Platskies Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I have Affinity Designer 1.8.4 installed via the Mac App Store on one volume, and I'm running the Big Sur beta with the 1.8.4.5 beta installed on a separate volume. When I launch the beta, I get a dialog saying that I need to have the app from the Mac App Store or have a valid product key. I didn't see a button anywhere to browse for the MAS app manually, so I tried moving the MAS version of 1.8.4 onto the same volume as the beta, but I still got the dialog. Is there anything else else I could try? Version: macOS 11.0 Beta (20A5354i) Also, I think this is a typo… it says "To participate in the beta you need to install Affinity Designer *Beta* from the Mac App Store…". I think it should just be "Affinity Designer"? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I don't think the Mac 1.8.4 beta will work once you have the retail 1.8.4 installed. Generally, if I remember correctly, on Mac the beta must be newer than the retail version or it will not launch. Sean P 1 -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted September 1, 2020 Staff Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hi Platskies, The beta version is older than the 1.8.4 MAS version. As Walt has said once the retail version has updated to the current version, the beta version will stop working. As for the message - that does indeed look incorrect - I'll get that passed on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platskies Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) Oh, I thought the 1.8.4.5 beta was the latest, as it's higher than 1.8.4 But also, the thread below indicates that it hasn't yet been submitted to the Mac App Store: Looking at the MAS, 1.8.4 is the latest. Does this mean it has the changes in the 1.8.4.* beta versions? Looks like it does, the toolbar buttons work (unlike an earlier version I was using). 1 hour ago, Sean P said: As for the message - that does indeed look incorrect - I'll get that passed on! Thanks! Edited September 1, 2020 by Platskies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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