Lost serial number info

I bought FCE new about 4 years ago for my power mac. Then I upgraded to FCE HD about 2 years ago. My power mac died a year ago and I just now bought a new iMac. Unfortunately I cannot find the serial number info to install FCE onto my new iMac. Am I stuck with software that wont ever work for me again? Help?

If you can't find the original packaging then I am afraid you might be out of luck. You could try to have someone attempt to recover the app from your old hard drive (I did this when my old Macbook died), and hope that there won't be problems when bringing it over. Really this isn't a good way of going about things. If you try this make sure to copy over all FCE install and preference files from the old Mac.
The best thing to do though if you don't have the means to try this would be to contact Apple and ask them if there is anything they can do. It seems like a lot of people are losing their serial numbers but I don't think there is a foolproof way to get them back.
Sorry for the bad news...

Similar Messages

  • Purchased new mac, but lost serial number and no longer have access to registered email.  Help

    Hi,
    As the subject header states, I purchased new mac, but lost my serial number and no longer have access to registered email.  I had purchased the Creative Suite Web and Design C6 version.  Support said they can only forward my lost serial number to the registered email.  Since she was without effective tools, she recommended I post something on the forums for support.  Anyone have the ability to get me back to using my suite?
    Thank you,
    Philip

    Only the person(s) you spoke to have the ability to provide you with the serial number.  People here can merely suggest where to look for it.  If you registered your software when you installed it originally then you should be able to find your serial number stored in your Adobe account online in the Products section.
    You might want to try updating your information in your account if the email is the only thing holding back from getting the info sent to you.

  • HT200276 HOW WILL I GET THE LOST SERIAL NUMBER OF FINAL CUT STUDIO

    HOW WILL I GET THE LOST SERIAL NUMBER OF FINAL CUT STUDIO ???

    It's on the back of the installation booklet. If you've lost that, and have some proof of purchase, it can probably be sorted out by contacting Apple.
    Russ

  • I have old disc photoshop elements but have lost serial number how can i get replacement number

    i have old photoshop disc but have lost serial number can i retreave new number

    If you registered PSE when you first installed it, go to the main page of adobe.com and look for My Adobe on the upper right side of the page. By working your way through the links there you should find your serial number.

  • IPod Nano Lost Serial Number

    On my Mac, somehow my 2GB Nano had lost it's serial number. As a result it was not possible to update or restore the unit. I needed to restore the unit because it was not functioning correctly.
    Interestingly I opened Windows on my Mac (Boot Camp install), where neither iTunes nor the iPod have been installed before and it went through the new install process. I entered the serial number and it reformatted and installed perfectly. It works as new on WIndows.
    I returned to the Mac operating system and still the serial number was not recognised and it would not restore. I really want the unit to work on the Mac OS as this is where all my music is stored.
    Any ideas how to re-enter the serial number?

    How would the owner be located when their first name
    is known, along with the serial/registeration
    number?
    One of our visitors found a lost iPod Nano in our
    yard, and we are trying to find the owner.
    What other steps should we take?
    Thank you for contributing pertinent info to
    help!
    iMac 1.9 GHz
    PowerPC G5 1.5 GB DDR2 SDRAM (Owned a Mac since
    1984!) Mac OS X (10.4.9) Slot Loading
    8X Dual Layer SuperDrive, iSight & Apple Remote; iPod
    Video
    Post signs in your neighborhood? Put an ad in Lost&Found section of local newspapers? Think about who visited your yard? Wait for someone to claim it...

  • Have photoshop cs 3 - lost serial number

    Hello my nephew d/l photoshop cs 3 for me in March 2009 (on my old HP Compaq Presario X6000 laptop, which I no longer have, also he wiped its hard drive clean when I gave the laptop to him this past July), and he backed it up for me on a disc, so yesterday I installed it from the disc onto an Asus Eee PC netbook (just bought this netbook this past Thursday) that has a 160 GB hard drive and a max. screen resolution of 1024 x 768 & Windows XP, it installed nicely, no problem but now it's asking me to input the serial number. I lost the serial number for my photoshop - is there any way that I can retrieve it so I can write it down for safekeeping and so I can input this serial into the one I installed into my netbook?
    Thanks.

    If the copy of PS was purchased via the Adobe Store (should have been, with a download), or was registered, then Adobe will have your S/N. You should be able to log-in to Adobe.com with your Adobe I.D. and find that S/N. If not, then a call to Adobe's Customer Service will have the info. It will be in the database.
    Good luck,
    Hunt

  • How do I retrieve lost serial number for Lightroom 5, was not registered on Adobe, just have the number on inside box of Lightroom

    Will it be possible to retrieve a Lightroom 5 serial number if you lost it and was not registered on Adobe? But I have the number on the inside box of Lightroom 5 only?

    Refer to this webpage for the locations of various LR files, paying attention to the one that says Serial Number:
    http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-locations-lightroom-41.html
    Go to the folder it says, and open the .lrreg file with a text editor, like Notepad or Wordpad, and look for the serial number that will be 6 groups of 4 digits beginning with 1160.  Don’t post the serial-number here, of course, as this is a public forum.
    If you have had more than one LR version on your computer, e.g. LR3 or LR4, there may be more than one serial number to determine, as you’ll need an older serial-number if your LR5 one is an upgrade.

  • Lost serial number to Photoshop Elements 6

    Can someone help?  I am trying to install my purchased (but not registered) version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, but I lost the serial number.  Can I get a new number from Adobe.  I can not find it on the registry of my old computer, because the old one no longer has internet access.  When I try to look up the number, it gives me 20 numbers instead of 24.  Very frustrating.  Thanks for any help.

    Perhaps some of the suggestions here will work:
    http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-serial-number.html

  • Lost serial number before I could install the first time. What do I do?

    I lost my serial number after I got this program. Now I only get a 30 day trial. How do I find the number to register my product and be able to use this program. Or am I out the 80.00 bucks ?

    Well, if no answered you I guess I won't get an answer either.  Bummer.  Adobe is providing very POOR customer service right now.  Now way to contact them and the online support just puts you in a vicious loop with no way to contact them.  I'm not impressed. 

  • Lost serial number to install CS4 Design Premium Student Edition

    I had CS 4 Design Premium Student Edition installed on my computer and a cs 5.5 software update installed. I reformatted my computer and updated to a newer OS. Later I tried to re-install my software and realized I lost my serial number. I cannot install the cs 5.5 update without having a previous version of CS installed. Does anyone know of a solution to this? I tried calling Adobe and they instructed me to use the chat. I'm still waiting for a response on chat, but I thought I'd post this while I'm waiting to see if anyone has any suggestions or ideas. I'd prefer not to update to Creative Cloud yet.

    Yay! A guy in adobe chat was helpful retrieving it. Hopefully everything will work fine now.

  • Lost serial Number for FCE 2

    I have the disc, The app is installed on my comp, but I have lost the serial number to 'reinstall' after an upgrade to OS 10.5.8.
    When I upgraded from 10.3.9 to 10.5.8, I thought it only upgraded the system - but no it wiped: Mail, Pics, iTunes and a host of apps. which I am slowly trying to re-install.
    I'm looking for the Serial number of my Final Cut Express 2 - I cannot find a FCE2 community - Is there a way to retrieve the number ?

    Thank you David.
    I regret having upgraded at all with the grief it's given me in apps that are 'dead'. Losing all my Mail, ditto iTunes 1000 numbrs - Playlists and Pictures - 30000.
    Lucky I had pic backups and all my tunes are on CD.
    Silly me I thought that upgrades only upgraded the system didn't realise that it wiped the system clean.
    Luckily my eMac cannot upgrade any higher so I will not have to worry about reloading all my apps with a next upgrade.

  • Lost Serial Number... Ugh

    Hi folks, I'm afraid I've lost my old serial number card for Final Cut Pro Studio. I've owned FCP2, and purchased the full upgrade to FCP Studio and the upgrade to FCP Studio 2. I'm installing on a new machine and it's asking for my old full product serial number.
    If I don't find it, where do I go with Apple? I have the receipt from my purchase of the upgrade from FCP2 to FCP Studio And the upgrade from FCP Studio to FCP Studio 2. Where do I go to obtain the old license? Adobe makes this much easier, with an account that lists all of you registrations.
    Who do I contact at Apple so I can get up and running again?
    Thanks.

    This won't help your situation now, but will in the future:
    Make a simple database, spreadsheet or text document that contains ALL of your software titles and serial numbers, registration/key codes, date & place of purchase, etc. Keep a backup copy of this in a safe place. Next time you upgrade software, a new computer or just need to do a reinstall, the serial numbers will be readily available.
    For now though, I agree with the others; contact Apple.
    -DH

  • Lost Serial Number for Elements 9

    I just flattened and rebuilt my PC with windows 8. On going to install Photoshop, I realized i have lost the insall media and serial. Unfortunately i bought in a bricks and mortar store and did not register the product.
    I do however have a complete backup of my pc before i formatted it (in case i wanted to go baco to my old configuration). I can see all my programs etc in the backup, including Adobe Photoshop ELements 9.
    Is it possible for me to get my key/serial number from this backup?

      No the serial number would be on the back of the CD/DVD box. It may be worth trying PSE11 free for 30 days and if you like it you would qualify for the upgrade price. If you also shoo video, the combo PSE11/PRE11 is very good value.

  • Lost serial number and don't have it registered to my account.

    I had Photoshop CS6 installed on my computer but I had to reset the computer and the software was removed. I went to reinstall it and realized I had lost the card with the serial number on it. I didn't register it to my adobe account and so I can't get it by looking under My Products. Is there another way to get the number?

    I imagine you'll need some sort of proof of ownership.  What do you have, and were did you get it from?  Do you have an email reciept, for instance?

  • Lost Serial Number For Final Cut Express 3.5

    Okay, here's the story. A long time ago (Like a year), on the left side of the finder window where library, documents, applications, etc. is, for some reason I accidentally dragged out the library icon. About a month ago I took the library icon from in the finder window into the left side of the finder bar. When I logged out and logged back in, my whole account had been reset. I was able to recover all my data, because it did not delete the data, it had only moved it. But all my applications were reset, including Final Cut Express 3.5. I have not used it since today. Today I tried to open FCE, and it asked me for my serial number. Since all my applications were reset, FCE thought this was the first time it was being opened. To get to the point, I no longer have the serial number. I looked for the information so I could get a new serial number (Support page URL http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1861), but I could not find the information. If I can never find the information, I can never open the application again unless I buy a new copy. If anyone can help me in any way to fix this problem that would be VERY helpful. Thank you.

    If you have lost the serial number the only thing you can do is contact Apple with some kind of proof of purchase.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Laptop wont start - \Boot\BCD 0xc000000f

    So I did a Windows update, then restarted and now this error appears. I also deselected "Enable tab groups" in Internet Options under tab settings. I dont know if this could affect it but thats all the changes I did since the last restart, I cant thi

  • Remote desktop and apache

    remote desktop and apache. There are times I feel that someone is looking over my shoulder, and changing my settings and controlling me. I would like to at least be able to communicate with them so I can ltarn. I also want to be able to monitor and h

  • More than 1 genre per song

    is it possible for a song to have 2 or more genre for the same song? i have songs in my library that are rock songs but they also are in spannish so i would like to be able to find them when im brosing the rock genre or the spannish genre thanx itune

  • MWST error in order pricing - CRM 5.0

    No error at header level. Error at item level. "Sample reading at header level (preliminary step) already unsuccessful." One other condition is working fine. MWST works fine in R/3 - same customer, same material. Could anyone please help ?

  • Converter Problem

    I am probably making a very simple error here, but I have checked the Forum and cannot find anyone who has had the same problem. I have written an applet called "Proposal" which I have created in a package called "proposal". (i.e. proposal.Proposal)