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Direct links for Final Cut Pro Trial DMGs
Links from https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/trial/
Final Cut Pro release notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201237
What's new in Final Cut Pro https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207877
Release history https://web.archive.org/web/20221121093911/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro_X#Release_history
Final Cut Pro 10.1.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-05296.20140814.VRR4r/FinalCutProTrial10.1.3.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.1.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-02980.20141202.Jgt44/FinalCutProTrial10.1.4.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.2
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-08830.20150413.HPPE4/FinalCutProTrial10.2.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.2.2
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-24917.20150826.Xer4r/FinalCutProTrial10.2.2.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.2.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-43177.20160129.QERFT/FinalCutProTrial10.2.3.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-18986.20161031.61F2C306-4972-4289-BF7D-58C3386FA605/FinalCutProTrial10.3.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.3.1
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-86817.20161108.164BDD1F-52A7-4829-8F49-810B78A12A2A/FinalCutProTrial10.3.1.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.3.2
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-91726.20170119.164CEE1F-52A7-4829-8F49-810B78A12A2A/FinalCutProTrial10.3.2.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.3.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/031-13391.20170522.164CEE1F-52A7-4829-8F49-810B78A12A2B/FinalCutProTrial10.3.4.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/091-00662.20171128.164CEE1F-52A7-4829-8F49-810B78A12A2B/FinalCutProTrial10.4.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.4.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/091-84145-20180530-bac0824e-dd7b-423b-b4d5-eb61358d2911/FinalCutProTrial10.4.3.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.4.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/091-68456-20181115-01EC2FD2-85EB-11E8-AB5B-AEA972136C40/FinalCutProXTrial10.4.4.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.4.6
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/041-31543-20190327-3F404204-9E56-4D0B-BBEF-94E8568884B5/FinalCutProTrial10.4.6.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.4.7
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/041-95564-20190911-0DBC366A-75BC-4AAF-82F3-71F28071CF86/FinalCutProTrial10.4.7.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.4.8
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/061-39440-20191108-D1C6C4E3-177B-4D5C-A359-794DE891C60E/FinalCutProTrial10.4.8.dmg
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/061-77685.20200323.164CEE1F-52A7-4829-8F49-810B78A12A2B/FinalCutProTrial10.4.8.dmg
Final Cut Pro X 10.4.10
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/001-47214-20200922-c2f15b72-6e01-4a64-844c-b940e0a0c4ae/FinalCutProXTrial10.4.10.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.5
https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2020/macos/001-43922-20201105-e6abc088-95e6-428b-9d4d-992fab3ea3e7/FinalCutProTrial10.5.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.5.1
https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2020/macos/001-82240-20201210-8a3a19b9-e908-4938-85be-a57452483746/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.5.2
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/071-09642-20210301-c8feaf55-699d-4c92-a2cc-9c5adff1cbd5/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.5.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/071-54624-20210609-10716BC3-11BB-4B36-B18D-98BDB40D13BB/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.5.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/071-62955-20210702-B0EAC2CA-E28D-40AE-8BFA-E8C0D6551DE2/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6 (macOS 11.5.1 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/071-15424-20211015-3A5EA572-8823-4DD2-8E8B-608100399702/FinalCutProTrial.pkg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.1
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/002-26102-20211111-AA549D59-31C7-4327-9307-B34E6BB6F5B3/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.2
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/002-87769-20220408-B4B54294-5AE7-40B8-B8E9-DA5697CB7B8F/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.3
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/012-04880-20220519-225A343F-EEED-4F00-A3E8-508161D7928F/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.4
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/012-45845-20220805-C1220551-4F16-4C52-8445-DA7248625C60/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.5
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/012-94751-20221024-4D0F1E34-DC43-4216-9FF6-F6C186A95201/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.6
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/032-63828-20230518-1706A689-750D-448B-A7D8-200C1C1A508B/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.7
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/032-27897-20230713-CEAF6724-4EF6-409B-B572-97476FFF1EAC/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.8
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/042-25669-20230731-D737E8DD-E857-4E00-B8B3-206E0EA9B1DA/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.9 (macOS 13.4 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/032-81559-20230916-6A22F58F-CDFE-46FD-AB09-6B17674B9CE8/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.6.10
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/042-60959-20231004-B5BFDED9-9530-49C9-97EB-B7B617BC5026/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.7.0
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/052-12971-20231129-DEDE1D4D-70A3-469C-A892-7089866B6FAB/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.7.1
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/052-25871-20240104-10AEBC1F-6C9C-4A1C-B781-7D11DDAE5AFD/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.8.0
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/062-06726-20240521-A65C7F18-2524-4FBE-AD51-541B47AF895D/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 10.8.1 (macOS 13.5 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/062-61692-20240809-504c2279-31c9-48ea-877e-ba2eb47d6e5c/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 11 (macOS 14.6 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/072-14717-20241112-B3364D07-9340-4540-83A6-16769720D65D/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 11.0.1 (macOS 14.6 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/072-44727-20250131-13ba994a-32a9-412f-9660-8512c1592a94/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 11.1 (macOS 14.6 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/082-09025-20250325-cec17631-72bd-46d7-bfa9-69c64a3bf721/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 11.1.1 (macOS 14.6 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/082-42810-20250520-d7183f76-a105-4af1-a4b1-0f670d6fd97f/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
Final Cut Pro 11.2 (macOS 15.6 or later)
https://secure-appldnld.apple.com/Final_Cut_Pro_X/072-89443-20250919-9d1c69c0-0983-4103-a03c-c2783d103cbd/FinalCutProTrial.dmg
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violetstone2002 commented Jan 2, 2026

Apple have pulled all versions of Final Cut Pro, Compressor and Motion off of the App Store for macOS Ventura and below. Only macOS Sonoma and above (despite the error claiming you need macOS Sequoia) can redownload them.

Also, just so it's all in one post, here is a list of the latest Final Cut Pro version for each macOS version, assuming all updates installed:

Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion: 10.0.9 (if anyone's curious, the last Wayback Machine capture of the Final Cut Pro trial page before version 10.1.0 came out states 10.0.8, but 10.0.9 had been out for five months by then. Maybe Apple just forgot to update the page? Not sure if the trial DMG for either has been saved anywhere.)
Mavericks: 10.1.4
Yosemite: 10.2.3
El Capitan: 10.3.4
Sierra: 10.4.0
High Sierra: 10.4.6
Mojave: 10.4.10
Catalina: 10.5.4
Big Sur: 10.6.5
Monterey: 10.6.8
Ventura: 10.8.1
Sonoma: 11.1.1 (earliest version still available on the App Store for redownload)
Sequoia and Tahoe: 12.0 (current version)

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Final Cut Pro 10.6.8 is the last version that works on macOS 12 Monterey. Apple’s link is not working now. 10.6.8 FinalCutProTrial.dmg downloaded on 29 September 2023 https://mega.nz/file/1PJXRYTY#AIrTuvLhmnQhHWIVpRhT8G0Qo_uJj_IhqpuNEc6iZHI You can check the signature from Terminal with pkgutil --check-signature /Volumes/Final\ Cut\ Pro\ Trial/FinalCutProTrial.pkg

Thank a lot for this one. Does anybody know how to connect the trial version to an prior purchase of FCP?

I can't download the new version. I'm a FCP license owner and I have MacBook Pro 11,4 running Monterey.

@oldsoultech
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does any1 have a working 10.6.5 trial image? im using big sur and i can't get it to download and im getting err 403 when trying to download

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b0gdanw commented Mar 12, 2026

@oldsoultech
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thank you so much!

@hermesnousagent
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Thank you so much b0gdanw! It's always someone with a Tux picture who is able to help us out haha :DD

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I've just downloaded 10.6.8 But After installation I can't find it in the finder. it only says that I can buy it for 350 bucks via the App Store now.

@hermesnousagent
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image found the issue.Not compatible with Tahoe.

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b0gdanw commented Mar 17, 2026

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