Q: New iMac Aperture 3 refuses to run
Why is it the ONLY app that won't run on my new iMac is an Apple pro app?
It asks for a serial number, I put in my Aperture 3 serial number then it asks for the 'original' serial number since it's an upgrade (why is won't validate a serial number that's been used for a couple of years now is well beyond my ability to understand) so I put in the "original' serial number (version 1 i think) and it says it's invalid but it is the original serial number. If it wants the aperture 2 number then a) it should ask for it and b) I don't have it. I have the original and the upgrade.
So now I have work to do and a program that won't run. Thanks Apple. Merry Christmas.
Any solutions?
Or is it time to buy lightroom and try to figure out a way to get my 1000's of pics out of Aperture databases?
Oh, and iPhoto says it can't (won't) open any of the Aperture databases because I need to open them in Aperture 3.3 even though I've been running 3.4.3.
It seems totally screwed up.
Any ideas?
Sorry for the rant but Apple products are supposed to work - they always used to at least. Never had this kind of problem upgrading to a new mac ever.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
Posted on Dec 19, 2012 8:27 PM