Re: Which PT Upgrade to get?
You really need to call Sweetwater and ask what they have available. Avid may no li nger sell what you think you want... they are trying to force everybody to software subscriptions.... Pro Tools (ie standard not Ultimate) is likely what you want, but talk with a sales rep about the actual ways they can sell you an upgrade and/or subscription. Resellers like Sweetwater might have more flexibility, and you can just talk in the phone.
Working out what product you want is usually the easy past... the hard part is getting your OS upgraded, interface drivers and plugins all upgraded and hopefully compatible. You need to get familiar with the Pro Tools compatibility matrix (google for that). The best way to do upgrades is grab a new blank external SSD and do a full clean MacOS install onto that drive (likely Catalina?... but you work out if that is compatible with all your plugins and other software), then install Pro Tools and test, then interface drivers, plugins other apps... testing as you go. Do not use system migration assassin (assistant) to move apps or drivers. Once everything is tested and working and you have all content saved or moved to the new disk then clone that disk back over the old boot disk.
Any newish MacOS install will use APFS not HFS+ filesystem. Old external HFS+ disks will keep working but be aware what APFS is and how an AOFS drive is not readable on older macOS/OS X systems.
You also likely need a minimum of 16 GB. Should be an easy upgrade for your iMac. Hopefully your iMac has an internal SSD And is not using A Fusion disk... if it is make changes there as well while upgrading.
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