Old Final Cut Studio on a New Mac.

[The Mastermind]

I have access to an old version of Final Cut Studio; the discs are dated 2005. Does anyone know whether it will work on my current iMac computer, which runs Mac OS X v. 10.7.3?

I understand there's a newer version of Final Cut, but was told that many features found on previous editions used by professionals are actually missing from the current version.

So, will the version I have access to run smoothly on my computer? Someone who knows first hand please answer.

 

[Gary Huff]

No. If the discs are dated from 2005 for Final Cut Pro, not Express, then you have version 5, which requires Rosetta to translate from PowerPC to Intel, and that was removed in Lion. It will not work. You need Final Cut Pro 7.

 

[The Mastermind]

No. If the discs are dated from 2005 for Final Cut Pro, not Express, then you have version 5, which requires Rosetta to translate from PowerPC to Intel, and that was removed in Lion. It will not work. You need Final Cut Pro 7.

Thanks, Gary.