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Installing FC Studio or FC Express on an Intel Mac Mini.
Hello everyone,
I have a new Mac Mini and I have the new Universal version of Final Cut Studio. I read the specs and know that the Mac Mini doesn’t have a graphics card to support the program. But would it install anyway and allow me to at least log some footage on it. Then If I wanted move to project to another system?
Will Final Cut Express allow me to do the same thing or can I edit using that program?
What about DVD Studio Pro, Motion, Live Type and Soundtrack ….. are they all not able to run on a Mac Mini?
Has anyone in the forum ran these programs succesfully on a Mac Mini? I would like to hear your success or horror stories!
KIndly,
Marshall -
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Hi Marshall,
Because Macs are…well…Macs, it’s usually never hurts the system to try a program. I too have read that the Mac Mini’s are way under powered to run FCP/Studio. But one of my collegues has install it on his Mini and says it works fine. He usually just does basic logging and cutting with a few graphics, but doesn’t have any problems.
If your Mini starts ‘hanging’ a lot in FCP or crashing, then you know that it’s not going to work. You can probably get away with running most everything on your Mini, accept Motion. It wants a lot of graphics power, RAM, etc.Good Luck,
Todd at UCSB
Television Production
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