You can move a license of a Pomfort product from one computer to another. This may be useful if you move from an older Mac to a new model. Basically, there are two different modes available:
Standard License Activation Mode (default)
The standard license activation mode is the default mode for all types of licenses, including our temporary licenses.
There are two activities involved:
- Unregistering the license from the old computer and
- registering the license on the new computer.
Please note, that you need an internet connection for the following steps.
1. Unregistering the license from the old computer
You now have to perform the following steps:
- Open the License Panel by choosing “Licenses…” from the application menu.
- Click on ”Deactivate License”.
The Pomfort application will stop working on this machine and the license is free to use on another machine.
By logging into your Pomfort Account you can make sure that the deactivation of your license was successful. The license should now be shown as “Inactive”.
2. Registering the license on the new computer
Let’s assume you already have the application installed on your new computer.
You now have to perform the following steps:
- Open the program, the License Panel will appear. If not, choose “Licenses…” from the application menu.
- Click on “Add License…” and insert the license key you received after purchase.
In your Pomfort Account your license will now be shown as “Activated” with the name of the computer that your license is activated on.
Daily License Activation Mode
In daily mode, subscription-based licenses can be added to multiple computers at once via the license manager in the software. However, as in standard mode, it can only be activated on one machine at a time.
Please note: The Daily License Activation Mode is currently available for all Silverstack products only. For Livegrade this will also be implemented as soon as possible.
In this case, a license is then always active for 24 hours on a specific computer. After one day, it can be easily migrated back to another computer (on which it was already added before). To do this, however, the corresponding computers must be briefly connected to the Internet once a day. If no switch is attempted, the license is automatically renewed for another day on the current computer.
As soon as you start the desktop application on the computer on which a license is to be activated, a notification appears automatically, which allows you to activate it directly with one click. If this is successful, the license can be used on that computer for the next day.
If an activation cannot be carried out successfully, an error message appears, which at the same time provides information about the currently active computer. A new change can only be attempted the following day.
If a change has to be made before the 24 hours have passed, the standard activation/deactivation procedure described above can also be used at any time in daily mode.