Final Cut Pro HD - Technical Specifications

Hardware requirements

  • A Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 or G5 processor and AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) graphics card

  • 384 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM)

  • 350 megahertz (MHz) or faster processor

  • For RT Extreme, a single 500 MHz or faster PowerPC G4 (550 MHz for PowerBook G4) or any dual PowerPC G4

  • To use DVCPRO HD, you must have a Power Macintosh computer with a 1 GHz or faster processor and 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM.

Note: To use Soundtrack you must have a Power Macintosh computer with a 450 MHz or faster dual processor or a 500 MHz or faster single processor; 512 MB of RAM is also recommended.

Software requirements

  • Mac OS X v10.3.2 or later

  • QuickTime 6.5 or later

Available hard disk drive space

Final Cut Pro HD and its associated applications require a certain amount of free disk space:

  • 1 GB available disk space required for application installation.

  • Optional installation of all Soundtrack and LiveType content: 14 GB available disk space is necessary.