dayminkaynin Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 It says I need another app to open it. The only option is to "look for one in the Microsoft app store" What's the app that installs affinity-publisher-1.10.5.dmg ? Quote
Komatös Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 @dayminkaynin, welcome to the forums. The dmg format is for MACs. Why would you install MAC software on a Windows machine? Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
walt.farrell Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 10 hours ago, dayminkaynin said: It says I need another app to open it. The only option is to "look for one in the Microsoft app store" What's the app that installs affinity-publisher-1.10.5.dmg ? Did you just purchase the application? Perhaps you selected the Mac version rather than the Windows version by mistake. If so, you can email affinityreturns@serif.com to arrange a refund, and then purchase the correct version. Or, if you're trying to use the Trial, simply download the Windows version rather than the Mac version. Quote -- 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Staff DWright Posted May 1, 2022 Staff Posted May 1, 2022 Hi @dayminkaynin, I have Emailed you regarding this Quote
dayminkaynin Posted May 1, 2022 Author Posted May 1, 2022 I had an imac and now a pc. So I need to find the pc version in my account, thanks. Quote
Alfred Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 1 minute ago, dayminkaynin said: I had an imac and now a pc. So I need to find the pc version in my account, thanks. If you purchased the Mac version you will need to make a new purchase. Each of the licences for the Affinity apps only covers a single platform. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
dayminkaynin Posted May 1, 2022 Author Posted May 1, 2022 I'm not paying $50 for the same thing I already own. Quote
Alfred Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, dayminkaynin said: I'm not paying $50 for the same thing I already own. The user interface is necessarily different, so it isn’t “the same thing” any more than TextEdit is the same thing as WordPad. PaulEC and emmrecs01 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
GarryP Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 12 hours ago, dayminkaynin said: I'm not paying $50 for the same thing I already own. You would not be paying again for something you already own. You own a licence to use the software on as many MacOS machines as you own/control. You would be buying a licence to use the software on as many Windows machines as you own/control. Those are two different things. Remember, your licence to use the software on MacOS machines does not expire and will still be valid if you decide to move back from Windows. R C-R, Alfred, walt.farrell and 1 other 4 Quote
R C-R Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 21 hours ago, dayminkaynin said: I'm not paying $50 for the same thing I already own. You bought a license to use the Mac version of the app. The Mac version will not run on Windows computers because the Windows operating system can't run apps like the Affinity ones designed to run on the Mac operating system. For example, Windows can't run the Unix executable file built into the Mac version or use the API's built into the macOS. So of necessity the Windows version had to be developed using different code that the Windows OS could run. Consequently, it is not the same app as the one you already have a license to use. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
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