• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Crossgrade Question

  Posted by Tom Daigon on January 5, 2007 at 2:00 am

  I just received my disks back and am getting ready to upgrade my “at home” FCP. We just finished crossgrading
  the “at work” machine and bumped into a snag. The serial number requestor wouldnt take the FCP 5.0
  serial number.
  It
  turns out it wanted the original FCP 4.5 full install SN. Now, at home I threw out the 4.5 manual
  with the sticker on it, but I did find my original disk (replaced by Apple because the “original” original wasnt being read by the super drive). I wrote what looks like the SN on the disk envelope and wanted to make sure it was what I needed. I will just type “x’s” tosubstitute for the real numbers. Does this look like the
  format of a 4.5 sn? x-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx

  Steve Cohen replied 19 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Steve Eisen

  January 5, 2007 at 2:16 am

  Open your current FCP 4.5 and select about Final Cut Pro and you will see your serial number. If I recall, earlier versions of FCP left out the last 3 letters.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Director-At-Large
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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  Steve Cohen

  January 5, 2007 at 2:21 am

  Yeah all my serial #’s at work are the same format a single letter followed by 9 sets of 3 numbers and letters.

  Typically it is a single letter-3 numbers-3 letters-3 numbers-3 letters-3 numbers-3 letters-3 numbers-3 letters-3 letters

  Now one of mine was a 4.5 upgraded to 5 then 5.1 and it wanted the serial #’s for DVD Studio Pro and Motion as well.

  Good luck.

  Steve Cohen
  Senoir Editor
  O2 Media Inc.

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