Install FCPx on new partion?

Erik Naso

Erik Naso

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I have been on vacation for a week and boy did I miss all the fun. I'm going to download FCP X regardless of the issues so I can get my head around this new NLE next week but wanted to see if people are making a new partition or just installing it along side studio. Apple recommends a new partition but that seems like a pain in the butt. I will do it to be safe since my mac pro is my main system however if installing along side FCP7 isn't an issue I will go for it.
 
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I set up a 100GB partition, with the intent of placing my "Legacy Apps" on it (FCP Studio and Adobe CS3), then installed FCPX on the operating system partition.

When I went to install FCP Studio, I realized it refuses to be on a drive other than the operating system, so now I have both apps on the same partition. I wonder if I can uninstall FCPX and place it on the other partition (although I didn't notice any install settings going through the App Store).

Any idea why Apple recommends they're on separate partitions?
 
Griffinity said:
I set up a 100GB partition, with the intent of placing my "Legacy Apps" on it (FCP Studio and Adobe CS3), then installed FCPX on the operating system partition.

When I went to install FCP Studio, I realized it refuses to be on a drive other than the operating system, so now I have both apps on the same partition. I wonder if I can uninstall FCPX and place it on the other partition (although I didn't notice any install settings going through the App Store).

Any idea why Apple recommends they're on separate partitions?
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My understanding is that future plugins could cause some trouble if the are both on the same partition. But, if you are not a plugin user, it might not be that big a deal...
 
I have FCP X on the same system drive with FCP Studio, not partitioned. I save events and projects to a separate dedicated media drive, not on the default Movies folder. Works for me.
 
When I installed on the same hard drive, it asked whether I wanted to overwrite the old FCP 7. Thinking it will just replace the icon, I answer "yes". Now I can't find Final Cut Studio folder in applications folder or the FCP 7 application anywhere. Is there a way to retrieve the "old" FCP 7 applications after Final Cut Pro X has already been installed ?
 
I forgot that I have FCP Studio 2 at home (FCP Studio 3 at work), which perhaps is why I'm unable to install both FCP6 and FCPX on the same startup disk. (The rest of Studio installed, but I've noticed Compressor doesn't work.) I guess I'll have to partition a separate startup disk to run Studio on.
 
VMT said:
I have FCP X on the same system drive with FCP Studio, not partitioned. I save events and projects to a separate dedicated media drive, not on the default Movies folder. Works for me.
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I have the same arrangement, but I also have Motion 5. When I open a Motion file on my fcp7 timeline, it tries to open in Motion 5. I have since installed fcpx & Motion 5 on a separate drive, but I'm nervous about trying to uninstall fcpx & Motion 5 from my fcp7 drive in the event that it tries to uninstall both fcpx & fcp7. Any suggestions?
 
parkerhqj said:
I have the same arrangement, but I also have Motion 5. When I open a Motion file on my fcp7 timeline, it tries to open in Motion 5. I have since installed fcpx & Motion 5 on a separate drive, but I'm nervous about trying to uninstall fcpx & Motion 5 from my fcp7 drive in the event that it tries to uninstall both fcpx & fcp7. Any suggestions?
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Try this:

Left click a Motion file, Get Info, Open with, choose Motion in the drop down, click Change All, and confirm
 
joot said:
When I installed on the same hard drive, it asked whether I wanted to overwrite the old FCP 7. Thinking it will just replace the icon, I answer "yes". Now I can't find Final Cut Studio folder in applications folder or the FCP 7 application anywhere. Is there a way to retrieve the "old" FCP 7 applications after Final Cut Pro X has already been installed ?
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Installing FCP X creates a new folder in Applications called Final Cut Studio. All previous FC Studio applications are moved here and their icons deleted from the dock. This move disables round-tripping between the old FC Studio apps.

To undo and keep FC Studio apps working seamlessly as before, see this tutorial: http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/video-tutorial-how-to-run-fcp-7-and-fcp-x-on-the-same-computer/
 
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