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I once own logic pro 9 on disk. Now I have a laptop that doesn't have a disk drive. I want to get back into music producing. What do I have to do? buy the software again?

I once owned logic pro 9 on disk. Now I have a laptop that doesn't have a disk drive. I want to get back into music producing. What do I have to do? buy the software again?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 3, 2022 3:32 AM

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Feb 3, 2022 12:14 PM in response to billyfromborehamwood

Totally agree with the two replies above.


Just a little correction: if you still have Logic Pro 9 installation DVDs, all you need is any portable DVD-drive to install it, not necessarily Superdrive. Also, if you have a powerful enough Mac, you can run a legacy Mac OSX (and LP9) in a virtual machine, using VM software like VirtualBox, or similar.


That being said, though, it's totally worth it to switch to current Logic Pro. It costs less and packs more. I personally like the new genre-oriented loop packs. Plus, it allows to download all legacy sound content for compatibility with projects created with earlier versions.

I once own logic pro 9 on disk. Now I have a laptop that doesn't have a disk drive. I want to get back into music producing. What do I have to do? buy the software again?

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