Installing Your Software The following information is intended to get you up and running as quickly as possible and covers these topics: Â About the Final Cut Studio Installation and Content Discs (p. 1) Â Upgrading Mac OS X and QuickTime (p. 3) Â Installing Final Cut Studio (p. 4) Â Installing Content (p. 9) Â Registering Final Cut Studio (p. 13) Â About Onscreen Help (p. 13) Â About Spotlight and Final Cut Studio Documentation (p. 14) Â Contacting AppleCare Support (p. 15) Make sure to also review the Before You Install Final Cut Studio document on the Final Cut Studio installation disc. For the latest information about Final Cut Studio, go to the Final Cut Studio website at http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio. About the Final Cut Studio Installation and Content Discs Final Cut Studio 2 includes all of the installation and content discs required to install Final Cut Pro 6, Color, Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, DVD Studio Pro 4.2, Apple Qmaster 3, LiveType 2.1, and Cinema Tools 4. Also included with Final Cut Studio is an Apple Pro Training tutorial disc. Following is a description of each disc’s contents. Note: These discs contain the files required to install Final Cut Studio 2 on either PowerPC-based or Intel-based Macintosh computers. The installation process is identical for both. 1 Final Cut Studio Installation Disc This disc contains the files necessary to install Final Cut Pro, Color, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro, Apple Qmaster, LiveType, and Cinema Tools. It is the first disc you will use to install Final Cut Studio. It also contains the following files and folders: Â Before You Install Final Cut Studio: This document provides system requirements and things to do before you install the applications and content. Make sure to read this before installing Final Cut Studio. Â Install Final Cut Studio icon: Double-click this icon to begin the installation process. Â Documentation folder: This folder contains PDF documentation for all of the Final Cut Studio applications. Many of the PDF documents contain an access page with links to additional documents and related Apple websites. Â Extras folder: This folder contains the following additional installers, applications, and documentation: Â LiveType Extras: A folder that contains LiveFont samples and documentation for creating your own LiveFonts. Â EDL Access: A folder that contains documentation and the EDL Access application. Â Head Leaders for Cinema Tools: A folder that contains documentation, movies, and a project using leaders. Â DVX-100 Audio Sync Tool: A folder that contains documentation and the DVX-100 Audio Sync Tool. Â Apple Qmaster Nodes.mpkg: An installer for Apple Qmaster, which is an application you can use to confi…

1 Installing Your Software The following information is intended to get you up and running with Aperture as quickly as possible and covers the following topics: Â About the Aperture Installation Disc (p. 2) Â Upgrading Mac OS X (p. 3) Â Installing Aperture (p. 3) Â Registering Aperture (p. 6) Â About the Aperture Sample Projects (p. 7) Â About Onscreen Help (p. 7) Â Contacting AppleCare Support (p. 10) Make sure to also review the Before You Install Aperture document on the Aperture installation disc. For the latest information about Aperture, go to the Aperture website at http://www.apple.com/aperture. About the Aperture Installation Disc The Aperture 2 installation disc contains: Â Before You Install Aperture: This document provides system requirements and things to do before you install Aperture and its accompanying content. Â Aperture installer: Double-click the Aperture installer icon to begin the installation process. Â Documentation folder: This folder contains Installing Your Software (a PDF version of this document) and the Aperture User Manual. Open the Aperture User Manual to view other Aperture PDF documentation, including Exploring Aperture and Aperture Keyboard Shortcuts. Â Sample Projects folder: This folder provides sample projects with images to be viewed in Aperture, as well as a short document containing information about the sample projects. Note: The installation disc contains the files required to install Aperture 2 on either PowerPC-based or Intel-based Mac computers. The installation process is identical for both. 2 Upgrading Mac OS X Before you install Aperture, update your system software to make sure that you have Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger or Mac OS X v10.5.2 Leopard (or later) installed. Important: You must purchase Mac OS X v10.4. Tiger or Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard if you’re upgrading from an earlier version. To update Mac OS X v10.4 or Mac OS X v10.5 to the latest available version: 1 Choose Apple menu > Software Update. A dialog appears showing new or updated software available for your computer. 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to update Mac OS X to the latest version. Installing Aperture When you install Aperture, the application is placed in the Applications folder on the hard disk you specify, typically your startup disk. By default, the Aperture installer installs the Aperture application on your hard disk, along with documentation and sample projects to help you get started using the various tools in Aperture for managing, processing, and publishing your photos. Note: Before you can install Aperture, you must log in to your computer with an administrator account, using the administrator password. See Mac Help for more information. Warning: If your system does not meet the minimum system requirements, installation of Aperture may not be allo…