FCP 4.0 with Tiger? at DVinfo.net

Stephen Brown · September 25th, 2006, 12:17 PM

I use FCP 4.0 on OS 10.3.9. I want to upgrade to Tiger but am worried that my old version of FCP won't work. Does anyone know the answer?

Processor is Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4. (And I know that I should really upgrade FCP but it ain't broke and I am.)

Boyd Ostroff · September 25th, 2006, 03:40 PM

IIRC, there might be an issue installing from the original disks on Tiger. This and other issues were discussed quite a bit when Tiger was first released. You might want to browse way back on Apple's site (assuming posts are still online from back then):

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=939

But I think you will have a variety of other annoyances to deal with using software that old. I know that FCP can be finicky about Quicktime versions. And of course FCP 4.x can't handle HDV if you ever want to do that.

At a minimum, you should be sure to update to the final version of 4.x. Do you really have 4.0? That's very old. 4.5 was a free upgrade, and there were some compatibility fixes which came along later. Check the downloads on Apple's website.

Stephen Brown · September 25th, 2006, 09:29 PM

Yeah, I really do have 4.0. Looking through the discussion forums at Apple, it seems like 4.5 might work with Tiger if I trash some packages. Still makes me nervous, though. Thanks, Boyd.

September 25th, 2006, 12:17 PM	#1
Stephen Brown New Boot Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 10	FCP 4.0 with Tiger? I use FCP 4.0 on OS 10.3.9. I want to upgrade to Tiger but am worried that my old version of FCP won't work. Does anyone know the answer? Processor is Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4. (And I know that I should really upgrade FCP but it ain't broke and I am.)

September 25th, 2006, 03:40 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,797	IIRC, there might be an issue installing from the original disks on Tiger. This and other issues were discussed quite a bit when Tiger was first released. You might want to browse way back on Apple's site (assuming posts are still online from back then): http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=939 But I think you will have a variety of other annoyances to deal with using software that old. I know that FCP can be finicky about Quicktime versions. And of course FCP 4.x can't handle HDV if you ever want to do that. At a minimum, you should be sure to update to the final version of 4.x. Do you really have 4.0? That's very old. 4.5 was a free upgrade, and there were some compatibility fixes which came along later. Check the downloads on Apple's website.

September 25th, 2006, 09:29 PM	#3
Stephen Brown New Boot Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 10	Yeah, I really do have 4.0. Looking through the discussion forums at Apple, it seems like 4.5 might work with Tiger if I trash some packages. Still makes me nervous, though. Thanks, Boyd.