Migration Lightroom from Windows to Mac

I have a Lightroom 4 licence with upgrade to Lightroom 5 on my Windows PC, The serial code for LR4 is available, the code for the upgrade not. How can I migrate to Mac without extra costs?

Hi,
Only the one thing that you need to do is deactivate the product on the old computer, and then activate on the new one.
Activation & Deactivation Help
The Lightroom 5 is multi-platform product, so you can install on windows or Macintosh with the same serial number..
Regards

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