[MacDV] Re: FCP 1 or 2

[Tom Seid]

So just to be absolutely clear...what the Apple person told me is
wrong?...one cannot use a new 2003 machine with upgrade disks?...you need a
system that can boot and run in true OS 9?
Thanks
Tom


on 3/3/03 9:21 AM, sb at videovideo at mac.com wrote:

> You have to boot into OS9, not classic, to install FCP 1 and 2.
> You then have to run the program at least once to "serialize" it, in OS9.
> Next, you reboot into OSX, and you start Classic, and from there you can
> procede to installing the OSX version.
> 
> sb
> 
> On 3/3/03 7:46 AM, "Tom Seid" <t.seid at attbi.com> wrote:
> 
>> On a 2003 machine, aren't you able to launch Classic and install the
>> original FCP version, then launch the machine in OS X and install FCP 3...I
>> was told by an Apple store employee that this was what to do in the case of
>> upgrade disks. As long as the OS X finder sees the preferences in the
>> Classic system folder, you should be able to install the upgrade.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> on 3/3/03 8:30 AM, sb at videovideo at mac.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Besides calling Apple and getting the replacement FCP3 install CD (for free,
>>> since you purchased a new machine), you can install FCP3 on your new machine
>>> right away:
>>> 
>>> If you have access to an older computer with FCP in OS9 already on it, you
>>> can connect the two computers via firewire (new machine in FW disk mode) and
>>> then install the FCP 3 in OSX upgrade on your new machine that way. And,
>>> don't forget to run the 3.0.4 updater too.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> hth,
>>> 
>>> sb
>>>