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Reinstalled Mac, can't get Motion anymore.

uStip

uStip

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Hey,

I have a really weird problem. Recently HDD on my iMac died, got it replaced, good as new, but now - I can't install any version of Motion, they are all 'unsupported' on my 2017 iMac.

I'm running macOS 13.7.8. And here's the dumbest part. On old HDD Motion worked just fine, so I know it works and is well supported. But now, I can't run it anymore. Whatever I do, it says all versions are unsupported, which is just clearly not the case. Its the same OS, same Mac, I know it can run it! What is this bs?

So, any suggestions would be welcome, beside caving and buying a new Mac.

iMac 2017
Ventura 13.7.8
I want my Motion 5.x back.
 
Open the App Store and go view your account. It should show you your purchase/download history somewhere. From there, you can redownload the app and it'll install the latest compatible version for your Mac.
 
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Motion is now part of the new Apple Creator Studio, and current version requires macOS 15.6 (Sequoia) or higher.
Can you still download Motion separately, when Apple likely wants you to buy the suite?
There's still OCLP, giving you a working path to upgrade your current Mac to Sequoia (if you want to take that direction)
 
BigBlur said:
Open the App Store and go view your account. It should show you your purchase/download history somewhere. From there, you can redownload the app and it'll install the latest compatible version for your Mac.
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Yep. It's important to go to your purchase history, not just the product page. Only the history page will give you previous versions.
 
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Well, that's the thing. I don't even need the latest one, I can't launch aaany version of it that I found on internet. Like, how is that even possible? Are they blocking it all somehow? What is happening?

And I don't see old versions in the App store, or am I missing something?

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So, if anyone cares, I found a single version that works. So, essentially, for specific OS version you need specific and one and only Motion version. So I had to find exactly that one. Sheesh. Thank you all!
 
To add another data point, I can't download Motion, FCP or Compressor anymore on Mojave, even though having previously installed them on a system with the same Apple ID connected. (Yes, going via the purchase history page.)
 
When Apple chooses to make older versions of its software unavailable -- even to legitimate users -- the only choice is to go to (cough, choke) "unapproved" sources in search of it.

It is... what it is.
 
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