Switching from PC to Mac, will upgrade to Mac version work?

I have a friend who wants to convert over to a Mac. If she already has a full licensed copy of Photoshop or MS Office, can she buy an upgrade version for Mac or does she have to shell out the full price for the full Mac version? I suspect so, which is a bummer for anyone considering switching.
Thanks for any help!

can she buy an upgrade version
Contact Adobe and Microsoft, as neither are Apple products.

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It sounds unlikely of course. But from your question it's hard to tell what might have filled your HDD. Are you constantly on file sharing or has filled the drive with movies?
Best way to tell is to start checking what folders occupy space. "Get Info" for the HDD and its subfolders is a way to start checking where the data in question resides.
And as BGreg say, call Apple support is also a good way to begin with.

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Hello, can't get my mac to upgrade to latest versions of quicktime, itunes or any other os

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Because i have two computers that i use simultaneously, 1 mac and 1 pc. I would not own a mac if I wanted to run windows on it hehe.
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