FCP7 and Retina MacBook Pros

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Matthew Reynolds] “I know some of the older MBPs had an audio in/out instead of 2. Does this one have the in/out, or just the out? I don’t use it a lot, but it sounds like could be a small issue for a few things”

The input that it claims to have is with the Apple headset (which I think is a 4 connection TRS, or tip, ring, ring, sleeve). So if you put the Apple headset in, it turns in to an input. I am not 100% sure on any of that, it’s just what I can surmise from the tech specs.

Jeremy

[Justine-paula Robilliard]

I came across this post today, from what I read it is possible to make an image of the FC2 disks?

I hope this is possible, using the disks are a problem for me….

Justine

[Jeremy Garchow]

You can image any disk, yes.

[Jesse Nettleton]

I created a disk image but whenever i try and run the install it pops up an eror that says “you cant open the application “finalcutstudio.mpkg” because powerpc application are no longer supported.” do you know the work around for that? just got my rMBP yesterday and im having trouble getting it set up do to this issue. any help is much appreciated

Thanks

[Rebecca Barnes]

Ben,

Thanks for the very thorough review. I’m in Macbook buying mode and still on the fence about moving forward with the 15″ Retina or snagging the Oct 2011 17″.

You do a few comparisons of FCP7 and FCPX on the Retina… My question is, did you have these two installed simultaneously? If so, what was the installation procedure? I’m currently editing in FCP6/Studio 2 on a G5, but for the next transitional phase I’d like a machine that can handle both FCP7 and FCPX. I’ve already bought Studio 3 and made images of the disks (though I can’t install it on the G5) so that part won’t be hard, but for FCPX, did you get it from the App Store? Before or after installing Studio 3? Does it have to be on a different partition than Studio 3? Is Compressor functional for both?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, but it’s hard to get a straight answer about this, and you sound like you know your stuff.

Thanks,
Becky

[Ben Holmes]

Hi Becky

There’s no real mystery with installing both FCP7 and FCPX. The issue is that both apps are called ‘FCP’, so it won’t let you put both in the root of the Application folder without over-writing one. I have no idea why Apple thought this was a good idea, but…

… Good news – you don’t need to set up seperate partitions or bootable volumes or any of the recommended ‘safe’ options. All you need to do is put whichever you install first in its own folder WITHIN the apps folder. I have done this both ways around with no problems : If you install FCS first, why not make a folder called ‘Final Cut Studio’ in your apps folder and drop FCP7, Soundtrack, etc in it. Now you can install FCPX from the App store. Otherwise, install FCPX first, then drop it in a folder called ‘FCPX’ you’ve created in the Applications folder.

In my own experience, and those of everyone else here, such as Shane Ross, there are no ill effects from running both versions on the same install. The only reason for maintaining dual-boots of OSX would be if different versions of the OS were recommended for different versions of FCP. However, up to 10.7.4 this is not the case – both run fine on Lion. Anecdotal evidence is that Mountain Lion is fine as well, but it will be a while before I make that leap.

Hope that helps!

Ben

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[Cris Cazor]

Hi Ben,
I believe i´ve read all of your posts, but haven´t seen anything about Mountain Lion and FCP7 with MBP Retina Display.
Any updates on that, have you heard or seen anything?
I want to purchase your same MBP, perhaps with 16Gb RAM. So any inputs there as well??

Thanks for all your information.

Cris Cazor
cfssb.org
Santa Barbara, CA

[Ben Holmes]

Hi Cris

I’ve been unwilling to update my rMBP whilst there were still clearly battery life issues with Mountain Lion. I read that 10.8.2 apparently fixes these, so I will most likely update once that is out. Anecdotally I hear FCP7 runs fine under ML, so I look forward to testing it soon.

Ben

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FCP Editor/Trainer/System Consultant
EVS/VT Supervisor for live broadcast
RED camera transfer/post
Independent Director/Producer

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[Cris Cazor]

Hi Ben,

You´ve been really cool, I hope 10.8.2 fixes the battery issue, Im just waiting for every single info and update on everything, before i take the next step.

Thanks so much for your quick response and looking forward to hearing from you again with your tests.

Cris

[Melinda Binks]

HELP! Just cruised through these posts. I just bought a new macbook pro with retina and having difficulty getting my FCP 6.06 up and running. I just talked to an Apple Tech who said they were sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that FCP 6 and 7 won’t run on the new machines with Mountain Lion. Is this true??

To make matters worse, I’m past the 14 day return period as the laptop came while I was out in the field on a shoot. I don’t want to use FCP X.