I want to uninstall fcp5 and reinstall it

[Chuck Reti]

Apple’s last document 93811 on FCP 4.5 uninstall is no longer on their support site. However, for some odd, prescient reason I had copied it, so
here’s the info. As noted, it applies to FCP HD (4.5) and other apps in the suite. YMMV with FCP 5. Proceed with caution!

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Final Cut Pro HD: How to Uninstall
Learn how to uninstall Final Cut Pro HD (4.5).

The Final Cut Pro HD installer does not include an uninstall option. The folders and files installed during a full installation of Final Cut Pro HD are listed below. To uninstall, delete the following items (some items may not be present depending on what has been installed). Note: You may prefer to access these locations via the Finder’s Go to Folder feature (From the Go menu, choose Go to Folder) and enter the Directory name.

Location
File/Folder to Delete

/Applications
Cinema Tools
Compressor
Final Cut Pro HD
Final Cut Pro HD Additional Easy Presets
LiveType
SoundTrack

/Applications/Utilities
Batch Monitor (Note 3)
Soundtrack Loop Utility (Note 2)

/Documents
Soundtrack Loops (Note 2)

/Library/Application Support
BorisFX
Boris FX
Final Cut Pro System Support
LiveType

/Library/Application Support/ProApps
Components
Final Cut Pro System ID

/Library/StartupItems
Qmaster (Note 3)

/Library/Frameworks
AECore.framework
Compressor.framework
MediaServerAPI.framework
Qmaster.framework (Note 3)

/Library/Bundles
StompTranscoderX.bundle (if present)

/Library/QuickTime
FCP Uncompressed 422.component
DesktopVideoOut.component
DVCPROHDCodec.component
DVCPROHDMuxer.component
DVCPROHDVideoDigitizer.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputClock.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputCodec.component
LiveType.component

/Library/Receipts
Boris.pkg
CinemaTools.pkg
CinemaToolsUpdate1.2.pkg
Compressor.pkg
CompressorUpdate1.2.pkg (3)
FinalCutProHD4.5.pkg
FinalCutProHDUpdate4.5.pkg
Helium.pkg
LiveType.pkg
LiveTypeSupport.pkg
LiveTypeData1.pkg
LiveTypeData2.pkg
LiveTypeUpdate1.2.pkg
ProAppRuntime.pkg
ProRuntime.pkg
ProVideoCodecs.pkg
Soundtrack.pkg (Note 2)
SoundtrackUpdate1.2.pkg (Note 2)
QTProMedia.pkg
QuickTimeMPEG2.pkg (Note 1)
QuickTimeProMediaComponent.pkg

/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL
DVCPROHDAudio.plugin

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
Helium.framework
LiveType.framework

~/Library/Preferences *
Final Cut Pro User Data

~/Library/Preferences *
com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist

~/Library/Application Support *
Compressor

/System/Library/QuickTime/
QuickTimeProMedia.component

* Tip: The tilde “~” refers to your Home directory. For more information see technical document 106167 “Mac OS X: Using Your Home Directory”.

Notes
1. Only if QuickTime MPEG 2 wasn’t installed separately.
2. Only if Soundtrack wasn’t installed separately.
3. Only if Compressor isn’t installed as part of DVD Studio Pro.

Related documents

107005 “Mac OS X 10.2: How to Find Items on the Hard Disk”
106237 “Mac OS X: Unable to Delete, Unlock, Modify, or Copy an Item”
REMOVED FROM SITE >> 93150 “Final Cut Pro 4: How to Uninstall”

Article ID: 93811 Date Created: May 04, 2004 Date Modified: June 23, 2004

[Eli Mavros]

Thanks a lot. I hope it works with FCP 5

[Frederick Moody]

I have been editing with FCP hd 4.5. Just had a MAC specialist upgrade OS from 10.3.6 to 10.3.9 and QT from 6.5.2 to 7.5 in order to read MPEG-4 video files. Now FCP Application will not come up — gives message, “The application FCP has unexpectedly quit.” Do I need to uninstall and reinstall FCP?