Richard Smith Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 Can affinity photo be dowloaded onto a MacBook pro used to support the licence on my Mac Pro computer when I am travelling ? Quote
Staff Callum Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Posted June 25, 2019 Hi Richard, Welcome to the forums Yes you can use the app on any computer you are the primary user of! Thanks Callum Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
Alfred Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, Callum said: Yes you can use the app on any computer you are the primary user of! My understanding is that an Affinity app is licensed for use on any computer which is owned or controlled by the licensee. The licensee might, for example, be an employer who leases computers rather than owning them outright: in that scenario, the employer controls the computer but an employee could be the primary user. 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)
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Posted June 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Alfred said: Affinity app is licensed for use on any computer which is owned or controlled by the licensee. The licensee might, for example, be an employer who leases computers...... Not relevant for business use https://affin.co/license Alfred 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
Alfred Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said: Not relevant for business use https://affin.co/license I think that is what’s known as a ‘nice’ distinction, Patrick. I can’t see any practical difference in the present context (but I’m probably missing something, as usual). 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)
Staff Patrick Connor Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Posted June 25, 2019 An employer who owns, controls or leases computers cannot put one license on all the computers he owns , controls or leases if it is for business use, [unless it is for one business person to use in that context, but that is pedantic]. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
Richard Smith Posted June 26, 2019 Author Posted June 26, 2019 Thanks very much for the replies. I will attempt to download it on my MacBook using my product key Quote
Richard Smith Posted June 26, 2019 Author Posted June 26, 2019 How do I download the program without going through the pay stage and then using my product key to verify Quote
walt.farrell Posted June 26, 2019 Posted June 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, Richard Smith said: How do I download the program without going through the pay stage and then using my product key to verify Did you buy from Apple (Mac App Store) or from Serif (Affinity Store)? Basically, you go to your account on the relevant store, sign in with the same identity you used for the purchase, and install (MAS) or download (Affinity Store, Downloads and Product Keys) from there. From the Affinity Store you will need to validate again, supplying your email and product key, but in neither case will you need to purchase again. 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
Richard Smith Posted June 26, 2019 Author Posted June 26, 2019 Thanks walt. Did it by emailing my confirmed order from Affinity on my mac pro to my MacBook and easy to download and verify from there. walt.farrell 1 Quote
Writewheel Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 I'm sorry to say that I'm a little confused. I have installed the Affinity suite (Photo, Designer, Publisher) on my desktop. Can I also install them on my laptop? I am the sole user of my desktop. My my wife also uses my laptop, but does not use Affinity programmes. Sorry to be a bit thick. I've read the licence but if the intention is to bewilder then the author deserves a rise. Derek Windows 10 Pro on desktop, Windows Home on laptop. Quote
walt.farrell Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Writewheel said: I'm sorry to say that I'm a little confused. I have installed the Affinity suite (Photo, Designer, Publisher) on my desktop. Can I also install them on my laptop? I am the sole user of my desktop. My my wife also uses my laptop, but does not use Affinity programmes. Yes, you can also install on your laptop. Your Windows license entitles you to install on any Windows computers that you own or control, so long as no one but you uses the Affinity programs for commercial purposes. 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
Writewheel Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 Thanks Walt. That's a relief. It's the same as for the old Serif (legacy) products then. I appreciate the promptness of the reply as well, and without any patronising. Quote
Alfred Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Writewheel said: It's the same as for the old Serif (legacy) products then. No, it isn’t. The licence for the legacy products is much more restrictive, allowing only one secondary installation for the sole use of the primary user of the main computer, and only on a portable computer such as a laptop or a tablet. For an individual rather than a company, the licensee of an Affinity app only needs to be the owner or controller of the main computer, not necessarily its primary user, and there can be multiple installations on other computers (desktop, laptop or tablet) as long as they are owned or controlled by the licensee and no one else is using them for commercial purposes. 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)
Writewheel Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 Thanks for that. I've just bought a laptop that I wanted to install the Affinity trio on and all of a sudden it occurred to me it might be illegal. Quote
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