[Need help installing Topaz PhotoAI 1.3 as a plugin in Affinity Photo2.]

Solution: Don't download Affinity Photo 2 from the App Store if you want to be able to use Topaz as a plugin. Instead, download Affinity from the Serif website, then Topaz will install properly as a plugin. 

How do I get a refund on an App Store download that I don't need? I should only need one license!

 

 

[Need help installing Topaz PhotoAI 1.3 as a plugin in Affinity Photo2.]

Need help installing Topaz PhotoAI 1.3 as a plugin in Affinity Photo2.

 

Both installs went fine (Mac mini M2 Pro 16/512 booted from external T7 SSD), but no plugins were found in Affinity Photo preferences panel.

 

I have no terminal skills, so I mucked about copying files between various plugin folders that I accessed via

“Show package contents” on the app files in the Applications folder. Finally the plugin showed up in AP2 and opened PhotoAI- but now PhotoAI won’t save a file until I BUY MORE SEATS!

 

Went back and deleted all the files I had copied. Took a while but I guess I got them all. PhotoAI works again, but no plugins in AP2.

 

Is there a simple way to make this work without setting off alarms or bricking my computer?

 

Which files do I need to move or copy, and from where to where? Thanks!