FCPX & Yosemite

All our macs are still running 10.9.5 because when we tried Yosemite it was, err.... hmmm..... buggy, it crashed a lot, not to mention that we hated the new look, big time!

So now FCPX & Motion "requires" Yosemite we're scratching our heads about what to do next. I don't want to have to do clean installs everywhere, there's just too much other stuff to re-instal, license keys to deal with etc, but updating just seemed to be somewhat unstable.

For those running Yosemite, where you updated instead of clean installs, what is your day to day experience?

Did you love the new look from the outset or did you hate it but just got used to it?

I really want to be running the latest FPCX and Motion for the various updates they brought. While the current FCPX runs just fine, we don't want to have to take a step backwards to Premiere Pro if Yosemite is the only route for future FCPX.

Are we alone here?

The new look, I eventually got use to, but I dont like it either.

As far as FCPX performance, I have not seen anything worth mentioning compared to updating an existing OS or a new install. They both worked pretty much the same.
I have tested this on clean yosemite install and an upgrade of and upgrade of an upgrade etc.. of OS's.

personally I love the new look... dark mode is a nice touch. haha

I did end up doing a 'reinstall', and so far moving onto 10.2 seems to be the buggiest FCPX has ever been for me. I'm still trying to figure out why. That being said, moving onto 10.2 has been the best editing experience thus far. too many good things for it not to be (multi scopes as #1 in my books). And crashing only slows me down by about 10 seconds. essentially the time it takes for FCPX to reload.

full disclosure, I haven't opened premiere in over two months, so I have no Idea what that is like in Yosemite. I speak from a purely FCPX perspective.

my system isn't a slouch either, maxed out 2012 27" iMac. at least, it's not a slouch in my eyes... :blush:

Not sure about the new look - it's just kind of irrelevant. FCPX 10.2 has been running faster and with fewer crashes than before.

I first tried putting Yosemite on my laptop without doing a clean install. It worked so I did the same on my desktop. That works just fine too. YMMV. I did have backups in case of problems.

So after a couple of weeks or so (since 10.2 was released) my update has worked without any issues on both computers.

Good luck.

10.10.3 is mostly bug free, previous versions were buggy.
I did an update, no clean install, and I've had no issues.
I love the new look, but mostly the new time saving functions.
OS X 10.10.3 with FCPX 10.2 seems very stable and fast for me.

I installed Yosemite a few days after release on four machines, no issues. I encountered no bugs except a periodic situation where shared Dropbox folders would not update in a timely fashion but it was never proven it was a result of Yosemite.

As for the "new look" I never really thought much about it. It may be new, but it is not so different to get in the way or be a distraction. Regardless. FCPX "looks" the same in Mavericks or Yosemite. I appreciate some of the new features and efficiency both OS X 10.10.3 and FCP X 10.2 offer.

No clean install. Yosemite 10.0.3 and FCPX 10.2 is best combination ever. Fast, no problems what so ever.

I don't care much about looks, only about performance and stability. And I agree 10.10.3 and 10.2 make an excellent combination. Testing the 10.10.4 public beta with 10.2 at this moment.

- Ronny

honestly, looks of the operating system shouldn't be a concern when it comes to upgrading or not. the only thing that should be of concern is if it works or not. So, since it was unstable or iffy when you upgraded, you might want to try and clean install. you might be the kinda user that might benefit from a clean install.

but if FCPX requires you to upgrade to Yosemite, just determine if it's worth it. Is the version of FCPX you're on right now good enough and you don't need the features of the newest update? Then just stay where you are if upgrading to Yosemite is to much of a hassle.

but if you think the upgraded version will benefit you, then you need to upgrade.

bradywurtz wrote: you might be the kinda user that might benefit from a clean install.

This has been an editing only mac from day 1 with all the 'admin' done on other computers.

The only software installed over and above the standard OS has been

FCPX
Motion
Compressor
DVDStudio Pro
Premiere Pro (CS6)
After Effects (CS6)
Media Encoder (CS6)
Encore (CS6)
Audition (CS6)
Photoshop (CS6)
Resolve
VLC Player
Handbrake
GoodSync
7toX
Xto7
Neat Video

No email, no extra browsers, no extraneous software. So I don't know why I'd need a clean install at this point

but if FCPX requires you to upgrade to Yosemite, just determine if it's worth it. Is the version of FCPX you're on right now good enough and you don't need the features of the newest update? Then just stay where you are if upgrading to Yosemite is to much of a hassle.

but if you think the upgraded version will benefit you, then you need to upgrade.

Of course that's find until I need something from the newer versions. i guess I have to wait for Apple to do a Snow Leopard on Yosemite to nail things down?

BTW this is a late 2013 iMac 27" Quad i7, GTX780M (4GB) and 32GB DDR3. It's shouldn't be a slouch and should be solid for Yosemite. I guess I need to find a spare day and do it all again and be prepared to restore from time machine all over again.

yea, that's really odd. and i really don't know why, but sometimes a clean install works great, sometimes it doesn't. i've never done a clean install on my imac and it's been great. my macbook pro, however, seemed to start to get sluggish after yosemite, so i did a clean install and it's all snappy now.

and yea, idk why it would be such a slouch, that's a solid imac.

Forgot to mention ... I didn't clean install Yosemite per se, I did reformat the startup drive, install Yosemite, then installed all my purchases from the Mac App Store including FCP X, Motion, Aperture, etc. Then pulled over the balance using Migration Assistant.

I did, however, do a complete manual/clean install of Mavericks along with manually adding all the third party apps I wanted to keep around. I hadn't done so since back about Jaguar. There tends to be a lot of cruft that collects in places like Application Support, other hidden legacy support files and preference files for apps you deleted a decade ago ... if you use Migration Assistant ... it copies and keeps all that excess baggage, even if you no longer want it.

It's a pain to do a ful manual clean install ... but a necessary evil now and then.

Well, if I had a hat I guess I'd have to eat it right now.

I did a full TM backup following this thread and did a Yosemite upgrade on the iMac. I guess this current version is more stable that the original one I tried and after 3 days of using it I'm actually liking it a lot.

So I also updated the MacBookPro and similar results.

All up to date on FCPX, Motion and Compressor again. Stress time over.

Thanks for the replies guys, I appreciate you all giving the vote of confidence to Yosemite in my time of doubts!