Final Cut Express on Intel Mac
on 03.28.06, 01:42pm in mac • comments (8)
A few weeks ago, I was lamenting over the lack of a crossgrade for Final Cut Express HD for the Intel Macs. Well, courtesy of the Apple Support forums, it looks like there’s a simple "fix" that can be used to get the PPC version to run under Rosetta while I anxiously await the Universal Binary:
- Right click on the Final Cut Express icon and select "Show Package Contents".
- Open the "Contents" folder and double click the "info .plist". It should open automatically in TextEdit - if it doesn’t, choose TextEdit manually.
- Around 15 or so lines down you will see AGP. Delete it and put in PCI.
- Close the window and when asked if you want to save the changes, say yes.
Of course, your mileage may vary, but I can confirm that Final Cut Express runs. Even under Rosetta, it seems faster than on the Powerbook.
JeffMc (March 29, 2006 @ 11:31 am)
Well Final Cut Studio is now Universal, it seems
Steve (March 29, 2006 @ 1:23 pm)
Yup - looks like it’s out today. However, it’s only “Pro” — still no word on Express.
JeffMc (March 29, 2006 @ 1:51 pm)
Oh, right. I have Pro, so this goodness for me
Steve (March 29, 2006 @ 4:12 pm)
Lucky.
lukas (April 24, 2006 @ 11:31 am)
it works…but it still runs faster on a 1.4 GHz G4 iBook than it does on a 2GHz Intel iMac.
chadw (May 13, 2006 @ 8:45 pm)
Wow they really didn’t take time to protect this universal update: http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/download/
You can just view the source of the iframe (the form) and then find (apple+f) “.dmg” and the download url will show up without you having to type in ANY information.
fox (May 14, 2006 @ 2:08 pm)
Thanks so far. But it seems that they fixed it already…. Any chance to get the URL otherwise?
xsavi (July 16, 2007 @ 3:24 am)
said