Trying to migrate my old FCE my new iMac and OS

I'm trying to remove my Final Cut and serial from my old iMac and onto my new one. I drug the application to a drive from the application folder and went to drag it to my new application folder but receive a message claiming the version might not work with the new OS. Is there a way around this? An update/newdownload etc.

Both Final Cut Express and Final Cut Studio were discontinued in 2011 (even before Lion was released) and are no longer supported. Mavericks is 2 generations past Lion. No guarantees that either FCE or FCP will run, or run properly, on Mavericks.
With pro apps like Final Cut, you cannot just copy the application file from one Mac to another - it won't work. While it is possible to use Migration Assistant, that also does not work consistently well when you are migrating pro apps. With all the pro apps it is far better to install from scratch.

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I've been using CS5 for the past three years, and contemplating getting Creative Cloud. The problem is, it looks like I didn't every properly register CS5 with my Adobe ID, the software package was a download from a thrid party seller, and the email account the sent all the registration info to is no longer in use. . .
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Frustrating.
Any help greatly appreciated, I'm currently completely stuck!

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Hello
At work, as a graphic designer, I use a 5 year old G5 on OS 10.5.8. I am about to upgrade to a brand new iMac and was wondering what the best way would be to go about transferring files/software from the G5 to the iMac.
I have been advised to use Migration Assistant but have no experience of using this software whatsoever, so would appreciate any advice or tips.
At the moment the G5 has a number of accounts set up on it. One is mine, the other is an old account belonging to the last designer I replaced, and one is an account set up by our IT department even though they never use the mac. Ideally I'd like to just have one account for the iMac to stop any confusion or problems (when I replaced the old designer my new account was set up for me by the IT dept and I've had non-stop problems with file permissions/authentification etc ever since).
Will MA get rid of the permission problems I've been having? Do I need to transfer all accounts?
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Would I be better off just transferring everything manually?
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated!
Thanks.

Remove the unwanted accounts from System Preferences > Accounts. Unlock the prefs by clicking the lock at the bottom and authenticating with your admin password. Select the account to delete and click the minus sign at the bottom of the window. You may be asked if you want to preserve the data or completely delete; choose the complete deletion. Do that for both surplus accounts.
BTW, you can only do this if you're logged in as admin user yourself.
When you're happy that you've got rid of all the extraneous stuff, don't use MA. On first boot of the new Mac you'll be offered the option to transfer files from another source (this is Setup Assistant). Connect the two by firewire and choose 'from another Mac'. Continue with the initial setup as prompted.
Note that transferring all your stuff may take quite a long time (hours).
Using Setup Assistant at first boot ensures you get one account with all the correct permissions.
Using Migration Assistant after creating an account can lead to serious permissions problems, duplicated data and other problems.

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Brody,
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Create a new profile and copy the old one over it.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder_-_Thunderbird#Create_a_new_profile_and_copy_the_old_one_over_it
Re-installing Thunderbird is a complete waste of time. It won't do anything to your profile.

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I'm currently working on an old MBP (2009, 17" unibody, to be exact) running Lion.
Long story short, I decided to switch to a new iMac because it's slowly dying.
I'm currently making daily clones of my computer (using SuperDuper) but I just realized that the new computer will be running Mountain Lion.
It would seem counter-intuitive to restore my whole clone on the new computer as the OS is more recent on the new computer.
Does anyone know the best way to painlessly transfer all my files (or, preferably, my whole current working setup) to the new iMac?
The 2 ways I tought about were to upgrade my MBP to ML (though it'll cost me for ML even though I'll have it pre-installed on the new computer). The other would be to transfer my documents only and take the opportunity to do a spring cleaning in the process.
I'd really like to avoid the last idea since this is my working computer and I'd like to setup the new one as quickly as possible.
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Gab

Thanks for the guide. This part in particular seems really helpful:
"You cannot transfer "backwards" from a newer "major" version of OSX to an earlier one (such as Mountain Lion 10.8.x to Lion 10.7.x). However, you can transfer "backwards" from a newer "minor" version to an earlier one (such as 10.8.2 to 10.8.1), but before using any Apple apps, you should upgrade to at least the same version as the original, as the older versions of the apps may not work properly with newer versions of data."
That being said, do you think it would actually apply for transferring a clone running on 10.7.5 (Lion) to the new iMac running 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? Or should I rely on the second paragraph that seems to indicate I'd be better off updating my clone (buying Mountain Lion on the macbook pro) then use the Setup Assistant to transfer my older settings.
I don't think there's only one good way to to do this. Which would you recommend?

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5 plus years ago my wife had the only Apple ID and as a family we all used her Itunes account to buy and listen to music. A couple years later, I (husband) bought my first iPhone - the only iDevice in the household. When I set that iphone up, I used the wife's apple ID as I wanted access to all of the itunes music we had as a family. So now years later, all of my Apps etc have been purchased via the Wife's Apple ID. To make matters worse for my situation, my 10 yr old daughter got an iTouch for Christmas and i decided to use my actual (husband) Apple ID as daughter is a minor and I felt I could manage her iTouch Apps content that way. We have just recently bought our first iMac and I had yet to understand or get to work the iCloud or the Home Sharing of iTunes. To make matters worse, I have never synched my 3G iphone because of the whole Apple ID issue. I should also mention that the primary 'authorized' computer for my wife's itunes account is an old PC that we almost never use anymore as it runs soooo slow. So I am left to wonder how to go about making the transition to get the old PC 'deauthorized' after I somehow transfer all itunes files from the old PC to the new iMac. I now have the new iPhone5 and i REALLY want to get to the point where i have my iphone on my apple id and my wife has her apple id (no iphone for her yet - probably coming soon though). On the new iMac i have created a login for me and one for my wife. I was able to login to itunes on her imac login and i was able to set up iCloud. it works! - but now my calendar, contacts, photos, etc are on her profile login of the iMac! HELP me PLEASE!!

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Hello Markus,
Thanks for your quick response!!!!
I understood - what you have mentioned for my question but i have one clarification on your answer and one new questions to you.
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My oldsystem is non-unicode system. As you said i will do system copy export method on old system(non-unicode) then i will use that exports(non-unicode) to build new system.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
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