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I bough FCPX today. I'm all looking forward to redeeming my purchase until I'm prompted that FCPX as of a few weeks ago is only available for Big Sur... WTF?

Is there no way to download and install a version compatible with Mojave?

Posted on Dec 7, 2020 11:59 AM

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Posted on Dec 7, 2020 12:07 PM

Did you get that message from the App Store upon entering your code? Or did you hear someone saying that?

The current version of FCP only runs in Catalina 10.15.6 or 10.15.7, or in Big Sur, but once you have complete a purchase you can get an older version from the App Store.


I suppose you bought the ProApps bundle for education, right?


Then here is what you need to do: ask a friend with a mac running Catalina 10.15.6 or later, or Big Surto let you login to the App Store on their mac, with YOUR Apple id. Insert the codes to confirm the purchase, and then if the applications were downloaded, delete them from the drive, and logout from the App Store.


In your mac running Mojave, go to the App Store, click your account in the bottom left. You should see FCP among your purchases (along with the other apps in the bundle). Click Download. You will be warned that the current version does not work and be asked if you want the most recent version that is compatible.

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Dec 7, 2020 12:07 PM in response to Arschgeficktemissgeburt

Did you get that message from the App Store upon entering your code? Or did you hear someone saying that?

The current version of FCP only runs in Catalina 10.15.6 or 10.15.7, or in Big Sur, but once you have complete a purchase you can get an older version from the App Store.


I suppose you bought the ProApps bundle for education, right?


Then here is what you need to do: ask a friend with a mac running Catalina 10.15.6 or later, or Big Surto let you login to the App Store on their mac, with YOUR Apple id. Insert the codes to confirm the purchase, and then if the applications were downloaded, delete them from the drive, and logout from the App Store.


In your mac running Mojave, go to the App Store, click your account in the bottom left. You should see FCP among your purchases (along with the other apps in the bundle). Click Download. You will be warned that the current version does not work and be asked if you want the most recent version that is compatible.

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