Re: final cut pro

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Rob

Thanks for that. Yes, was aware of the alternatives and had mentioned those
to others.
They're happy to stay with FCS2 at the moment as well

Kind regards
Daniel


On 10/7/11 9:06 PM, "Rob Davies"  wrote:

> 
> Morning Daniel,
> 
> AVID is offering %60 of Media Composer for FCP customers.
> Pro level application compatibility not an issue.
> Expensive Plug-Ins, but it is a pro app.
> 
> Premier from Adobe as another Alternative.
> It does now function within OS X very well, although Graphics Acceleration is
> Nvidia based which for some within Mac community an issue.
> Does allow all versions of FCP to be imported and utilised. FCP X will not
> revisit old projects.
> Adobe now offering a %50 rebate, for FCS users.
> I have found Adobe Enterprise License tedious, but they are a Pro-App?
> 
> I do not use Premier Pro, but have worked at installations whom do. Improved
> with 5.5.
> I personally use FCS 2 with Apple products and many plug-ins , and lots of
> Clips collected footage and projects. Massive Database!
> This being a main reason for not upgrading to FCP X, as with community
> Apple Shake in this collection also.
> 
> But I have been moving to AVID over past year or so as Apple did hint at not
> continuing  FCS2.
> As Matthew so eloquently put PRO-SUMER is market base.
> Recently Apple has not been so loyal to those which have supported company,
> but we endure.
> 
> I suppose one reason for going to Intel, allowing users to instal and run
> alternatives to those Apple has rejected.
> 
> Premier Pro seems to be best all in one solution, 64bit so extremely fast with
> lots of ram, After Effects excellent program.
> 
> I would suggest any body looking at alternatives to download trial versions
> first, investigate total upgrade.
> Especially with Avid... many plug-ins, and software packages to make complete
> studio.
> Beware of ongoing upgrade costs with all software packages, especially AVID
> plug-ins some have annuities?
> 
> Cheers!
> `RobD..
> 
> On 09Jul2011, at 10:49 pm, Daniel Kerr wrote:
>> 
>> LOL... Have to pay that one. That was quite good ;)
>> Hehehe.
>> 
>> But yes, I've got a few clients that looked at it and decided there was no
>> way at the moment they would consider using that in their businesses.
>> It was just too much missing that they couldn't rely on, especially if
>> sharing files with others working for them.
>> 
>> Maybe after a few more "tweaks" it might be a "Pro" Pro Application again :)
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/7/11 10:42 PM, "Matthew Healey"  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Apple redefined "Pro" a while ago. It used to mean "Use this if your job and
>>> livelihood relies on this product". Now it means "Use this if your really
>>> passionate about make great home movies".
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 08/07/2011, at 10:52 AM, cm wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi James and Mike,
 
 Here is an interesting update on the Final Cut Pro affair. Apple may be
 considering resuming sales of FCP 7 to studio customers but at the same
 time
 they seem to be working furiously to the add the missing features to FCP X
 
 http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/07/apple_looking_into_re_offerin
 g_
 final_cut_pro_7_volume_licenses_after_fcp_x_backlash.html
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
 
 On 2011-07-07, at 13:44, Mike Murray wrote:
 
> 
> Hi James
> 
> I agree with Carlo's analysis.
> 
> I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's
> excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside
> promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes
> through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes
> the
> process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The
> archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of
> video that I'd forgotten I had.
> 
> I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV
> producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The
> 'support'
> discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of
> civilisation as they know it...
> 
> But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of
> Final Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old
> Final Cut Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions,
> especially if you need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final
> Cut projects, but will open .mov files (and many others), so you can
> always
> export a Final Cut project as a .mov file and open it with FCP X.
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi James,
>> 
>> I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very
>> polished,
>> functional and intuitive. For a

Re: final cut pro

[Rob Davies]

Morning Daniel,

AVID is offering %60 of Media Composer for FCP customers.
Pro level application compatibility not an issue. 
Expensive Plug-Ins, but it is a pro app.

Premier from Adobe as another Alternative. 
It does now function within OS X very well, although Graphics Acceleration is 
Nvidia based which for some within Mac community an issue.
Does allow all versions of FCP to be imported and utilised. FCP X will not 
revisit old projects.
Adobe now offering a %50 rebate, for FCS users.
I have found Adobe Enterprise License tedious, but they are a Pro-App?

I do not use Premier Pro, but have worked at installations whom do. Improved 
with 5.5.
I personally use FCS 2 with Apple products and many plug-ins , and lots of 
Clips collected footage and projects. Massive Database!
This being a main reason for not upgrading to FCP X, as with community 
Apple Shake in this collection also.

But I have been moving to AVID over past year or so as Apple did hint at not 
continuing  FCS2.
As Matthew so eloquently put PRO-SUMER is market base. 
Recently Apple has not been so loyal to those which have supported company, but 
we endure.

I suppose one reason for going to Intel, allowing users to instal and run 
alternatives to those Apple has rejected.

Premier Pro seems to be best all in one solution, 64bit so extremely fast with 
lots of ram, After Effects excellent program.

I would suggest any body looking at alternatives to download trial versions 
first, investigate total upgrade.
Especially with Avid... many plug-ins, and software packages to make complete 
studio.
Beware of ongoing upgrade costs with all software packages, especially AVID 
plug-ins some have annuities?

Cheers!
`RobD..

On 09Jul2011, at 10:49 pm, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
> LOL... Have to pay that one. That was quite good ;)
> Hehehe.
> 
> But yes, I've got a few clients that looked at it and decided there was no
> way at the moment they would consider using that in their businesses.
> It was just too much missing that they couldn't rely on, especially if
> sharing files with others working for them.
> 
> Maybe after a few more "tweaks" it might be a "Pro" Pro Application again :)
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/7/11 10:42 PM, "Matthew Healey"  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Apple redefined "Pro" a while ago. It used to mean "Use this if your job and
>> livelihood relies on this product". Now it means "Use this if your really
>> passionate about make great home movies".
>> 
>> 
>> On 08/07/2011, at 10:52 AM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi James and Mike,
>>> 
>>> Here is an interesting update on the Final Cut Pro affair. Apple may be
>>> considering resuming sales of FCP 7 to studio customers but at the same time
>>> they seem to be working furiously to the add the missing features to FCP X
>>> 
>>> http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/07/apple_looking_into_re_offering_
>>> final_cut_pro_7_volume_licenses_after_fcp_x_backlash.html
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>>> 
>>> On 2011-07-07, at 13:44, Mike Murray wrote:
>>> 
 
 Hi James
 
 I agree with Carlo's analysis.
 
 I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's
 excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside
 promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes
 through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes the
 process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The
 archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of
 video that I'd forgotten I had.
 
 I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV
 producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The 
 'support'
 discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of
 civilisation as they know it...
 
 But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of
 Final Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old
 Final Cut Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions,
 especially if you need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final
 Cut projects, but will open .mov files (and many others), so you can always
 export a Final Cut project as a .mov file and open it with FCP X.
 
 Cheers
 Mike
 
 
 
 
 On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:
 
> Hi James,
> 
> I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very 
> polished,
> functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is
> excellent. The complaints are coming from professional studios who have
> lost some of the features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the
> previous version of the product. The previous version of FCP has been
> declared end-of-life. The main problems are that FCP X will not import
> projects from the old version, does not have 

Re: final cut pro

[Daniel Kerr]

LOL... Have to pay that one. That was quite good ;)
Hehehe.

But yes, I've got a few clients that looked at it and decided there was no
way at the moment they would consider using that in their businesses.
It was just too much missing that they couldn't rely on, especially if
sharing files with others working for them.

Maybe after a few more "tweaks" it might be a "Pro" Pro Application again :)

Kind regards
Daniel



On 9/7/11 10:42 PM, "Matthew Healey"  wrote:

> 
> Apple redefined "Pro" a while ago. It used to mean "Use this if your job and
> livelihood relies on this product". Now it means "Use this if your really
> passionate about make great home movies".
> 
> 
> On 08/07/2011, at 10:52 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi James and Mike,
>> 
>> Here is an interesting update on the Final Cut Pro affair. Apple may be
>> considering resuming sales of FCP 7 to studio customers but at the same time
>> they seem to be working furiously to the add the missing features to FCP X
>> 
>> http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/07/apple_looking_into_re_offering_
>> final_cut_pro_7_volume_licenses_after_fcp_x_backlash.html
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
>> 
>> On 2011-07-07, at 13:44, Mike Murray wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi James
>>> 
>>> I agree with Carlo's analysis.
>>> 
>>> I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's
>>> excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside
>>> promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes
>>> through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes the
>>> process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The
>>> archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of
>>> video that I'd forgotten I had.
>>> 
>>> I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV
>>> producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The 'support'
>>> discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of
>>> civilisation as they know it...
>>> 
>>> But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of
>>> Final Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old
>>> Final Cut Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions,
>>> especially if you need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final
>>> Cut projects, but will open .mov files (and many others), so you can always
>>> export a Final Cut project as a .mov file and open it with FCP X.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:
>>> 
 Hi James,
 
 I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very polished,
 functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is
 excellent. The complaints are coming from professional studios who have
 lost some of the features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the
 previous version of the product. The previous version of FCP has been
 declared end-of-life. The main problems are that FCP X will not import
 projects from the old version, does not have support for multiple cameras
 (filming simultaneously as is done in a feature film), will not support the
 Camera Red system, and has lost support for some professional codecs.
 
 The new product is being likened to Apples introduction of OS X, which was
 at first less functional that OS 9 but which had an eye on the future.
 Others think that Apple is abandoning the professional market, which is a
 small niche, in favour of the much larger prosumer market. Apple for its
 part does not seem to be backing down and is offering a refund to
 disgruntled buyers of FCP X. It has promised that multiple camera support
 will be offered in an upgrade.
 
 I am following the debate with interest and am sure there is a team of
 developers somewhere on the Apple campus putting in some all-nighters. :-)
 
 Cheers,
 Carlo
>>> 
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>>> TimeTrackers
>>> East Fremantle
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>>> 
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>>> Fax 08 9339 0519
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Re: final cut pro

[Matthew Healey]

Apple redefined "Pro" a while ago. It used to mean "Use this if your job and 
livelihood relies on this product". Now it means "Use this if your really 
passionate about make great home movies".


On 08/07/2011, at 10:52 AM, cm wrote:

> 
> Hi James and Mike,
> 
> Here is an interesting update on the Final Cut Pro affair. Apple may be 
> considering resuming sales of FCP 7 to studio customers but at the same time 
> they seem to be working furiously to the add the missing features to FCP X
> 
> http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/07/apple_looking_into_re_offering_final_cut_pro_7_volume_licenses_after_fcp_x_backlash.html
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 2011-07-07, at 13:44, Mike Murray wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi James
>> 
>> I agree with Carlo's analysis.
>> 
>> I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's 
>> excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside 
>> promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes 
>> through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes the 
>> process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The 
>> archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of 
>> video that I'd forgotten I had.
>> 
>> I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV 
>> producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The 'support' 
>> discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of 
>> civilisation as they know it...
>> 
>> But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of 
>> Final Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old 
>> Final Cut Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions, 
>> especially if you need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final 
>> Cut projects, but will open .mov files (and many others), so you can always 
>> export a Final Cut project as a .mov file and open it with FCP X.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Mike
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi James,
>>> 
>>> I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very polished, 
>>> functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is 
>>> excellent. The complaints are coming from professional studios who have 
>>> lost some of the features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the 
>>> previous version of the product. The previous version of FCP has been 
>>> declared end-of-life. The main problems are that FCP X will not import 
>>> projects from the old version, does not have support for multiple cameras 
>>> (filming simultaneously as is done in a feature film), will not support the 
>>> Camera Red system, and has lost support for some professional codecs.
>>> 
>>> The new product is being likened to Apples introduction of OS X, which was 
>>> at first less functional that OS 9 but which had an eye on the future. 
>>> Others think that Apple is abandoning the professional market, which is a 
>>> small niche, in favour of the much larger prosumer market. Apple for its 
>>> part does not seem to be backing down and is offering a refund to 
>>> disgruntled buyers of FCP X. It has promised that multiple camera support 
>>> will be offered in an upgrade.
>>> 
>>> I am following the debate with interest and am sure there is a team of 
>>> developers somewhere on the Apple campus putting in some all-nighters. :-)
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carlo
>> 
>> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester
>> TimeTrackers
>> East Fremantle
>> Western Australia
>> 
>> Tel 08 9339 8078
>> Fax 08 9339 0519
>> 
>> British and Australian genealogical and historical research, 
>> education, publishing and film-making
>> 
>> www.timetrackers.com.au
>> 
>> 
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Re: final cut pro

[cm]

Hi James and Mike,

Here is an interesting update on the Final Cut Pro affair. Apple may be 
considering resuming sales of FCP 7 to studio customers but at the same time 
they seem to be working furiously to the add the missing features to FCP X

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/07/apple_looking_into_re_offering_final_cut_pro_7_volume_licenses_after_fcp_x_backlash.html

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-07, at 13:44, Mike Murray wrote:

> 
> Hi James
> 
> I agree with Carlo's analysis.
> 
> I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's 
> excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside 
> promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes 
> through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes the 
> process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The 
> archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of 
> video that I'd forgotten I had.
> 
> I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV 
> producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The 'support' 
> discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of 
> civilisation as they know it...
> 
> But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of 
> Final Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old 
> Final Cut Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions, 
> especially if you need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final 
> Cut projects, but will open .mov files (and many others), so you can always 
> export a Final Cut project as a .mov file and open it with FCP X.
> 
> Cheers
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:
> 
>> Hi James,
>> 
>> I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very polished, 
>> functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is 
>> excellent. The complaints are coming from professional studios who have lost 
>> some of the features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the previous 
>> version of the product. The previous version of FCP has been declared 
>> end-of-life. The main problems are that FCP X will not import projects from 
>> the old version, does not have support for multiple cameras (filming 
>> simultaneously as is done in a feature film), will not support the Camera 
>> Red system, and has lost support for some professional codecs.
>> 
>> The new product is being likened to Apples introduction of OS X, which was 
>> at first less functional that OS 9 but which had an eye on the future. 
>> Others think that Apple is abandoning the professional market, which is a 
>> small niche, in favour of the much larger prosumer market. Apple for its 
>> part does not seem to be backing down and is offering a refund to 
>> disgruntled buyers of FCP X. It has promised that multiple camera support 
>> will be offered in an upgrade.
>> 
>> I am following the debate with interest and am sure there is a team of 
>> developers somewhere on the Apple campus putting in some all-nighters. :-)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Carlo
> 
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> TimeTrackers
> East Fremantle
> Western Australia
> 
> Tel 08 9339 8078
> Fax 08 9339 0519
> 
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> education, publishing and film-making
> 
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Re: final cut pro

[Mike Murray]

Hi James

I agree with Carlo's analysis.

I'm exploring FCP X (and Motion and Compressor) and finding that it's 
excellent, intuitive and powerful so far, with plenty of upside 
promised/rumoured. I'm creating camera archives of all my digital DV tapes 
through its archiving procedure which is just a little flaky (sometimes the 
process 'hangs' at the last clip on the tape; sometimes it doesn't). The 
archives are 'skimmable' through FCP X which opens up a whole new world of 
video that I'd forgotten I had.

I think it's going to be a great product, but I agree that the big film/TV 
producers have been left high and dry and are shouting loudly. The 'support' 
discussion groups are ringing with shrill comments about the end of 
civilisation as they know it...

But the products worth trying out...you can still run earlier versions of Final 
Cut (Pro and Express), although the installation will move your old Final Cut 
Pro to a new folder. You'll need to keep these old versions, especially if you 
need to rework projects. FCP X won't open existing Final Cut projects, but will 
open .mov files (and many others), so you can always export a Final Cut project 
as a .mov file and open it with FCP X.

Cheers
Mike




On 07/07/2011, at 10:13 AM, cm wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very polished, 
> functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is excellent. 
> The complaints are coming from professional studios who have lost some of the 
> features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the previous version of the 
> product. The previous version of FCP has been declared end-of-life. The main 
> problems are that FCP X will not import projects from the old version, does 
> not have support for multiple cameras (filming simultaneously as is done in a 
> feature film), will not support the Camera Red system, and has lost support 
> for some professional codecs.
> 
> The new product is being likened to Apples introduction of OS X, which was at 
> first less functional that OS 9 but which had an eye on the future. Others 
> think that Apple is abandoning the professional market, which is a small 
> niche, in favour of the much larger prosumer market. Apple for its part does 
> not seem to be backing down and is offering a refund to disgruntled buyers of 
> FCP X. It has promised that multiple camera support will be offered in an 
> upgrade.
> 
> I am following the debate with interest and am sure there is a team of 
> developers somewhere on the Apple campus putting in some all-nighters. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo

Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester
TimeTrackers
East Fremantle
Western Australia

Tel 08 9339 8078
Fax 08 9339 0519

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[cm]

Hi James,

I have tried the latest version of Final Cut Pro X and it is very polished, 
functional and intuitive. For a, so-called, prosumer product it is excellent. 
The complaints are coming from professional studios who have lost some of the 
features that they had in Final Cut Pro 7 Studio, the previous version of the 
product. The previous version of FCP has been declared end-of-life. The main 
problems are that FCP X will not import projects from the old version, does not 
have support for multiple cameras (filming simultaneously as is done in a 
feature film), will not support the Camera Red system, and has lost support for 
some professional codecs.

The new product is being likened to Apples introduction of OS X, which was at 
first less functional that OS 9 but which had an eye on the future. Others 
think that Apple is abandoning the professional market, which is a small niche, 
in favour of the much larger prosumer market. Apple for its part does not seem 
to be backing down and is offering a refund to disgruntled buyers of FCP X. It 
has promised that multiple camera support will be offered in an upgrade.

I am following the debate with interest and am sure there is a team of 
developers somewhere on the Apple campus putting in some all-nighters. :-)

Cheers,
Carlo

On 2011-07-07, at 08:20, James / Hans Kunz wrote:

> just found this info
> http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/28/apple-offers-refunds.html
> 
> which points ...no to buy fcpx the lasted version of finalcut pro
> James
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Re: Final cut pro license # isues.

[Severin Crisp]

Ronni's solution, as always, is elegant.
Alternatively, I have an encrypted, password protected disk image of a  
Word document which gives a very flexible way of saving all sorts of  
useful and important information securely in brief or at length.   On  
receiving any serial number or necessary code, I immediately enter  
it.  As a double check, I do "copy" and then paste into the  
application or whatever when requested at install, and of course I  
also keep the originals if convenient.

Severin Crisp

On 23/06/2010, at 10:42 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi Peter,

I had two Logic Boards fail in my previous 17" MacBook Pro and  
experienced having to install and re-validate and add serial numbers  
for quite a few applications.
Fortunately I keep all my Serial Numbers, passwords etc in my  
Keychain … Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access.app
And as I also have a good Backup Strategy, all this is backed up as  
well.


So it is never a problem locating my serial numbers.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro  Intel Core i7
2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm

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On 23/06/2010, at 10:16 AM, peter phillips wrote:



Hi all,

our license problem has been solved.

My wife's mother, had a look and luckily he FCP box was the last  
thing put in storage, so she found it straight away, I thought it  
would be a several hour search.


So we are up and running.

thank you all for the help.

and i will be keeping several copies of the serial number just in  
case.



Peter Phillips





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Re: Final cut pro license # isues.

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Peter,

I had two Logic Boards fail in my previous 17" MacBook Pro and experienced 
having to install and re-validate and add serial numbers for quite a few 
applications.
Fortunately I keep all my Serial Numbers, passwords etc in my Keychain … 
Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access.app
And as I also have a good Backup Strategy, all this is backed up as well.

So it is never a problem locating my serial numbers.

Cheers,
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On 23/06/2010, at 10:16 AM, peter phillips wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> our license problem has been solved.
> 
> My wife's mother, had a look and luckily he FCP box was the last thing put in 
> storage, so she found it straight away, I thought it would be a several hour 
> search.
> 
> So we are up and running.
> 
> thank you all for the help.
> 
> and i will be keeping several copies of the serial number just in case.
> 
> 
> Peter Phillips




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Re: Final cut pro license # isues.

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Rob

Some "high" end software, such as Final Cut Pro and Adobe CS software links
itself to the computer's hardware. So once this changes, it then needs to
re-verify itself, that the correct software is on the correct machine with
the correct person. (otherwise software could be just copied from one hard
drive to another.
This is the situation here. A change in hardware needs to re-verify itself.

For what it's worth, Peter, it may pay to call Apple and explain the
situation. I've had similar happen with clients and Adobe software. The hard
drive died, got a new hard drive for the client and then we called Adobe to
get it sorted out. It took a little while to work through it, but it got
sorted out in the end quite easily.
So yes, I would certainly give them a call and explain the problem to them.
If it's originally been registered, they may have the serial on file.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards
Daniel


On 22/6/10 10:42 PM, "Rob Phillips"  wrote:

> 
> Hi Pete, others.
> 
> Why should replacing a logic board invalidate a serial number? Surely
> the serial number is hidden in a preference file somewhere, which
> currently can't be accessed. Could it be a permissions thing?  Ronni,
> you're the expert on this...  You seem to know where everything is
> hidden! :-)
> 
> Rob
> 
> On 22/06/10 6:09 PM, Peter Writer wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> 
>> I wrote about a month ago, about my mac book pro, having a logic board
>> failure.
>> 
>> We are living in China, my wife took the MBP back to perth and apple
>> replaced the logic board, no problem, all is working fine.
>> 
>> but upon arriving back in China and setting up to begin editing again
>> in final cut pro, the preferences seem to be reset, and it is asking
>> for the license number to start final cut pro. which would be fine,
>> but we did not anticipate this, and our final cut pro packaging is
>> back in perth in storage, which is quite an oversight, but we are now
>> kinda of stuck, and dont seem to have an easy way to get our license
>> number.
>> 
>> I was wondering if any one knew if we can contact apple and they can
>> resend us our license number. We also do not have the receipt of
>> pruchase here, but we do have our apple care details, and the program,
>> and computer, were all bought from the apple store in australia over
>> the phone.
>> 
>> 
>> Does it seem feasible that apple would be able to help us in this
>> circumstances, or does it look like we will need to inconvenience a
>> friend to sort through all our stuff in storage and try find the
>> relevant details?
>> 
>> thanks for your time.
>> 
>> Peter Phillips

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Re: Final cut pro license # isues.

[Rob Phillips]

Hi Pete, others.

Why should replacing a logic board invalidate a serial number? Surely 
the serial number is hidden in a preference file somewhere, which 
currently can't be accessed. Could it be a permissions thing?  Ronni, 
you're the expert on this...  You seem to know where everything is 
hidden! :-)


Rob

On 22/06/10 6:09 PM, Peter Writer wrote:

Hi guys,


I wrote about a month ago, about my mac book pro, having a logic board 
failure.


We are living in China, my wife took the MBP back to perth and apple 
replaced the logic board, no problem, all is working fine.


but upon arriving back in China and setting up to begin editing again 
in final cut pro, the preferences seem to be reset, and it is asking 
for the license number to start final cut pro. which would be fine, 
but we did not anticipate this, and our final cut pro packaging is 
back in perth in storage, which is quite an oversight, but we are now 
kinda of stuck, and dont seem to have an easy way to get our license 
number.


I was wondering if any one knew if we can contact apple and they can 
resend us our license number. We also do not have the receipt of 
pruchase here, but we do have our apple care details, and the program, 
and computer, were all bought from the apple store in australia over 
the phone.



Does it seem feasible that apple would be able to help us in this 
circumstances, or does it look like we will need to inconvenience a 
friend to sort through all our stuff in storage and try find the 
relevant details?


thanks for your time.

Peter Phillips


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Re: Final cut pro license # isues.

[James / Hans Kunz]

hi Peter
Rob is you dad?, then ask him to retrieve the license number, i had  
similar problem after a hd failure & only finding the number in the  
books got me back on my feet again, you may have to resort to a  
shareware app or imovie

James
On 22/06/2010, at 18:09, Peter Writer wrote:


Hi guys,


I wrote about a month ago, about my mac book pro, having a logic  
board failure.


We are living in China, my wife took the MBP back to perth and  
apple replaced the logic board, no problem, all is working fine.


but upon arriving back in China and setting up to begin editing  
again in final cut pro, the preferences seem to be reset, and it is  
asking for the license number to start final cut pro. which would  
be fine, but we did not anticipate this, and our final cut pro  
packaging is back in perth in storage, which is quite an oversight,  
but we are now kinda of stuck, and dont seem to have an easy way to  
get our license number.


I was wondering if any one knew if we can contact apple and they  
can resend us our license number. We also do not have the receipt  
of pruchase here, but we do have our apple care details, and the  
program, and computer, were all bought from the apple store in  
australia over the phone.



Does it seem feasible that apple would be able to help us in this  
circumstances, or does it look like we will need to inconvenience a  
friend to sort through all our stuff in storage and try find the  
relevant details?


thanks for your time.

Peter Phillips


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Re: Final Cut Pro 4 and DVD Studio Pro 2

[Matthew Healey]

On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 12:33 PM, Phillip McGree wrote:

Oddly enough, there is no mention of the OS requirements anywhere. It 
does say QuickTime 6.1, so that would most likely exclude Mac OS 9 (ie 
QuickTime 6.0.2).


Requires a DVD drive for installation, so that will also exclude a lot 
of Macs.


In all honesty, it will run on Macs that it *should* be run on. All 
halfway decent Macs have DVD drives... which basically answers the 
question.


It is also OSX only. The stuff that FCP 4 does would bring OS9 to a 
streaming grinding death.


- Matt

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