Most Stable OSX / FCP combination? at DVinfo.net

Martin Trotter · March 24th, 2009, 08:02 AM

Am due to upgrade my stuff, and just wondered what was the most stable OSX and Final Cut that everyone was using? Reason I'm asking is that a few years ago I tried and upgrade of System Software and FCP and I had a lot of 'small' problems - enough to make me ditch it and go back to what I knew worked fine.

I also use photoshop/illustrator etc, so would be good to know if works fine with these too.

Thanks

William Hohauser · March 24th, 2009, 09:49 AM

As far as my experience goes. The most recent version of FCP and MacOS work well together. A FCP crash maybe once every two months at most with all of the recent versions for the past few years. Not everyone has the same success but I think you shouldn't worry.

Noah Kadner · March 24th, 2009, 12:14 PM

Yeah- current version on all accounts have always been my mantra. Typically you want to wait a week or two on brand new OS and QT updates just to hear if anything really major went wrong but after that- go for it.

Noah

Mike Barber · March 26th, 2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Martin Trotter

Am due to upgrade my stuff, and just wondered what was the most stable OSX and Final Cut that everyone was using?

Good question, but there isn't really such thing necessarily as "the most stable" combination (meaning one superior combo), but rather finding the right combo for a particular version of FCP. There was a great blog post a few months back on Jon Chappell's blog: Recommended QuickTime and Mac OS configurations for Final Cut Pro - Digital Rebellion Blog

I don't know how current it is, but worth checking out.

March 24th, 2009, 08:02 AM	#1
Martin Trotter Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 62	Most Stable OSX / FCP combination? Am due to upgrade my stuff, and just wondered what was the most stable OSX and Final Cut that everyone was using? Reason I'm asking is that a few years ago I tried and upgrade of System Software and FCP and I had a lot of 'small' problems - enough to make me ditch it and go back to what I knew worked fine. I also use photoshop/illustrator etc, so would be good to know if works fine with these too. Thanks

March 24th, 2009, 09:49 AM	#2
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	As far as my experience goes. The most recent version of FCP and MacOS work well together. A FCP crash maybe once every two months at most with all of the recent versions for the past few years. Not everyone has the same success but I think you shouldn't worry. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

March 24th, 2009, 12:14 PM	#3
Noah Kadner Better than Halle Berry Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 435	Yeah- current version on all accounts have always been my mantra. Typically you want to wait a week or two on brand new OS and QT updates just to hear if anything really major went wrong but after that- go for it. Noah