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Title: Licensing clarification request
Post by: AGAWA on March 21, 2021, 08:50:10 am

Pls clarify the following and advise accordingly:
I want to purchase a MC license for Mac;
- at first I will run MC on Macbook
- later I would like to move the license to most likely Mac Mini M1
What is the right license for me and how the license is transferred to another system.
thanks

Title: Re: Licensing clarification request
Post by: JimH on March 21, 2021, 09:33:27 am

MC for Mac is the license.  Here's how to use on your other machine:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Restoring_a_License

Title: Re: Licensing clarification request
Post by: AGAWA on March 21, 2021, 11:34:06 am

Thank you,
I have read it before and I do not follow the concept of 14 day validity.
Does it mean that MC will be usable for 14 days only after this I have to RESTORE?

How can I get MC to have permanent (perpetual) license?
Perhaps the first installation achieves permanent status?
And other systems require renewals?

Sorry, wiki nicely written , but it is not clear to me.

cheers

Title: Re: Licensing clarification request
Post by: JimH on March 21, 2021, 01:17:36 pm

Once the license is installed, it's permanent for that installation of MC.

Title: Re: Licensing clarification request
Post by: AGAWA on March 22, 2021, 02:49:08 am

will it be possible to move this permanent license from Macbook installation to Mac Mini , say, in one year? I will make my Macbook obsolete in one year.
And then have permanent on Mac Mini? (without all the fuss with restore every 14 days).
Or this requires another license ?

Title: Re: Licensing clarification request
Post by: Hendrik on March 22, 2021, 03:07:19 am

You can install the license on as many Macs as you personally own, so there is no problems with getting a new device in a while.

The 14 days is only how long the license file is valid, during which time you can use it to unlock Media Center, after which you need to request a new one - but once the license file is installed in Media Center, MC itself is permanently unlocked with no expiration.

Title: Re: Licensing clarification request
Post by: AGAWA on March 22, 2021, 03:22:32 am

thanks,
as usual I was reading something (14 days etc) and keeping something imaginary in my mind.
Now all clear.