Mark Oehlschlager Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Helping my father-in-law with his desire to upgrade to V2 without losing V1. Is this possible? He's currently running V1 on OS X High Sierra (not able to run V2), but want's to take advantage of the 40% discount by purchasing V2 Universal now in advance of his planned purchase of a new iMac in January. He bought his V1 apps through the Mac App store. If possible, how should he go about purchasing the V2 Universal license today through the Mac App Store without losing access to his V1 apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Affinity V2 apps are installed completely separately from V1. V2 will not replace V1… i.e., V1 and V2 can both be run on the same computer. Mark Oehlschlager 1 Quote Windows 10 22H2, 32GB RAM | Affinity Designer, Photo, Publisher 2 (MSI/EXE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRH Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Why not buy them through the Affinity store and download them when you get the new iMac? You don't have to buy them through the Mac App Store. jmwellborn 1 Quote Mac Pro (Mid 2010) 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 16GB RAM - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB - Asus ProArt 24" 1920 x 1200 iMac 2017 Quad-Core Intel 2.4GHz Cor i5 - 21.5'' Retina 4K - 8Gb RAM - 1TB Fusion drive - Radion Pro 560 4GB - Ventura 13.0.1 Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series 7559 - i7 6700HQ - 16Mb RAM - 128Gb SSD 1Tb HD - Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 960M 4Gb GDDR5 RAM - 4K Asus N56V i7 3630QM 2.40GHz; 8Mb RAM; 1Tb HD; 64 bit. Nvidia GT 650M 2Gb: 1920 x 1080 - 2nd Monitor: Asus ProArt 24": 1920 x 1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Oehlschlager Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 I don't see the V2 Universal license as an option in the Mac App Store. Just license options for the individual apps. If anyone has experience in purchasing V2 Universal via the Mac App Store, would you please advise me on how to go about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Oehlschlager Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 @GRH Because the father-in-law and his wife want to take advantage of the "Family Sharing" license and the auto updates offered via the Mac App Store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRH Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, Mark Oehlschlager said: @GRH Because the father-in-law and his wife want to take advantage of the "Family Sharing" license and the auto updates offered via the Mac App Store. Well they can still download them from the Apple store, they won't run on High Sierra but that doesn't matter, and when you get the iMac you can re-download them. If you look for Truth42's comment in the reviews it will show you how to get the universal licence. In case you can't find it I've screen-shotted it, file below. Quote Mac Pro (Mid 2010) 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 16GB RAM - ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB - Asus ProArt 24" 1920 x 1200 iMac 2017 Quad-Core Intel 2.4GHz Cor i5 - 21.5'' Retina 4K - 8Gb RAM - 1TB Fusion drive - Radion Pro 560 4GB - Ventura 13.0.1 Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series 7559 - i7 6700HQ - 16Mb RAM - 128Gb SSD 1Tb HD - Nvidia GEFORCE GTX 960M 4Gb GDDR5 RAM - 4K Asus N56V i7 3630QM 2.40GHz; 8Mb RAM; 1Tb HD; 64 bit. Nvidia GT 650M 2Gb: 1920 x 1080 - 2nd Monitor: Asus ProArt 24": 1920 x 1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Oehlschlager Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 It's my understanding that one cannot take advantage of "Family Sharing" for the Universal V2 license because the Mac App Store "Family Sharing" license does not apply to in-app purchases, and because the Affinity Universal V2 license is considered to be an in-app purchase if bought through the Mac App Store. What that means is that family members would have to log-in to the Mac App Store on all devices using just one family member's Apple ID. Not ideal. Can anyone from Serif or the forum here say definitively whether or not one can by a Universal V2 license directly from Serif, and then be able to install on devices for up to 3-6 family members? If so, what's the proper sequence of events? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted February 15, 2023 Staff Share Posted February 15, 2023 Hi All, I can confirm its not possible to share a universal licence via Family Sharing I'm afraid. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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