Mac OS X 10.4.9 Special Report: Final Cut Pro/Express: Capture issues, performance concerns
You might need to update to a new version of Final Cut Pro and/or Final Cut Express to properly capture under Mac OS X 10.4.9.
It appears that the ability to capture video in Final Cut Pro 4.5 is broken for many users under Mac OS X 10.4.9. Users with this version of Final Cut Pro are experiencing either dropped frames or completely interrupted captures in most cases.
The only solutions to this problem appear to be a downgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.8 or an upgrade to Final Cut Pro 5.x.
It appears that the same problem affects Final Cut Express 2.0.x under Mac OS X 10.4.9.
MacFixIt reader Steve writes:
"There are a number of reports of exactly the same problem with Final Cut Express - needing the latest version to capture properly after upgrading to OS 10.4.9."
With Final Cut Express 2.0.x, the same workarounds are effective -- downgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.8 or upgrade to Final Cut Express HD 3.5.x.
Apple has acknowledged this issue in Knowledge Base article #305284, which states:
"Currently, Apple is recommending against running Final Cut Pro 4.5 or Final Cut Express 3.0 in Mac OS X 10.4.9."
In fact, the company recommends that users who wish to continue using these versions of Final Cut revert to an earlier version of Mac OS X as described in this MacFixIt article.
Index:
- Release notes
- Update procedure recommendation
- Common workarounds for when things go wrong post-update
- Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.8 (uninstalling Mac OS X 10.4.9)
- Files modified by this update
- AirPort: Loss of connectivity, card not recognized, more
- Application launch problems
- Bluetooth device issues
- Classic: Will not run, other issues
- Disk images not mounting
- Eject key issues: Longer duration before action takes place
- External optical drives: hardware errors
- Final Cut Pro/Express: Capture issues, performance concerns
- Finder persistently crashes and re-launches
- iSync issues/general synchronization problems
- Mail.app: junk filters not working
- Microsoft Office: Various issues
- Networking problems with Mac OS 9 systems
- Persistent booting into Windows
- Printer problems, fixes
- Problems starting up
- Resolved issues
- Secure site access broken: fixes
- Segmentation faults
- Third-party device issues (Nikon Capture NX, Griffin AirClick, more)
- Update to Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 for best performance
- Volume significantly louder: boon for some, drawback for others
- VPN connectivity issues
- WWAN update included, how to remove
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