slgarwood Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I have copies of Photo, Designer, and Publisher on my Mac. Photo and Designer are App Store versions, Publisher is not. Is there a way to move Publisher to an App Store version? I would prefer as it would make maintenance updates simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 That's a question many have asked, and the answer is no, that's not something that can be done. You would have to repurchase. But didn't Serif implement an automatic update process for their applications on Mac? If so, that should make updating about the same no matter where you purchased it, I think. 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 18.1, 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...
R C-R Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 9 hours ago, walt.farrell said: But didn't Serif implement an automatic update process for their applications on Mac? If so, that should make updating about the same no matter where you purchased it, I think. Macs can be set to automatically download updates to apps bought from the Mac App Store (MAS) in the background, & to install them automatically if downloaded. Both are optional but the App Store app can always be used to update MAS apps and/or to notify users when updates are available, even when the app is not running. So there can be a slight advantage to buying all the Mac Affinity apps from the MAS. Mac Affinity apps bought from the Affinity Store don't have (AFAIK) any automatic background update options (because that option for the MAS apps is implemented at the OS & not application level). However, buying from the Affinity Store has the advantage that Apple reviews submitted MAS updates before making them available. That sometimes takes a few days, so the MAS version updates may not always be available as quickly as buying from the Affinity Store. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samasher Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Now that I see my copy of Affinity Publisher was purchased direct from Affinity I would like to do the same with my copies of Affinity Photo and Affinity Design. Can I switch them or do I have to wait to do that when version 2.0 comes out? Thank you. Quote Sam Asher Eugene, Oregon, USA http://www.level-it.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 22, 2019 Staff Share Posted August 22, 2019 Hi samasher, Welcome to Affinity Forums There's no way to switch the Mc App Store licenses for Affinity Store licenses. You will have to wait for v2. --- On 8/17/2019 at 11:11 PM, R C-R said: Mac Affinity apps bought from the Affinity Store don't have (AFAIK) any automatic background update options (because that option for the MAS apps is implemented at the OS & not application level). However, buying from the Affinity Store has the advantage that Apple reviews submitted MAS updates before making them available. That sometimes takes a few days, so the MAS version updates may not always be available as quickly as buying from the Affinity Store. As Walt said Affinity apps bought from the Affinity Store also check/do provide an automatic update process. Alternatively go to menu Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher > Check for Updates to check/update our apps. --- Hi slgarwood, Welcome to Affinity Forums walt.farrell 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samasher Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 As the 2.0 versions of Photo & Designer are released will it be apparent how to switch from mac app store versions to affinity store versions? thank you Quote Sam Asher Eugene, Oregon, USA http://www.level-it.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 3 hours ago, samasher said: As the 2.0 versions of Photo & Designer are released will it be apparent how to switch from mac app store versions to affinity store versions? thank you First, we have no idea when 2.0 will arrive. It might be the next major release after 1.9, or we might see (as Serif have mentioned in the past) 1.10, 1.11, etc. But whenever it comes, it is projected to require a new purchase. So everyone will need to choose a store to buy from at that time. You won't be switching an existing application to a new store, but buying a new application. (At least, as far as we know at this time.) The only question, I think, will be how to migrate settings, but that will be a question (and something for Serif to document and implement) for all users, not just those switching stores. Alfred 1 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 18.1, 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...
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