Moving Lightroom 3 from my PC to my MacPro

I have lightroom 3 on my PC. I want to uninstall from the PC and reinstall on the MacPro.
How do I do this?

Normally all you need to do is to download the installer from Adobe's website (https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4927 )and simply enter the serial number. No need to uninstall. However, there is a big chance that Lightroom 3 won't work on the too new operating system on the Mac Pro as LR 3 hasn't been updated in years. You should probably think about upgrading it, which you should be able to do for a low price as you already own an older version and you can just buy the upgrade.

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