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FCS3 & X on MBP 10.6.8
I’ve been playing w/ X on a tower and am thinking of trying it out on my MBP OSX 10.6.8. On the tower I put the X software on a second drive (FCS3 on primary HD), on the MBP I will need to put it on the one internal drive. I’ve heard mixed stories as to whether FCP & X can live happily on the same drive. Any update on putting FCP & X on the same drive?
It seems that I can also partition the drive (without messing up the files that are there already) and put X there. Any thoughts, warnings or best practices would be appreciated.
As always thanks in advance for your sage advice.
Cheers,
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Not recommended on the same drive, but I’ve been running on mine for months without issues
“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”
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[Jim Cunningham] “’ve heard mixed stories as to whether FCP & X can live happily on the same drive. Any update on putting FCP & X on the same drive?”
Running both here on a Macbook Pro, OSX 10.6.8.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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Do read the Apple installation notes:
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722
It is strongly recommended that you install Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, and Compressor 4 on a startup disk that does not have Final Cut Studio (2009) already installed.
However they go on to describe the safe method of installing both on the same partition which seems to work fine for most people as Steve and Jason have commented.
Do ensure you follow the instructions otherwise you could have problems using Motion 4 apparently.
Simon Ubsdell
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Running both on a MacBook Air- zero issues.
Noah
Call Box Training.
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Thanks to all.
Cheers,
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