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FCP5 & FCP6 on same Drive OK?
Hi All:
G5 Tower/4G Ram/ Dual 2.0 processor/ OS 10.4.10/ QT 7.2/FCP 5.1.4Have a new project I want to use some 3rd party FX that require FCP6. Was thinking of installing FCP 6 on a SEPARATE HD, so’s not to bollox my existing FCP5-
BUT: Install apparently will mount FCP6 Apps on MAIN SYSTEM HD, ie WITH the FCP5 Apps.
I can mount all the extra stuff on another drive…
So.
Am I driving into a Brick Wall in doing this? Does it MATTER if 2 versions of FCP exist on same SYS HD?? IN other words, does FCP6 OVERWRITE or in anyway “takeover” apps, etc necessary to run FCP5 (which I still want to access for some unfinished projects)OR – how bout this:
I DO have a complete Back-Up HD mounted (via Super Duper BU Software) of the whole System HD: how bout I install FCP6 on THAT drive, preserving the Sys HD with its FCP5?Sorry for diatribe!
Thanks
Stu Aull
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4 Replies
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You can only install the apps to the system drive. You really should keep them completely separate, I would make a separate boot volume for the new Final Cut Studio.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!
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My thoughts too Zane –
so I dumped it to the BU sys drive – so far so good…
Thanks for confirmation!
Stu -
I might be living dangerously and most will tell you to install on a separate boot drive, but I have FCP 4.5, 5.1.4 and 6.0 all on the same computer….and have done this for every major upgrade since 3.0 . I also have DVDSP 4.0 and 3.0 on the same system. with DVDSP 3.0 installed I get the old MPEG-2 export out of Quicktime.
Again, most will advise against it, but I have done it for more than three years and never had any issues related to that.
We work with many clients who don’t always have the latest version, or sometimes I want to load an older version without updating it. This has worked perfectly. The files FCP uses in the System Library are different for each version. The only issue you might run into on an older version is with a Quicktime version that it doesn’t like….or a capture card driver that is not compatible.
Again, never ran into those issues.
But I always used to run my Avids with internet, email and AfterEffects rendering in the background, all against the advice of Avid. But I always got my work done, and never had an issue.
Other than operator error.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media -
Rich-
Man, you ARE living on the Edge! 😀
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Since I have the cloned Boot drive, I just made it the Start up and loaded FCP6 onto it, along with all the other OS and QT demands it has. Haven’t actually _edited_ with it – that come tomorrow. Hopefully the Mac Gods will smile upon my due diligence!!
cheers
Stu Aull
Alaska
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