I know this might be a stupid question but I have Xara Designer pro x .... I want to upgrade and its £89 .....is this the same as Xara 365
Mike
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I know this might be a stupid question but I have Xara Designer pro x .... I want to upgrade and its £89 .....is this the same as Xara 365
Mike
No question is stupid when it concerns Xara's product offerings and upgrade schemes. It's very confusing. Xara 365 no longer exists. It's just Designer Pro X. Where did you see that name?
Mike, almost and it is not stupid, it is MagiXara that is playing silly games with bad product fragmentation, naming and marketing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikerawlinson
If you have Xara Designer Pro X already, do first check if you have version 12.4.1 or 12.8.1 and if you can still access the Online Content Catalogue.
If so, do not pay for the upgrade. Instead, download the Free Trial at https://www.magix.com/gb/photo-graph...-designer-pro/ and install that with your original purchase email address and Serial number.
The Serial number is the same as your v12 one; use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+1 to view and write it down.
If none of the above apply then use the same URL and the £89 Upgrade button.
Do not uninstall v12.
The 365 part is MagiXara's odious Update Service. After one year (365 days) if you do not "upgrade" you lose on-line content access.
With or without this the Desktop product is and will always be referred to as Xara Designer Pro X. I am sure the X now stands for not.
Acorn
Attachment 121450Thanks ...I did lose on line content access and was not happy ......was going to start using Wordpress but looked at paying for Xara again .....but was really confused with what I have now ....
So did they abandon the 365 rip off.
Mike
Tells me that my update service has expired......guess I gota pay £89 to get the online content
Mike
I had that same problem. Called MAGIX got it all sorted, so everything is OK now
EDIT; Mike, maybe my problem was different. I had renewed in May but had forgotten but kept getting funky notices so renewed again.
Good thing I had my ser. no tucked away, because I had to un-install and re-install the program.
I think I did uninstall 365...... what do I do now ???
Mike
re-install and register. Hopefully you have the serial. number, and a disk to install from, if not then go to https://www.magix.com/us/support/my-service-center/log in open my products and you can get your serial number there.
If you do not have the program to install and if you have your confirmation email you can download the program there.
I have the Pro X disc and serial ..... but not a 365 disc or am I getting confused ...... was the 365 just ProX with on-line content that lasts for one year......or was 365 another version.......also today is the last day that they have the £89 offer on .....so what do I do.??????
Thanks Mike
the important thing is: when did you last buy the product/upgrade
if that is more than 12 months ago you will need to upgrade to keep the online service
if you have forgotten when it was you should be able to check in your magix account
Mike, the first thing to do is DON'T PANIC. Reread Post#3; 365 is just marketing..Quote:
Originally Posted by mikerawlinson
Pay your £89 today, tomorrow or in a week; Magix is playing mind games with the expiry of their perpetual (high) discount. Once paid, keep v12 and download v15 and add your registration details.
When chilled, read through TG and find articles on how to safely download all the Online Content catalogue and not get trapped again.
Good luck,
Acorn
Thanks for your advice ....guess I will have to pay £89 just to get to download the online content which is not worth the money......not much has changed...... or will just move to wordpress ..... why would they want to upset loyal customers.
Mike
Mike, i let my XWDP lapse so I have v12 and I spend the money on XaraTemplates.com X Builder. I renewed XDPX but went for all the templates in XaraTemplates.com as a mega-bundles. Overall, it cost more but I considered it an investment boh in Xara and XaraTemplates.com. You, and others, can decide what works.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikerawlinson
Much of the on-line content is repackaging with some new, innovative, but unproven additions. I have the skill to design around and through such challenges. v15 seriously affected workflow with the squishing and squashing debacle in v15.0, now fixed in v15.1 and the "always on" aspect of Text Inside.
Acorn
just been looking at the XaraTemplates.com XBuilder and it looks like a better bet than the upgrade which as you say is much ado about nothing and not good value.
Thanks for the Advice.
Mike
I just installed my second copy today on my laptop. Mine was called "365" as well which apparently means a year of "free updates", but it is actually version 12.
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...t-if-I-am-away
John
version 12 was the first version released under the '365' update model as was marketed as such - with the release of version 15 they [magix/xara] seem to have gone back to selling it under the version name
My program listings are curious. They are listed in Windows Programs and Features precisely as follows:
Designer Pro X (12.2.0.45774)
Designer Pro X (15) (15.0.0.52427)
Oddly, the install date for both is May 2, 2018. They can be opened and run as separate programs. The "365" is not listed anywhere. I suspect the install dates are updates and not original installs. The download dates (original installs?) as listed in their About windows are Jul 2017 and May 2018, respectively. It's a mystery.
Dan - '365' is a label that really refers to the update service - it was never a program version
when version 12 was released it was marketed under that label as the update service was new, but now the marketing has reverted to the version number
windows OS only sees the version numbers
the 'DL' in the program about window only means that the installer you used was downloaded as opposed to CD/DVD - the dates in the about window are the dates magix/xara released the version, they do not refer to either the date you downloaded, or the date you installed
And now I know. Thanks!