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Transfer Plugins to New Computer
I need to transfer my plugins like trapcode, boris, sapphire etc to my new laptop so I can use them with AE. The trouble is it’s been years, I lost track of activation codes, and I’m wanting to know if there’s any way I can still transfer those over. I heard there’s something called a script folder that I can just move over via external hard drive, to this computer. However, I couldn’t find more info on that. Can anyone confirm this works, and if not, is there another way?
Thank you
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I am not sure if you can easily do that across platforms.
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Sorry, it’s Monterrey 12.6 on my new mac, and the other one I don’t remember off-hand but it’s several versions lower (also mac). With red giant being taken over by Maxon, I don’t think it’s as easy as using the activation code, either. I’m just kinda lost.
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If you have previous emails or transactions with Red Giant it’s easy to get that fixed.
We do it all the time at my day job. Just contact them.Just be glad your not dealing with Avid/Pro Tools DAW plugins 😛
The worse experience.
My fave is aescripts and their licensing tool.
As far as just moving a folder, I’ve never had that luck.
Updating the OS on an older system… now that works.
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If you’ve gotten a new Mac with Apple silicon, you might want to upgrade your plugins to current versions with M1 support. Otherwise, you’ll have to run Ae under Rosetta (Intel emulation), and you’ll miss out on the performance gains you could be getting with the new computer architecture.
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