glitch and fix to keep in mind:

https://fcpxpert.net/2019/10/07/fcp-x-update-and-mojave-menu-glitch/

[Oliver Peters]

And regarding Catalina. If you run anything other than fully updated current Apple apps, hold off. Avid and Adobe products are currently not yet compatible with Catalina.

https://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/macOS-Catalina-support

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/fix-macos-64-bit-compatibility-errors.html

– Oliver

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[Warren Eig]

And will this be the last update for these grater Mac Pros that can run OS 10.14.6? Will FCPX 10.4.8 be Catalina only? I don’t want to spend $5000+ for a new Mac.

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[Steve Connor]

[Warren Eig] “And will this be the last update for these grater Mac Pros that can run OS 10.14.6? Will FCPX 10.4.8 be Catalina only?”

I imagine it might and so it should be!

[Neil Goodman]

any new features besides the underlying architecture?

[Bill Davis]

[Warren Eig] “And will this be the last update for these grater Mac Pros that can run OS 10.14.6? Will FCPX 10.4.8 be Catalina only? I don’t want to spend $5000+ for a new Mac.”

I just don’t understand that.

That old cheese grater is a DECADE old. You should have depreciated it to ZERO long ago. Don’t you EVER want to see what the new AI and Performance enhancing tech rolled out over the past decade, can do?

I was on a Facebook Live chat about 10.4.7 an hour ago and a caller said he found out that the Metal Rewrite is so much more efficient that he can effectively edit on a MacBook AIR now!

I’ve got to believe that the same software that makes THAT possible on marginal OLD systems – should seriously turbocharge a decent modern pro workflow.

“If it ain’t broke don’t try to fix it” – is how you end up facing a sharp cliff like this current 32-bit one unprepared. Moving along to keep reasonably up with generational change is how you avoid it – at least it seems like that to me.

But whatever.

I think Apple pushed 10.4.7 today to let the gnashing of teeth happen a bit before the Fully Metal Compliant (Afterburner aware) ProApps start rolling out soon.

Looking forward to that. And excited to see how close the 2016 rumored 16″ MacBook Pro might be in performance to the present iMac Pros.

Great time to be an editor!

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[Bill Davis]

A few.
Sidecar is probably the billboard feature. The ability to use an iPad as an external Monitor with bi-directional communication – so you can annotate video on your machine wirelessly from your lap.

I’m interested in how the latest Retina Screens suss out (as to colorimetry and brightness) for potential use as a super lightweight field/client monitor.

There are a dozen other minor tweaks, but most of us suspect bigger news when the new MacPros ship. With the 64-bit standard and Metal settling in – it will be interesting to see how those architectural changes effect what the software can do in both productivity and features.

I suspect some long time “asks” on the feature side, were pushed to the back burner because the FCP X team didn’t feel they could implement one thing – without slowing down overall performance unacceptably. Now maybe those things come off the back burner and can see the light on machines fast enough to make the experience flow.

Time will tell.

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[Claude Lyneis]

Should I stay or should I go??

I’m about to start a new FCPX project that will take about 1 month. I want to stay with Mojave for that time because I have some apps that will need to be replaced, when I go to Catalina. Should I stick with my existing FCPX version or go for the update before doing the new project??

[James Culbertson]

10.4.7 works on Mojave.

[Oliver Peters]

[James Culbertson] “10.4.7 works on Mojave.”

FYI – Apple also released a macOS 10.14.6 supplemental update yesterday, which includes the add’l pro codecs pack. So you should update both if you are going to update FCPX.

– Oliver

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