Trouble with InDesign

I'm a writer.  Have used Macs for 15 years.  Self-published three books.  Got a new iMac.   I was unable to download my old InDesign.  It was incompatable.  I tried dowloading a trial offer of InDesign CS6 to my new computer.  It took several hours...then started to extracate something...and keep going until I finally turned off the computer. Isn't there an easier way to get an up-to-date version of InDesign?

Hi Dankel24
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