how to buy fcpx final cut pro x for mojave 10.14.6, 2021

What to expect FCP Installer Problem: Cannot buy or download older versions of Final Cut Pro X from Apple App Store due to this installer purchase error popup:

We could not complete your purchase, Final Cut Pro can't be installed on _____ because macOS version 10.15.6 or later is required.

Here is a screenshot of what I get booted into Mojave on the App Store:

here's a FCPX installer problem to fix solve for anyone also slugging this out - how to buy download and install compatible version of FinalCutProX on an older macOS OSX, including Catalina 10.15, Mojave 10.14, High Sierra10.13 10.12, maybe El Capitan 10.11, Big Sur 11

booted to Mojave 10.14.6 on iMac 2017, open App Store program, search Final Cut, BUY $299

APPARENTLY - as previously advised in this Apple Forum Thread - you must FIRST buy FCP while booted into 10.15.6 Catalina or later - before the older versions become available in previous macOS - as Tom Wolsky noted so clearly above

I have Big Sur installed on an External - will buy it there and hopefully will be able to follow Tom Wolsky instructions and download and install the compatible version in Mojave

I will post back if it doesn't work that way...

THIS DOES NOT WORK, according to Frank, an 18-year Apple Employee Pro App specialist. He added the Pro Apps never worked that way. Yet he could not point me to anything in writing at Apple to confirm his point.

He said, "Pro Apps (including FCPX) available for download are only the current version UNLESS you purchase them at a time when the old version was available." i.e., it is impossible to download a copy of FCP 10.4x for Mojave unless you purchased FCP 10.4 when it was available. If you purchase FCP X 10.5.1, like I just did, that is the oldest version you will ever be able to download.

In other words, for example, he confirmed:

Booted into 11.2 Big Sur -- I purchased Final Cut Pro X today, 02-17-2021, from the App Store app, purchased it for $299, downloaded Final Cut Pro.app Version 10.5.1 installer at 3.68GB.

I then booted into Mojave 10.14.6, opened App Store> Account> Purchased and clicked on the confirmed purchase download.

At that time I got rotating gray wheel progress bar with an empty center.

I let that run for almost three hours with no "progress."

Then I called Apple and got the disappointing news...

Here is a screenshot of what the broken installer looks like.

NOTE: The download installer dialog I got read (see the broken grey circling icon to the right of the icon):

"Download an older version of Final Cut Pro?

The Current version requires OS X 10.15.6 or later, but you can download the last compatible version."

Please let me close this by adding I could not be more disappointed in Apple right now.

My Photoshop CS6 runs in Mojave (and Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with FCP7) -- this genius implementation of technology means I constantly have to work on two machines to get any level of production going In FCP X.

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I am right with you, seeing is believing, " It says so right there on your screen"

it is not a color beachball - its a grey slow turning broken circle with an empty center (see my screenshot)

my other Mojave workstation has the same behavior, including a new test user admin account

I think I'll call back with my case number and try again, I talked to one pro app specialist who refereed me to 2nd lever who referred me back to another specialist, frank

I would really like to get FCPx installed on Mojave, but what can I do?

>>I can't boot into Mojave to see how the App Store display works. It's in your Purchased page so it should be downloadable

Thank you for your input.

See the screenshot above, I was booted into Mojave - and signed into the App Store on Purchase page - that is how it was working for me on two Mojave Macs

thanks, babowa, I'm talking about FCPX (10.5x and 10.4x) not Express

i could not see in your links where it specifies what Apple employee Frank told me, but then I am not a lawyer and those contracts are in a confusing legal format, in my opinion

Yes, Tom Wolsky, I just did a session with Jennifer in Creative Media, including Terminal dump of sysdiagnose for an engineer to assist.

She confirmed what you said, and added, that your method is an "approved method we use all day every day" to get the older FCPx compatible version installed as I am trying. And she said she found an internal article on the issue and that I was not the only one.

So it looks like Frank was wrong about it never working that way.

PS: The Moderator's editing my personal info was their deleting the case number I included

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

It seems that there a big misunderstanding here.

Let me state this as clearly as I can:

1) You CAN’T purchase FCP using Mojave

2) The instructions that have been given assume that you are using Mojave AND you have already purchased FCP

3) It is possible to use an external drive running Catalina 10.15.6, or Big Sur, to purchase FCP

4) If you did 3), you can download FCP 10.4.10 to your Mojave Mac.

yep, thanks for second opinion here, I purchased FCPx 10.5.1 booted into Big Sur 11.2

following your and Tom's outline, I appear to have hit the known problem... I just appear to have gotten bad info yesterday from Apple employee, I will believe it works when I finish downloading and activating it

PS:

I just discovered COMPRESSOR looks like the same deal $49 (I can't buy it directly from Mojave App Store)

Can someone confirm:

If I buy Compressor booted into 11.2.1App Store

The Mojave version should become available in Mojave App Store

Thanks...

yea, confirm Compressor and FCPX worked the same, I bought it booted into BigSur 11.2.2

booted into Mojave 10.14.6

Opened App Store

clicked on Compressor and the download functioned as expected Compressor v. 4.4.8

I can report it finally worked for me today March 3, 2021 - App Store downloaded 10.4.10 and it appears to have installed okay in Mojave.