Aperture won't take serial number after transfer to new computer

I used the Migration Assistant to move from an old computer to a new one. Now Aperture asks for a serial number and it won't take the one I have. It's the orginal number that came with the software.

Pro Apps like Aperture don;' take to being installed that way. You'd be best to re-install it from the media you received it on (I'm assuming you didn't get it from the App Store as you mentioned a serial number).
If you don;' have the original media you can download the trial version and use the serial number you have to authorize it.

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Try Troubleshooting Professional Application Serial Numbers and if that doesn't help see Pro Application Replacement Serial Numbers
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Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - reading your post it is not clear but if this version of 3 is an upgrade from 2 you will need both serial numbers. First enter the serial number from version 2 then the number from 3
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I did a migration to a new MacBook pro from my old iMac and now Aperture is asking me for the serial number.
I thought using the Apple migration would take care of the complete migration.
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Enter the serial number. Not all software magically transfers serial numbers.

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I just bought a new imac and after migration, I can't launch Aperture 3. Says my serial number is not valid. I typed in my Aperture 2 and Aperture 3 upgrade serial numbers from the boxes. Still says not valid. Any tips on what to do? Thanks!

How did you migrate Aperture? Did you reinstall it or simply migrated it using Migration assistant? Pro Apps are best reinstalled using the installation media. You can reinstall directly the Aperture 3 upgrade and then update to the current version using Software update.
See this: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2005
Check, if all letters are typed correctly. Don't use the numerical keypad to enter the numbers and check if caps lock is accidentally enabled.
Enter all serial numbers for all previous versions, beginning from Aperture 1, if your Aperture 2 is an upgrade.
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Call Apple support, 1-800-SOS-APPL.
On a long term basis for heavy graphics apps users IMO the healthiest approach by far with new boxes is to do clean new installations of applications rather than "migrating."
As to switching to Adobe apps to make transfers easier, I have been using Adobe apps for many years, many upgrades (currently the Premium Design Suite of apps), and over the years I have almost always ended up with call(s) to Adobe Customer Support to make app upgrades work. Copy protection is a pain, Apple or Adobe.
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Well not one you can see.
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Hi there,
I have finally (and emotionally) retired my beloved G4 Powerbook for one of these new fangled MacBooks - very nice as I expected. To do this I used the migration tool as I always do and everything appeared hunky dory and exactly as it should be......until I fired up ARD. It is now prompting me for the serial number - this would of course be easy to get hold of if I had kept the box when I installed it about two years ago - however I didn't - my bad. I still have the Powerbook (luckily as I am a network administrator and kinda need ARD!) and was wondering of there was any way that anyone knew of to get the old serial number out of it so I can finally, properly retire her and run ARD on my new laptop. Any help gratefully appreciated !
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Templeton is correct; there's no way to read the serial number off your existing computer since ARD keeps the number in an encrypted form. You might be able to get it to work by copying the com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist file in Library/Preferences to the same location on your new computer, but I haven't tried it so I'm not sure it will work. If not, the serial would have been on a small card that came in the package, so you'll need to find that. If you can't, you can try calling Apple and see if there's anything they can do for you, but it's doubtful.
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