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Logic 8 to 9, Mac migration strategy, and OS choice?

OK so I'm moving from a super reliable ol' workhorse of a quad core PPC G5 Mac (can you believe anyone would still be using one??!!) to an 8 core Intel Mac Pro, and I'll be upgrading to Logic 9.

The thing is, I have a lot of unfinished projects in Logic 8 still that I'll want to come back to.

And some of them rely heavily on the original (and expensive!) EXS24 version of VSL (Vienna Symphonic Library) and it's performance features that I understand aren't supported in Logic 9.

So just for the Vienna thing alone, I'm considering keeping the G5 around to use if necessary.

The hatter, _gen, et al kindly advised me in another thread about about some migration/upgrade issues including Rosetta going defunct with 10.7

Man there are so many potential strategies and potential gotchas here, I'm quickly experiencing a major case of whiplash attempting to get up to speed.

Some things I'm thinking about:

Do I stay with the current Snow Leopard OS on the new to me Mac Pro so I can convert my non VSL Logic 8 projects to Logic 9 there, then update later to Mountain Lion?
Is it still advisable to do a clean install - in this case for my move from 10.5.8 PPC to 10.6.x Intel mac Pro - or has the migration assistant thing become more of a respectable option? I have a whole lotta plugs needing authorization.
Awright, well any further advice on OS choice, migration strategies, and Logic 8/9 issues will be very appreciated. Thanks.

Mac Pro, 8 core, 2.8 Ghz, 16 GB RAM

Posted on Feb 2, 2013 9:58 AM

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Pancenter

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Posted on Feb 2, 2013 10:20 AM

Considering your work, I would definitely stay with Snow Leopard, Lion and ML have proved to be erratic performers so far, supposedly a fix for Logic's problems in ML is coming with ML update 10.8.3 but word is it's been delayed.

Since you're starting with a Clean install of Snow Leopard I would try Migration Assistant before purchasing/installing Logic 9. Since you have a working PPC machine this will give you time to see how well the migration fared. Lgoc 8 will run perfectly well in Snow Leopard. Rosetta ia also available in Snow Leopard. You can then purchase Logic 9 and download all of the additional content.

Make sure you have a backup or install disk of Snow Leopard in case the migration flops you can do a clean install of 10.6.8 and go the long haul install route.

Hopefully others will chime in with some opinions...

p.s. I still have my PPC machine in the back room, Leopard 10.5.8, very solid.

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Feb 3, 2013 6:17 PM in response to Bejeeber

Yes, that's the one.....

Nice pricing too....

Just make sure you have your Logic 8 serial to hand as you will need that to install this version (It will ask for your L8 serial first and then the L9 upgrade serial) Keep the L9 upgrade serial along with your L8 serial somewhere safe... Personally I copied and pasted them into an email which I sent to myself... That way they can be fetched from the mail servers should I lose my computer/hard drive fails/cant find the boxes etc....

Bear in mind it doesn't need your L8 disks etc... It just requires the L8 serial.. as in reality the L9Logic Studo 2 Upgrade is identical to the full L9/Logic Studio 2 installion.. It just requires an L8 / Logic Studio1 serial to complete installation.

Bejeeber Author

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Feb 3, 2013 6:27 PM in response to The Art Of Sound

Ordered it.

That was fantastically helpful Art Of Sound - thanks tons! 😀

Feb 3, 2013 7:18 PM in response to Bejeeber

You are most welcome!

Any issues when you get everything.. then.. just post back here...

Logic 8 to 9, Mac migration strategy, and OS choice?