This article has been replaced with a newer, more thorough version, complete with how-to videos for the crossgrade process:<\/p>\n
Crossgrade an App Store license to a direct license<\/a><\/p>\n Please use that page instead of this one; we’ve left this one here in case it’s linked from any other sites.<\/div>\n As you may be aware, Apple recently began enforcing sandboxing rules<\/a> on programs in the App Store, including all of Many Tricks’ App Store applications. As a buyer, or prospective buyer, of our App Store programs, we felt it important to let you know how this affects each of our App Store applications. We’ll keep this document updated as we move forward, to reflect changes in either the App Store’s rules, or in our apps relative to their capabilities in the sandboxed App Store.<\/p>\n At present, only one (Name Mangler<\/a>) of our App Store applications is sandboxed (most can’t be under the current rules), which means two things to you, our customers and prospective customers:<\/p>\n Given we can’t add any features, the future of our apps on the App Store (at least with the rules as they exist today) isn’t all that bright. So what are you to do, if you’ve bought one of the App Store versions (other than Name Mangler 3, which is sandboxed), but want the Cool New Features™ of the latest direct version? Simple: you migrate to the direct version. <\/p>\n Please note that the migrated version of these apps will not<\/b> be eligible for upgrade pricing if\/when a new major version is released. Upgrade pricing is only available to those who purchase the original program directly from us.<\/p>\n How might you do that, you ask? Keep reading, that’s how!<\/p>\n Converting to the direct sales version for most of our apps is a very simple process; here’s how to do it for any app other than Usher<\/u><\/b> (read on for the Usher details).<\/p>\n Because these instructions work for most of our apps, I’m using NameOfApp<\/span> as a placeholder for the name of the particular program you wish to convert<\/b>. If you want to convert Moom, for example, mentally replace (as you read) every instance of ‘NameOfApp’ with ‘Moom.’<\/p>\n That’s really all there is to it, you’re now a licensed user of the direct version of NameOfApp<\/span>. You can tell if you’ve successfully migrated by opening the License window in the program in question; you should see a license that looks like this:<\/p>\n If you don’t see that license, try the process again; if it still doesn’t work, send me an email<\/a> and we’ll get it sorted out.<\/p>\n If it did work, you can delete (zip, backup, whatever) the App Store version of NameOfApp<\/span>. Once you’ve done that, move the downloaded (direct sales) version of NameOfApp<\/span> into your \/Applications folder. Again, don’t try to overwrite the App Store version, or it will fail, thanks to Apple’s special permissions.<\/p>\n For Usher users, the process is slightly different. After launching the direct sales version of Usher, select Usher > Buy Usher, and then drag the actual App Store copy of Usher<\/b> (yes, the application itself) into the “This license could be yours” window. This video<\/a> demonstrates the conversion procedure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Note: While this conversion method works quite well, it may have to be repeated at certain points in the future (like after a hard drive format or the purchase of a new Mac). If you do get a new Mac, or reformat your drive, simply follow the above instructions to re-license your direct version.<\/p>\n If you are trying this process on a new Mac, or newly-formatted drive, it’s important that you do not<\/b> have the direct download version of the app to be converted installed yet—start with a new download from the App Store, which will be free as you’ve bought before. After running that, then install the direct version and you should be ready to go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n We’re working on a one-time method that will be permanent, allowing you to simply back up and restore a license file, which is how it works for our direct customers. Once that method is ready, we’ll update these instructions. In the interim, we will not<\/b> be providing individual licenses, as we don’t have any automated method of doing so.<\/p>\n Here’s how the direct sales and App Store versions of our non-sandboxed Mac App Store apps (i.e. all but Leech and Name Mangler) compare…<\/p>\n\n
Migrating to the direct sales version of a given app<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nApp by app comparison, as of Nov 10 2016<\/h2>\n