Final Cut Studio 3 and Mavericks

Kevin Spahr · October 22nd, 2013, 06:52 PM

Anybody try FCP on Mavericks?

Kevin Spahr · October 22nd, 2013, 08:15 PM

Got some news:
I dug out an old hard drive and installed Mavericks and then did a new install of FCS3 and it fired right up and I opened an existing project just fine. I didn't have time to put it through an exhaustive test but it looks good!

I'm planning to put Mavericks on my MacPro1.1 (a bit of hacking is required) when I get a chance. I plan to put the OS and all the Apps on a SSD and my home folder and everything else on a spinning disk in order to keep my old workhorse in the stable for a while.

Sam Young · October 28th, 2013, 09:55 PM

I upgraded to Mavericks without fresh install from ML, everything works fine.

Beware, Qmaster does not appear to work with Mavericks, when you click on the Qmaster pref panel, it gives you an error. And Compressor (for me the program itself works) cannot use the Qmaster clusters, so I haven't been able to get compressor to use all my cores to encode.

I've searched on google, and other people are having the same problems with Qmaster.

I may switch back to ML tonight via my backup.

Daniel Epstein · November 2nd, 2013, 09:22 AM

On my MacBook Pro Compressor does use the cluster already created under Mountain Lion but the Qmaster preference panel does not work. Haven't tried to upgrade my Mac Pro since I have heard of issues with Blackmagic and AJA products. So it depends on what your system is. Should be okay for most people soon but not yet.

October 22nd, 2013, 06:52 PM	#1
Kevin Spahr Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carlisle, PA Posts: 451	Final Cut Studio 3 and Mavericks - any news Anybody try FCP on Mavericks?

October 22nd, 2013, 08:15 PM	#2
Kevin Spahr Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carlisle, PA Posts: 451	Re: Final Cut Studio 3 and Mavericks - any news Got some news: I dug out an old hard drive and installed Mavericks and then did a new install of FCS3 and it fired right up and I opened an existing project just fine. I didn't have time to put it through an exhaustive test but it looks good! I'm planning to put Mavericks on my MacPro1.1 (a bit of hacking is required) when I get a chance. I plan to put the OS and all the Apps on a SSD and my home folder and everything else on a spinning disk in order to keep my old workhorse in the stable for a while.

October 28th, 2013, 09:55 PM	#3
Sam Young Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas/Hong Kong Posts: 154	Re: Final Cut Studio 3 and Mavericks - any news I upgraded to Mavericks without fresh install from ML, everything works fine. Beware, Qmaster does not appear to work with Mavericks, when you click on the Qmaster pref panel, it gives you an error. And Compressor (for me the program itself works) cannot use the Qmaster clusters, so I haven't been able to get compressor to use all my cores to encode. I've searched on google, and other people are having the same problems with Qmaster. I may switch back to ML tonight via my backup.

November 2nd, 2013, 09:22 AM	#4
Daniel Epstein Trustee Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,267	Re: Final Cut Studio 3 and Mavericks - any news On my MacBook Pro Compressor does use the cluster already created under Mountain Lion but the Qmaster preference panel does not work. Haven't tried to upgrade my Mac Pro since I have heard of issues with Blackmagic and AJA products. So it depends on what your system is. Should be okay for most people soon but not yet.