Szenario to move CS3 on macOS Mojave into a Virtual Machine without loosing activation?

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October 6, 2022
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Hi all,

I have a macOS Mojave running with an activated and working CS3. Is there a szenario to move it into Parallels Virtual Machine with Mojave keeping the current working activation?

Would it help to install the vm Mojave from a time machine backup?

Regards

Thomas

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Jeff Arola

Community Expert

I don't how it might work with Parallels, but you could try cloning the Mojave operating system.

On a real mac one can clone a working operating system to another drive by using Disk Utility>Restore

(Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app)

https://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Cloning-Your-Data-to-a-New-Hard-Drive

T

Test Screen Name

Legend

I don't think this can possibly work, you can't make a VM that preserves the machine characteristics of a real machine. Since you can no longer activate CS3, don't mess with this: keep the machine running. You could always add an external disk if you want a different system (don't try to move CS3 to the external disk!) When this machine dies, CS3 will be gone from your life forever.

kglad

Community Expert

@Test Screen Name, migrating to another computer won't affect the original (working) computer. so he has nothing to lose by trying.

kglad

Community Expert

it may work if you migrate to a compatible computer. there have been reports of success, so give it a try.

you have nothing to lose by trying.

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