Will FCP survive a reformat with time machine?

[Kingsly]

Hey all, so snow leopard really fcsk'd up my Mac Pro (as well as my MBP, and my gf's MB, and her bosse's iMac and MB... 🙄 )

Final cut pro is being crazy, along with the rest of the machine. I feel it's reformat and reinstall time. I have a good time machine backup going.

I worry though, because my copy of FCS3 is on a volume license from a former employer (NOT a euphemism for piratebay 😛 ), and I won't be able to recover it if it's lost. Will the time machine restore put it all back okay?

I'm terrified of wiping it all, but at the same time I have a project due and need to make a decision asap. 😱

 

[Richard1028]

I'm terrified of wiping it all, but at the same time I have a project due and need to make a decision asap. 😱

If it isn't working now, what choice do you have? In "theory" migration assistant should restore a working version of Final Cut after the reformat.

But who in their right depends on such a critical application like FC without having the original copy on hand for times just like this? And why were you upgrading your OS in the middle of an editing project?

 

[edesignuk]

I'd definitely not count on it.

Get a full clone of your drive (CCC or SuperDuper) before you start.

 

[Kingsly]

This job was going to pay for a personal copy of fcp. 🙁

The SL update happened a while ago. fcp was fine until yesterday, and it's not the edl that's bad, I've tried making a new edl... same bugs. Audio issues mainly.