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Uninstalling Components in FCPS
So I finally switched from PC to Mac. Bought a beautiful MacBook Pro and FCP Studio. I installed FCPS with no problems except I included all of the extra components with Motion, DVDSP, etc. (I’m talking about the Themes, Content for Motion, .mov’s). Now, I think these components are great, but they take a huge amount of space on the hard drive, and if I want to have Bootcamp running I need all the space I can get. Is there a way of deleting these components with out messing up my FCPS install? And if so, how?
I’ve been editing NLE since Premiere 1, and I’m quite handy on the PC side. So believe me when I say tat I’m not a complete waste.
Thanks for your help,
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In Motion, open the Motion preferences found in the Motion menu… on the front page you see the path names to templates and livefonts… If you remove them, you could place them on another drive like a FW drive… and access them that way.
In Livetype, The media files are located in Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/LifeType/Templates. You could move them, then add their new location to the window that opens when you select LiveType’s Preferences. Then LT will look for templates in this new location.
In DVD SP, the location of styles and templates is near the same path as in LiveType, however in the DVD SP folder. To reset them to a new location, the preferences for DVD SP you can change the location of where DVD SP looks for these…
I’d not want to lose them altogether, but you won’t hurt anything doing so… I’d put them on an external drive and reset where the various apps look for them, and if all is well, delete the originals…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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I believe you can also use the install disks to copy these elements to another drive during install too… I’ve never done things this way, but I think it’s certainly possible so you might just reinstall from disk if you want them back.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks for the info. Just 2 more questions.
How do you uninstall FCSP (if I want to reinstall)?
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How much space on my drive should FCP Studio take up?
Thanks,
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There is no uninstall in the software. Yes. It’s true.
Apple has articles on the apps in the Support area of their site on how to uninstall. Look in each of the app’s support from the link to them in Apple support’s start page.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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