Can Affinity be installed on both mac and pc when bought for PC?

[ruherm]

I have bought Affinity Publisher to my PC. But after got my IMac, I very seldom use my old PC.
Can I install Affinity Publisher to my IMac, or do I have to buy it one more time for use it at my IMac?? (private computers)

 

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, ruherm.

You would have to purchase it again to use on your Mac. Each OS-type (Mac, Windows, iOS) requires a separate license for each Affinity product that you want to use.

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Each OS-type (Mac, Windows, iOS) requires a separate license for each Affinity product that you want to use.

However, for personal use each of those licenses allows you to install the app on every device of that type that you own or control, without limit.

So for example, if you buy another iMac, Mac Mini, or MacBook for yourself or buy several for family members, one Mac Publisher license is all you need to buy.

[Cecil]

38 minutes ago, R C-R said:

So for example, if you buy another iMac, Mac Mini, or MacBook for yourself or buy several for family members, one Mac Publisher license is all you need to buy.

This requires the Primary Apple ID owner, if I recall, to set up family sharing.  Please correct me if I’m wrong.  Dementia is taking its toll. 

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, Cecil said:

This requires the Primary Apple ID owner, if I recall, to set up family sharing.

Apple's Family Sharing is an option for apps bought from Apple (which Serif has generously enabled for the Affinity apps) but the Affinity "own or control" licensing provision applies regardless of which store an Affinity app was purchased from. So (as I understand it) if someone can reasonably be considered either the legal owner of all the devices of one type or in control of whatever software is installed on them, then the licensing provisions are met independently of any Apple Family Sharing provisions that might be applicable (which only apply to apps bought through the Mac App Store or similarly named Apple Store for iOS/iPadOS devices).

The primary benefit of Apple's Family Sharing is enrolled family members (up to a limit of 6 total) can use their own Apple ID's to download & install apps bought from an Apple store. The primary member is the one responsible for payments & meeting the licensing provisions.

Note that these are the provisions for personal/private use. The provisions for enterprise/commercial use are different.

[Cecil]

R C-A, I agree.  I mentioned Family Sharing as some, if not all, will have their own Apple ID.  Mac Apple/Apple Store is great.  No product keys to or additional account (s) required.  

[Seagirlrun]

I just purchased the complete design suite $149 for all three products. Almost immediately afterward and before I could began using the software, my Mac more or less died. My husband offered to build me a  pc and now I have windows. I feel so cheated that I bought this suite for Mac and now have to buy it again when I haven't even used the first set I bought. 

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Seagirlrun

If you “just purchased” the software less than 14 days ago then you can ask Serif for a refund, if you bought the software directly from Serif.
If you bought the software from either Apple or Microsoft then Serif have no control over how that is handled and there is no way to transfer a licence from one store to another.

Edited August 23, 2021 by GarryP

[R C-R]

8 hours ago, GarryP said:

If you bought the software from either Apple or Microsoft then Serif have no control over how that is handled and there is no way to transfer a licence from one store to another.

Since If the software was bought from the Mac App Store, @Seagirlrun should contact Apple about getting a refund ASAP. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204084

Edited August 23, 2021 by R C-R
Fixed mistaken assumption about which store

[Ron P.]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

Since the software was bought from the Mac App Store, @Seagirlrun should contact Apple about getting a refund ASAP. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204084

The OP does not state she purchased it from the Mac App Store, at least not in this thread or forum. She simply purchased them for her Mac, and now since her husband has built her a PC, she hasn't been able to use them.

[R C-R]

Thanks for the correction.

[wonderings]

14 hours ago, Seagirlrun said:

I just purchased the complete design suite $149 for all three products. Almost immediately afterward and before I could began using the software, my Mac more or less died. My husband offered to build me a  pc and now I have windows. I feel so cheated that I bought this suite for Mac and now have to buy it again when I haven't even used the first set I bought. 

In what way were you cheated? It is unfortunate that your computer died, but that is not Affinities issue and nothing malicious was done. I would question what died on your Mac. I have been using Mac's for a long time and I think I have come across only one that just completely up and died. If it is a hard drive you can replace that for cheap and be up and running again in no time. 

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, wonderings said:

If it is a hard drive you can replace that for cheap and be up and running again in no time. 

Good luck trying to replace the hard drive on most Macs made in the last several years. For example, for most iMacs you need special tools to open the case & if you do not do it right you can damage the display. Apple also uses special connectors for some SSD's so finding a replacement for one of them can be challenging & expensive, & if it is soldered in there is no practical way to replace it.

[Komatös]

Older MacBooks where good to repair, but the new ones are only repairable If you have the right tools and a repair skill of Apple products. And the SSDs mostly are glued on. And if you're unfortunate, the SSD is soldered onto the motherboard.

[wonderings]

16 hours ago, R C-R said:

Good luck trying to replace the hard drive on most Macs made in the last several years. For example, for most iMacs you need special tools to open the case & if you do not do it right you can damage the display. Apple also uses special connectors for some SSD's so finding a replacement for one of them can be challenging & expensive, & if it is soldered in there is no practical way to replace it.

If it is a relatively new Mac then it is either under AppleCare warranty. If only a couple please years old then this is incredibly bad luck and I would be more upset by a new Mac dying then I would be about $149 worth of software. I think it is safe to assume it is a Mac that has been around for a few years, and those are much easier to fix. 

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, wonderings said:

I think it is safe to assume it is a Mac that has been around for a few years, and those are much easier to fix. 

I don't think that is a safe assumption. For example, I have a 27 inch "Late 2012" iMac, which has the screen attached to the case using very strong adhesive strips, & removing the screen is the only way to open the case to get to anything in it other than RAM. It takes skill, patience, & a bit of luck to get the screen off without damaging it, to remove the old adhesive strips, & to get the replacement strips in the correct position to reattach the screen properly.

Even if you manage to do that correctly, disassembling the parts to replace anything is not easy -- depending on what needs replacement, practically everything needs to be disassembled & removed from the case. Get one screw wrong during reassembly & there is a good chance something will short out, overheat, or otherwise cause problems.

[wonderings]

19 hours ago, R C-R said:

I don't think that is a safe assumption. For example, I have a 27 inch "Late 2012" iMac, which has the screen attached to the case using very strong adhesive strips, & removing the screen is the only way to open the case to get to anything in it other than RAM. It takes skill, patience, & a bit of luck to get the screen off without damaging it, to remove the old adhesive strips, & to get the replacement strips in the correct position to reattach the screen properly.

Even if you manage to do that correctly, disassembling the parts to replace anything is not easy -- depending on what needs replacement, practically everything needs to be disassembled & removed from the case. Get one screw wrong during reassembly & there is a good chance something will short out, overheat, or otherwise cause problems.

There are Apple certified repair places (not Apple stores) that will do this all for reasonable prices, at least around here. There are also kits you can buy on OWC to do these things yourself. It can be finicky but can be done. And if you are tossing the computer anyways why not try? At the very least if it is a hard drive issue you can boot off an external. 

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, wonderings said:

And if you are tossing the computer anyways why not try?

Because even if you or a tech successfully opens the case without breaking anything, there is no guarantee whatever is wrong with it can be fixed at a reasonable cost, or at all. A lot of problems would require replacing the entire motherboard, which for many older Mac models are not available or would cost about as much as a brand new medium spec PC or a substantial fraction of the cost of a new, more modern Mac.

So at best you would end up with an old Mac that probably won't perform as well as a new PC & certainly not as well as a new Mac, one that has an uncertain amount of life left in it before something else breaks.