Somewhat old school question, PT 7.4 to 8

[L-Dogg]

Hi I need you guys' help please.

It has been so long since I have upgraded and so much has transpired that I have totally forgotten some stuff about upgrading.

I have PT 8 in my MacBook Pro running 10.5.7. No problems there and I see I can upgrade to 10.5.8.

HOWEVER............... I have PT 7.4 in my studio MacPro Quad running 10.4.9.

I will use the Combo updater to go to 10.5.8 and I will use the disc to install PT8............

What I am worried about are all my plug in's..specifically big installs like Reason4 , Sibelius 5, Garritan Personal Orchestra, Garritan Jazz and Big Band, Ozone 3, Drumcore, Miroslav Philharmonik, Classik Studio Reverb, Sonik Synth, OMNISHERE...OMG a 4 hour install............

Will I lose all these?

Do I need to remove the plug in alias folder to my desktop?

Can someone steer me straight on all of this? This is one of the reasons I have not upgraded so far. When I bought the MBox Mini witrh PT8 for the laptop, I had to install all those and it seriously took forever....time I do not really have readily on tap. If so I am going to pick a different day to do this...maybe over the weekend.

If I am good to go and it retains all the plugs, I will do it tonite.

Thanks.

[Keybeeetsss]

Your Plugins will remain in tact... Just check them for updates maybe but u should be fine w/those...

[L-Dogg]

Thanks......what I did find out that sucks.....I cannot upgrade from 10.4.9 to 10.5.X.....I have to buy the disc.......and they no longer have them.....it's all 10.6 Snow leopard now........not qualified with PT.

[Keybeeetsss]

Originally Posted by L-Dogg

Thanks......what I did find out that sucks.....I cannot upgrade from 10.4.9 to 10.5.X.....I have to buy the disc.......and they no longer have them.....it's all 10.6 Snow leopard now........not qualified with PT.

Thatz why I/we keep 7.4 on the Mac rig & why I never work on it(thatz another story) but CHECK THIS OUT...U actually can now run 8 & SL...its all over the forum so I don't know why u didn't see it... Have u seen Tamara

[L-Dogg]

Thanks Keebeeetsss.

Er what's Tamara and can you have a copy of 7.4 on the same computer as PT8?

[Keybeeetsss]

Originally Posted by L-Dogg

Thanks Keebeeetsss.

Er what's Tamara and can you have a copy of 7.4 on the same computer as PT8?

Hopefully U don't have to get to know Tamara She's an honorary DUC'ster

As for having both on the same computer, well yes u can BUTTT, they cannot be on the same OS/Drive which basically means u'd have to create a new partition & re-install there.. I would grab another drive identical to what u have, get Casper or Acronis to clone ur system drive & THEN proceed with the new 8 install that way u still have ur perfectly working system on another drive so @ any givin moment u can pop it back in & not miss a click...