William Overington Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Will Affinity Publisher be available on disc please? William Overington Thursday 31 January 2019 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Yes, if you burn it to one, but not otherwise. William Overington 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 31, 2019 Staff Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hi William, No, Affinity apps are only available as downloadable software. No retail/physical versions planned. William Overington 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 3 hours ago, William Overington said: Will Affinity Publisher be available on disc please? Why? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Why should it? I can‘t see any advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 4 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Why? 37 minutes ago, mac_heibu said: Why should it? I can‘t see any advantage. Well, I have found, having had several computers break down over the years that having Serif discs available has allowed me to get software packages up and running quite quickly once the new computer arrives. I know that people who bought a download then were in a position of having time limits in which to download and possible payment of fees to extend the download time available and only so many goes. So it always seemed to me that having a disc saves a lot of problems. I do have some software, from High-Logic, that is download only, but when a computer breaks down it is just a straightforward matter of downloading a new copy and using the security key that is stored in webmail. I hope that Serif allows downloads as many times as one needs without all the fee payments and time limits. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, William Overington said: Well, I have found, having had several computers break down over the years that having Serif discs available has allowed me to get software packages up and running quite quickly once the new computer arrives. I know that people who bought a download then were in a position of having time limits in which to download and possible payment of fees to extend the download time available and only so many goes. So it always seemed to me that having a disc saves a lot of problems. I hope that Serif allows downloads as many times as one needs without all the fee payments and time limits. Hi William I think they do now. Personally I always save the latest version of downloaded software to an external harddrive. I use cloud based backup software. Just buy a simple USB key for the backup if you need a more simple setup than me William Overington 1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, William Overington said: I hope that Serif allows downloads as many times as one needs without all the fee payments and time limits They do. Just visit the Serif Affinity Store, sign in, and you can download the applications you've purchased, and see your product keys. William Overington 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: They do. Just visit the Serif Affinity Store, sign in, and you can download the applications you've purchased, and see your product keys. Thank you for your reply. I tried to add one of those Thanks logos to your post, but I was told, Sorry, you cannot add any more reactions today. And it was just 4 minutes after midnight! Anyway, Thank you. William walt.farrell 1 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 On Mac: Go to the AppStore and reload the app. It is done in a minute. Much faster than finding and installing from disk. And: „Over the air“ installs are much more save for the software publisher, since occasions of misuse are dramatically reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, William Overington said: And it was just 4 minutes after midnight! In the same time zone as the server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, mac_heibu said: On Mac: Go to the AppStore and reload the app. It is done in a minute. Much faster than finding and installing from disk. You can also just drag a copy of the app from /Applications to a USB flash disk or burn to a CD or something to make a backup copy. The app store uses some sort of DRM scheme, so if you try to run the application on another computer that you copy it onto, it will prompt for you to log in to your apple account first to authorize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 37 minutes ago, William Overington said: I tried to add one of those Thanks logos to your post, but I was told, Sorry, you cannot add any more reactions today. And it was just 4 minutes after midnight! 16 minutes ago, fde101 said: In the same time zone as the server? It seems to work on a rolling 24-hour period rather than calendar days. 36 minutes ago, mac_heibu said: On Mac: Go to the AppStore and reload the app. It is done in a minute. Much faster than finding and installing from disk. William is on Windows 10. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Alfred said: It seems to work on a rolling 24-hour period rather than calendar days. Well, reading that I just tried again to give Walt's post a Thanks logo and got the same message. 09:15, so maybe in time it will be possible! William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 9 hours ago, mac_heibu said: And: „Over the air“ installs are much more save for the software publisher, since occasions of misuse are dramatically reduced. Ah, if only it was "Over the air". Memories of my telesoftware invention, where software was broadcast cyclically and anyone could receive it and use it. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Nowadays users are supposed to have backup strategy which solves breakdown situations. Mac TimeMachine works beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 58 minutes ago, William Overington said: Ah, if only it was "Over the air". Memories of my telesoftware invention, where software was broadcast cyclically and anyone could receive it and use it. William Ok. Then try to install and use an AppStore application on a machine, which isn’t authorised to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, mac_heibu said: Ok. Then try to install and use an AppStore application on a machine, which isn’t authorised to do so. ? I don't follow that. Telesoftware was actually broadcast, being broadcast in the way that television is broadcast. It looks that I have gone "off-topic", oops! William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 50 minutes ago, William Overington said: It looks that I have gone "off-topic", oops! Your thread, your topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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