Good afternoon,
Mar 16, 2018 This is a follow up to a question I posted about a month ago, as to what my options were with the death of Final Cut 7 after I upgraded to high Sierra without thinking it through. I am sharing this just for the sake of anyone who is in a similar situation as the option I chose.
I am in the process of cleaning up some machines and updating software for a College Communications program. I've updated an old computer with an out of date iCloud account, I am trying to keep our 5 edit lab iMacs (mid-2012) at MacOs Yosemite in order to maintain stability and not push these older Macs.
I have some volume licenses to deposit into our college iCloud account, but when I attempt to do so, I am unable to install Final Cut Pro X because it says it requires High Sierra. I'm wondering what the best work around would be to install the last compatible version of FCPX. I really don't want to risk updating 5 old machines just because the App Store won't install a (slightly) older version of FCPX. Also trying to install Motion and Compressor while I'm at it as well.
Hoping the awesome apple support community can shed some light on this situation!
Thanks,
Pete
iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), Volume license redemption
Posted on Jun 18, 2018 12:50 PM
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