How to buy Apple Motion compatible with macOS Sonoma 14.8.2

Apple Motion and Macbook M2 Pro Max with OSX Sonoma 14.8.2

I would like to by (from Apple) a version of Apple Motion that will work on my Macbook with OSX Sonoma.

How can I find a way to do that? App Store doesn't give You the possibility to by a version of Apple Motion that is compatible with my setup. For many different reasons I don't want to upgrade from Sonoma...

Any help would much appreciated!

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.8

Posted on Apr 4, 2026 12:58 PM

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Apr 9, 2026 8:05 AM in response to Nauticat_38

Nauticat_38 wrote:

I have already found a couple of sites with older versions to download. But I want to have a "legal" version, direct from Apple, and pay for it...

That's perfectly noble of you, but:

a) Apple won't even allow you to buy it from any mac running less than Sequoia 15.6

b) It used to be the case that, after having bough the app, you could then download an appropriate older version for the older OS; but alas this is no longer the case. Apple changed its policy and, AFAICT, never said so explicitly, they just stopped providing appropriate older versions. If you can purchase and somehow get access to an older version, it should be all right, BUT... beware. Downloading such software from somewhere on the internet could get you a version that may be tainted with malware.

How to buy Apple Motion compatible with macOS Sonoma 14.8.2

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