Updating from LR3 to LR5 and future switch from PC to MAC.

Hi, I currently have LR3 and am going to buy a new student version of LR5 (so not an upgrade). Is there anything I should know about transferring over my catalogs? When is it safe to delete the LR3 version so I don't lose any catalogs from LR3?
Also, I currently use a PC but in the future, I want to switch to a MAC. It's my understanding that if I purchase LR5 now, I can download to 2 computers. Do these downloads expire? If I download now to my PC now, can I then use the 2nd download for a MAC in say, a year?

As far as transferring catalogs goes, your best bet for getting answers is probably to ask in the Lightroom forum (http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom). Folks there are more like to have recent hands on knowledge of catalog matters.
The downloads do not expire though they might not always be readily available from the Adobe site (there is an alternative site). Currently, however, Lightroom is one of the few applications which Adobe does retain links to download older versions.
You can download to any number of machines, but you are only allowed to have the software activated on two machines. You can deactivate and activate as you need to, so if in a year you want to, you can install and activate on another machine.

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