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Need quick answer…
Scenario: Compressor began to stall. Checked out a few forums and came across DigitalRebellion’s FCS Remover. Used it to attempt to uninstall Compressor and QMaster. After re-install, kept getting a “Compressor unexpectedly quit” error when trying to launch. After the second attempt, I got the same error message when I tried to open FCP (I had NOT checked that box in DR’s FCS remover). I then attempted to remove Compressor, QMaster AND FCP to do a fresh install. When I tried to run the installer, I got this message: “You can’t open the application “FinalCutStudio.mpkg” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.” I checked a few forums and discovered that b/c I’m operating on Mountain Lion, I FCS 2 doesn’t work. If it was already on the system, how come I can’t reinstall? Here are my numbers:
Processor: 3.33 GHz 6-core Xeon
Memory: 16GB 1333MHz DDR3Any help? As this is a work computer, upgrading to FCS 3 isn’t an option.
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The installer for FCS 2 was written for the Power PC processor (Power Mac G4 and G5). It will not work without Rosetta on a Mac with Intel Processors. Mountain Lion does not support Rosetta. I think Rosetta will only work up to Snow Leopard (10.6x)
Ironically, the applications themselves are Universal Binary. They will run just fine in PPC or Intel. It’s only the installer that won’t run without Rosetta.
There is no easy solution for you.
Perhaps find a copy of Snow Leopard and install it on a second drive. Then boot from that drive to do the install.
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Someone on the Apple forums had this possible solution:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21115902#21115902
Shane
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If you only uninstalled selected components, you must run Software Update after reinstalling. Otherwise you end up with a newer version of FCP trying to communicate with an older version of Compressor.
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thanks. i checked into it, just can’t figure out what i’m doing wrong. Here’s what i’m getting after i put the script in:
installer: invalid option -target/
Usage: installer [-help] [-dominfo] [-volinfo] [-pkginfo] [-allowUntrusted] [-dumplog]
[-verbose | -verboseR] [-vers] [-config] [-plist]
[-file ] [-lang ] [-listiso]
[-showChoicesXML] [-applyChoiceChangesXML ]
[-showChoicesAfterApplyingChangesXML ]
-pkg
-target <[DomainKey|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode|UUID]>any suggestions?
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Here’s my question:
When I got my new tower, FCP6 was running on it already. Why then won’t it allow an install? -
Did you buy your tower USED? And it came pre-installed with FCP? If so, then you don’t have a legitimate copy of the application. FCP didn’t come pre-installed on any computers.
What OS was the tower running? Most likely FCP was installed under an older OS, and the new OS was installed on top of the old, running system.
Shane
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