My understanding is that the replacement of licenses is up to the discretion of the developer. To me, it's kind of a no-brainer to use an iLok key for everything if possible. That said, it's also been convenient to just throw a license on the drive to free up a USB slot if necessary. Horses for courses, I guess. Slau
> On Jan 3, 2020, at 1:48 PM, Nick Gawronski <n...@nickgawronski.com> wrote: > > Hi, What would happen if your hard drive crashed with the license on it and > you had no backup made could the license be restored? If say I did have a > full backup could I just restore everything back to the new drive? I am just > asking so I would know what I would have to do if something happened. Nick > Gawronski > On Fri, 3 Jan 2020, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 11:32:18 -0500 >> From: Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com >> To: PTAccess List <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Question about iLoks and the iLok manager >> That's not correct. What it requires is an Internet connection which can >> certainly be wireless. The connection can technically even be over an iOS >> device. What it does not require is the iLok key >> itself but an Internet connection is the key, so to speak.HTH, >> Slau >> >> On Jan 3, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Ronald van Rhijn <pa...@xs4all.nl> wrote: >> I have learned from my Pro Tools dealer that the Cloud only registration >> needs a wired internet connection, no wifi will do. , Anyone know why this >> is the case? I would definately like to >> have a ilok-less setup. >> Ronald >> >> Op 3 jan. 2020, om 15:08 heeft Christopher Gilland >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven: >> Slau, >> Thank you for your help. That's pretty much what i suspected for the answer, >> but I definitely do appreciate your confirmation on the matter. >> Have a wonderful rest of your day. >> Chris. >> On 01/02/2020 11:04 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: >> There are 3 main variables to iLok licensing as it relates to location >> and they are determined by the developer. It's up to the developer to >> determine whether a license can >> be activated to an iLok, a computer and the cloud. Some developers >> allow all three while some only allow one or two. The third generation iLok >> can store at least 512 >> licenses if not more. I'd imagine there's no theoretical maximum for >> computer activation slots. One disadvantage with computer activation is that >> you have to remove all >> license activations if you're formatting the drive. Apart from that, >> portability is a big factor for some users.HTH, >> Slau >> >> On Jan 2, 2020, at 8:54 PM, Christopher Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> For reasons which go beyond the scope of this e-mail, and would get way too >> long-winded for me to attempt explaining, I won't bore you with why I ask >> this question. I know >> typically, this isn't something most people probably would do, all be it the >> option's there, but I have to ask at least this much... >> I know that 1 iLok costs around $50USD. Obviously, I already have one which >> I'm using with ProTools, as well as some plugins which require it. I see >> however that when >> activating a plugin through the iLok manager, I either can put the asset on >> my physical iLok USB dongle, or I can actually put it locally on my mac >> itself. >> I guess my main question is, like there is on an iLok dongle, is there a >> limit on how many assets will fit if I was to store them instead on my mac? >> Also, having this >> option, does that mean that technically speaking, as long as I don't plan to >> move around from one system to another, I could theoreticly store the asset >> there instead of on >> my actual dongle itself? 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