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Run FCPX on leopard

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rory.reilly

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Dec 3, 2011
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Hi I just spent like a lot of money on final cut and and am not currently able to afford snow leopard (being a 13 year old). I want to run it but it wont let me because I'm running Leopard. Is there a way to trick the software or something, if not I'll give it to my dad who also wants to run it on his new imac with lion. I'm th typ of person who researches something before spending that much on it but this time I didn't too much because i can just give it to my dad
 
How did you spend a lot of money on Final Cut Pro X (if that is the version you mean), if you need the 29 USD Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to even have the Mac App Store (MAS) to purchase it?
 
Exactly, you have to have Snow Leopard or Lion to even buy FCPX since it's only available from the Mac OS App Store.
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If you're talking about Final Cut Pro 7, Make sure your computer is fully updated to Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 (You can check by choosing the :apple: menu and choosing "About This Mac". If you are on 10.5.5 or lower it will not install. Next, make sure you have 1GB of Ram and you are running on an Intel Core 2 Duo (Or Better) Macintosh. To check, choose the :apple: menu and choose "About This Mac".
 
Again, are you sure it's not FCP7?
I'm 13 too, so good luck with whatever you make with it!

Saying that, I do have a dad who has won BAFTA and RTS awards for his editing, so I have a little bit of a head start :p
 
rory.reilly said:
Hi I'm a fourteen year old who dabbles in FCPX and Adobe creative suite ( I do graphic design during holidays an like to practise/learn during school terms)

So how much do you guys suggest I should get, and where is the best place to buy it. Oh and I'm funding it with my one money so I'm obviously on a tight budget (being 14)
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He also has gotten younger in the last few days (his OP says 13) :rolleyes:
 
Rory, assuming you downloaded it via your Dad's machine, you still need SL to install it. There is some stuff in the last 10.6.6 and up, besides the App Store, that FCP X needs to run.
I was an early buyer and didn't really get FCP X to run smoothly until I had 10.6.8 on my machines.

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LethalWolfe said:
The OP spent "like a lot of money" on a torrent?
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We have notes out on grocery store whiteboards "selling latest Adobe software for $20 each". That stuff seems to sell. Nearly all phone numbers are already ripped off and some of the buyers seem to be students of mine.
 
cgbier said:
Rory, assuming you downloaded it via your Dad's machine, you still need SL to install it...
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Thinking the op got it from someone with legit iTunes account. I know a few folks out there sharing their copy across many. However I didnt think you can even download it without required software/hardware?
 
Can't download with Leopard. An installation via remote or Disk Image is possible though. However, Leopard is missing some libraries needed for FCP X to run. They only came with 10.6.6 (or later - can't remember).
 
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