I upgrade to Catalina from Mojave the a little while back and it wouldn't let me use my final cut pro anymore. it said I had to buy it again. what? how cn I upgrade to Catalina and still use my apps without having to buy them again? this is rediculous
iMac, OS X 10.11
What Final Cut Pro are you talking about? The legacy FCP 7 was last updated some 11 years ago. No way you could run it in Catalina. But if you are talking about any version of FCP X, you can update that, and for free. Anyone who has purchased FCP X since it was released in 2011 has enjoyed free updates ever since. Best software purchase I ever made 😄
After I upgraded to Catalina I went to open Final Cut Pro x Version 10.4 and it said I did not have the newest version of it and it would not operate. I then tried a couple other apps and the same thing happened. It acts like I don’t have the program to update it to the newest version. The newest version I mean Whatever that one is that will work with Catalina.
The current version of Final Cut Pro is 10.4.10 and it runs perfectly well in Catalina. I have been using it just about every day.
You have to be logged into the App Store with the same Apple Id used to purchase the application (that is true for any application at the App Store).
Sometimes, for reasons unknown, the updates may not appear. In that case, click your account image in the bottom left and make sure that Final Cut Pro appears in the list of purchases. It should say "Open". Quit the App Store, open your Applications folder in the Finder and drag Final Cut Pro to the trash (but don't empty it just yet). Open the App Store again, and in the same place as before it will now say "Download". Click it. You will get the latest version.
Only thing is my laptop was purchased from a business that already had it installed. So I didn’t but it. Won’t it still work? Obviously someone bought it. I’ve been updating apps since I got the MacBook several years ago.
Sorry, but then you do not have a license and cannot update.
The terms of the EULA clearly state that a license to FCP is non-tranferable.
Anyone selling a used mac should have erased the drive and not leaving those applications behind.
No 32 bit apps work with Catalina. Your options are to upgrade your apps to 64 bit versions or revert your Catalina to a previous operating system.
How do you upgrade to 64 bit if it won’t let me open the app after I’ve downloaded and installed Catalina?
Go to the App Store and check for updates there.
After I downloaded and installed Catalina? I tried that and it acted like I had to buy it again. Like I didn’t already have it. Am I missing something?
How can I upgrade to Catalina and still use my old apps like final cut pro etc.? without buying new apps.
