Late 2012 Mac Mini, Final Cut Pro official supported version?

[Trusteft]

No mods, special patches etc. Just normal Apple stuff. What's the latest FCPX I can run on it and of course OS.
It has i7, the 2.3GHz one, 16GB of RAM, two SSDs (I installed them).

Also, and I realize this is probably a harder question, having in mind my previous question, any idea if this officially supported version can edit and render vertical 4K video?

 

[Boyd01]

Catalina is the newest version of MacOS supported on the 2012 Mini. I have one like yours (but with the 2.6ghz CPU). I used it with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro pretty heavily for a number of years, although I only worked in 1080p. It has now been retired as a file server however and I use a 2018 Mini for video and other things.

But unless you already own a version of FCP that is compatible with Catalina, I don't think you can still purchase one from the app store... can you? I just went there on my 2012 Mini with Catalina and it says MacOS 11.5.1 is required.

 

[Trusteft]

Catalina is the newest version of MacOS supported on the 2012 Mini. I have one like yours (but with the 2.6ghz CPU). I used it with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro pretty heavily for a number of years, although I only worked in 1080p. It has now been retired as a file server however and I use a 2018 Mini for video and other things.

But unless you already own a version of FCP that is compatible with Catalina, I don't think you can still purchase one from the app store... can you? I just went there on my 2012 Mini with Catalina and it says MacOS 11.5.1 is required.


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Thank you.
I already have FCP, no idea which version. I don't even remember which version of OS I have on it. Last time I used it was in 2016? I don't remember. I remember a new version of FCP came out that used some extra things, which caused it to be slower than previous version of FCP.
It's going to be a pain to get the Mini here, that's why I am looking to the answers I asked so that I only get it back if it does work for the job I need it.
To answer yours, yes I already have FCP installed, just don't remember version. 2016, 2017? No later than 2018.

Any idea (anyone) if it will allow vertical 4K video editing and rendering/exporting? I don't need it for professional video editing, but I am sick of paying monthly rent to the one I am using now (Windows based) just to edit these 4K vertical videos. Plus I am now officially poor so can't either.

 

[Boyd01]

Just checked.... I am running Final Cut Pro version 10.4.8 under Catalina on my 2018 Mini. Used to do quite a lot of video, but not anymore. According to this, the newest version that runs on Catalina is 10.5.4 from November 2020.

It wasn't too fast, but I was happy with FCP on my 2012 Mini at the time. But I wasn't working with 4k video and suspect that might be pushing a 10 year old Mini pretty hard.

 

[Trusteft]

Just checked.... I am running Final Cut Pro version 10.4.8 under Catalina on my 2018 Mini. Used to do quite a lot of video, but not anymore. According to this, the newest version that runs on Catalina is 10.5.4 from November 2020.

It wasn't too fast, but I was happy with FCP on my 2012 Mini at the time. But I wasn't working with 4k video and suspect that might be pushing a 10 year old Mini pretty hard.

Thank you for checking.
Speed isn't of an issue. I need it for simple cuts for the vertical 4K videos. I know it was able to edit proper 4K videos, but I wonder if there is a limitation for the resolution in vertical. I know of other video editing software which said they supported 4K, but didn't support it in vertical, so you had to have the video in 3840x2160 or lower. I need it to support 2160x3840. I am trying to find the info on google, but for the life of me I can't find any result which lists supported resolutions for FCPX.

 

[Boyd01]

Just looked and it does not offer portrait 4k as a preset option for project format, however that doesn't mean it wouldn't work. Seems to me that it would work, but I really don't know. I have moved this thread to the digital video forum, you are more likely to get some responses there.

 

[Trusteft]

Just looked and it does not offer portrait 4k as a preset option for project format, however that doesn't mean it wouldn't work. Seems to me that it would work, but I really don't know. I have moved this thread to the digital video forum, you are more likely to get some responses there.

Ok, thank you for your effort.