[Thomas Morter-laing]

Edit the file:

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

Insert arch=x86_64 into the Kernel Flags field.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC “-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN” “https://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”>

Kernel
mach_kernel
Kernel Flags
arch=x86_64

This will make it permanently 64 bit, no strings (geeky pun there) attached. BTW, if you mess that up, your computer wont start, and the only way to sort it is to open it in target mode using another computer, and change the file back to how it was originally. Dont let that put you off though, you wont lose any data, and its very simple to do.

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27” intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

OK, so by way of comparison, you should try and take a PC to a service centre 2 years after it was bought… I work for an APR and I can tell you that the case above about the graphics card is VERY rare- we still have 3 year old ipod replacements, 3 year old motherboard, graphics cards and HDD’s are constantly replaced as well. Seriously, one of the main selling points for apple is that their computers DONT become obsolete very quickly at all. Sure, you can only BUY the new models, but by comparison, they’re the best solution, from that point of view. Now get back to work 😀

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Yeah unfortunately this product didn’t escape apples up to date attitude and it breaches licences for any apple premium reseller to sell it now! Odd I know…

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I didn’t know prores could utilise more cores during the render as well as everything else?! That’s cool, 2 questions though, how does the render codec do that when the application (FCP) is only 32bit? Also, is there any comparison to other codecs? I know there are debates and very very complex descriptions, just wondering if there are benchmarks or anything useable in say, a debate…

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Are you talking about a widescreen filter? If so one solution could be to remove the filter from the clip in question and rotate as you wish, then apply two black slugs above the clip and position and size each one accordingly, so that it blocks the same amount of the images and matches the clips on the rest of the timeline.

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I didn’t say HQ, I meant with mpeg streamclip set to maximum quality. 🙂

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I use mpeg streamclip and set it to transcode to Prores 422- at max quality you’ll be looking at some big files though!

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

“I own FCP 1
Then I upgraded to FCP3 using the license from FCP1
Then I upgraded to FCS2, using the license from FCP1 again”

Yeah again that would be fine, because you still have a “base”. As far as I understand the EULA it’s fine to do that- some may see it as perhaps a little ‘unethical’ because you’re making money out of it, but at the end of the day no one LOSES money, which is what pirating is…

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

Yeah…because likening this to robbing a bank makes sense. Sorry I don’t understand- there is a HUGE difference between talking about people who rob a bank at gun point for example, and have incredibly clever lawyers who get them off on some stupid precedent, to something which is simply NOT in the licence agreement. If Apple, who have some of the worlds best lawyers (you know, and like are the biggest company and all that) don’t put in anything about it, and if the software is legitimately bought, and legitimately upgraded, from a previous version, as stated in the licence agreement, then why the hell cant version 2 be sold in this scenario?
That makes no sense to me. It’s perfectly legal. It’s not as if we’re talking about pirating it.
Incidentally, another two facts for you- 1: the student addition is the same price as the upgrade, meaning it’s the same discs, and Apple don’t lose money. I spoke to Apple recently, because they initially suggest you can’t upgrade from a Student licence to a normal one either, but when questioning Apple if this is actually in the legal papers for this, he wasn’t able to comment (basically no).

If people have some kind of bizarre ethical problem with LEGALLY saving yourself money by NOT giving extra money to what in some ways is the biggest company in the world, then fine, but the question here was on legalities. If any future employer looked at this and had a problem with that, I’d be amazed.

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).

[Thomas Morter-laing]

I think there’s a loophole here actually:
There’s nothing about the being able to upgrade from FCS 1 to 3, which is perfectly legal to do, and would cost the same and require the same licensing as if you were going from FCS 2-3. It would NORMALLY break the licence if you were to upgrade from 2-3 then sell 2, but in this situation he would still have a ‘base’ from which to upgrade in his possession.
Otherwise that’s like saying you need to have EVERY version of Final Cut if all you’ve ever done is upgraded.
If he was selling FCS1 AS WELL, then no, thats not allowed, but Im pretty sure, that because its still an upgrade, it makes no difference: it’s a different licence key for an UPGRADE licence, NOT and “upgrade from 2-3 only” licence.

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Tom Morter-Laing
Certified Apple Product Proffessional, 2010
Degree; TV Production

iMac 27″ intel i7 2.93GHz, 12GB RAM, ATI HD5750 [1GB GDDR5], 2TB Int. SATA with 2TB External HDD; (FW800).