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MacInTouch: Run FCE 2 on a New G5

A Macintouch reader provides a nice non-upgrade tip:


I just got a new Power Mac G5 and to my dismay Final Cut Express 2.0.3 refused to start. It complained that I did not have an AGP graphics card. I searched the web to no avail. Everyone just said to upgrade to FCE 3.0.1. I decided to take a peek in the package contents. I found in “Info.plist” a section called “AELRequiredIOPCIDevice”. It was set to “AGP”. I just replaced “AGP” with “PCI” and presto, Final Cut Express 2.0.3 started fine. I’ll now keep my $99 thank you.

December 28, 2005 at 1:01 pm
2 comments »
  • March 13, 2006 at 1:31 pmmichael

    Can you give me a little hand here…

    Step by step, perhaps…

    I have a new g5 that wont run my FCP 4.5

  • March 13, 2006 at 3:10 pmTim Merritt

    What’s the configuration of the G5?

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