Designer Pro is Changing - could this splash screen be any unclearer??

nice summary acorn - I did not know they were cutting loose from magix - what is the situation with the activation servers for magix products, any idea?

Malwarebytes just flagged my install of Pro+ 22

Gary, what joy!

I have 26 other versions of this file on my system, as will you.
My AV does not flag any as malicious but previously noted three for deeper inspection.

Probably a false positive.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Yes, that's what I understand too. One thing you could add... you suggest taking a Magix subscription to have a fallback "if you can afford it", well, it looks like Xara would give you a discount if you did... last question at the bottom of this page
I want Designer Pro+ but I have an active update service.
We will discount what you paid for the update service from the Designer Pro+ price. On top of that, we offer discounts for Desktop customers.
Contact us here to evaluate your case and get an offer from us.

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Daniel, most might not understand the nuance behind that ploy. I would never publicly endorse it as legally I think you would be breaking the EULA and you would have to manually regress to your prior version. I am happy to leave it to Xara and Magix to fisticuff over it. I might even pay per view.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by handrawn

nice summary acorn - I did not know they were cutting loose from magix - what is the situation with the activation servers for magix products, any idea?

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handrawn, this is my pure speculation. I believe the MagiXara agreement has passed its Use Before Date.

Regarding the activation and on-line content servers and Xara hosting that clearly would have to be negotiated. Xara Pro+ OCC access is content catalog (xara.com). Tyhis is still version 18 content access, albeit with a v22 flavour. If the Magix servers go, this goes.

Acorn

I am more concerned about activation of the magix program itself on another build/computer....

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Originally Posted by handrawn

I am more concerned about activation of the magix program itself on another build/computer....

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handrawn, I understand this.
What you have to do is think back to what happened when Magix took over. All my purchased licences gained Registration Dates of 27 October 2017.

I might add 26 October 2022 to my calendar.
You never know.

Acorn

indeed :)

The new icons are harder to read and some are just about visible the contrast is appalling, it also appears that text is smaller the X and Y coordinates for a object are so vague have to get close to screen to read even then a 1 is washed out. The previous coordinates were put on a white background.

I also had trouble updating reporting that could not delete a file till I closed the program during the download stage.