Hi everyone,
I’ve searched in the forum and I’ve found this thread so I know what is theoretically possible to do.
My question: is there a way to know if Cubase sx 3 or 4 and/or 5 older version will install correctly from the Steinberg dongle license control center before doing? I would do this on a late 2012 Mac mini running OS Mojave
Thank you very much,
Art
The installation itself doesn’t need a license, and the Elicenser control center is not involved in the installation at all – only for running the program once it’s on your system.
If you have a license for Cubase 11 Pro on a dongle you should try downloading and installing the software to see if it works, that will be the fastest way to know.
First thing to do is launch the Elicenser control center on that machine and plug in the dongle. Have you done this?
Not yet @steve , thank you for answering.
I hoped there was a way to know if installation would run before doing it, only reading eLicenser informations (too easy life, maybe 
).
If I to try would you suggest sX 3 or do you think sx 2.2 would be ok? (I still have installation CD for that version).
Thanks again,
Art
No idea…
Plug in the dongle and run the elicenser. What license do you see?
I would simply try installing the software by whatever means you have.
Is your question about whether SX3 would run on the CPU of this Mac?
(I’m afraid I don’t know, but hopefully a Mac expert will be along soon).
Yes.
HI @MrSoundman , this is another question, as SX3 is really a very old software version…
Opening the song would be enough, just to save as .cpr but who knows…
I had converted the file yet but for some reason I did the big mistake to erase (or to loose, I couldn’t tell) the midi tracks and now I would need them to avoid transcribing audio part from scratch…
Thank you,
Art
Great! I hope I can try tomorrow. I’ll let you know, in case some other user should need to do the same process.
Best,
Art
Hi @steve ,
I’ve downloaded SX3 version from this link but when I tried to install I got this message (see attachment); I translate it here from Italian:
Installation failed.
Installer couldn’t install software.
Installer couldn’t install software because he didn’t find the software to install.
The .dmg file I’d downloaded is about 199 MB
Is there any other passage I could have missed? (I tried installation without the dongle as suggeste in the read me first .pdf)
Thank you,
Art
Hm… that error doesn’t make sense. You can always look at the dmg contents by mounting it on your desktop.
I do not have a Mac, but I undertsand that it is possible that older software will not work on it, though that doesn’t jibe with the error from MacOS you posted.
I edited the title of the topic, hopefully someone more experienced with MacOS and Cubase SX can respond
Thank you, @steve , for your lightning like answer! I don’t know what I could also try; maybe SX3 is too old for my mAcMini even if it should theoretically run…
Hope someone else will have an idea.
Best,
Art
Thanks for this too, of course… 
