updating from 12.4 to 2018.4

[jpmorgan]

I'm presently between recording projects, so I'm going to try to update from version 12.4 to ProTools 2018.4. Can I do this directly, or are there intermittent steps I should follow?
I always put things like this off because I inevitably run into all kinds of problems, and questions that I don't know how to answer during the download. Do I simply have to download the new version, and then all the AIR instruments in Xpand2 afterwards?
Thanks for hints and info!

[Wizzoboy]

Yes, there are new installers for Air and Xpand. They are marked 18.x. I'm on Windows so always uninstall PT and the HD Driver before installing. Not necessary on a MAC.
If you are on Windows, and on 7 rather than 10, you may have installation problems as 2018.4 is not officially supported on 7. The workround which I and others have used successfully is to install 2018.3 and then 2018.4 over the top of it without uninstalling 2018.3.

[dg27]

Originally Posted by Wizzoboy

If you are on Windows, and on 7 rather than 10, you may have installation problems as 2018.4 is not officially supported on 7. The workround which I and others have used successfully is to install 2018.3 and then 2018.4 over the top of it without uninstalling 2018.3.

This is really good to know; I'm on 12.4 and have 12.8.3 (the last Win 7 version) downloaded.

Would be great to be able to use the latest/greatest.