removing demo assets from ilok?

[Ken P]

1st time i've encountered this one, got an MC2000 to demo and then decided to buy it. when i checked my ilok there were all sorts of other plug demos. is there any way to get rid of these? or do they stay there for ever?

[soundguydave]

they are there forever, otherwise you could just relicense the demos forever. I have an old ilok I use just for demos. Not that it affects anything.

[Ken P]

they are there forever, otherwise you could just relicense the demos forever. I have an old ilok I use just for demos. Not that it affects anything.

i figured that was the case... i agree, it doesn't affect anything, but we all work all day managing files and keepin them organized and here is a bunch of files we have no control over. oh well, no big deal. i could just move them to a backup ilok to keep the main one neet and tidy

[lafilmsound]

remember you have a limited number of writes to an ilok, i believe its 99 but not positive on that number, but each authorization you remove is counted as a write...

[Ken P]

remember you have a limited number of writes to an ilok, i believe its 99 but not positive on that number, but each authorization you remove is counted as a write...

wow sorry this one is new to me... what does that mean exactly? iloks have limited life based on how many licenses you store on it? so if i had 10 plugs, transferred them to another ilok, bought 1 plug, i still would only be able to have 88 more assets on that ilok? i can't see ever hitting that number, but just curious about this one in general. i never thought the total number of assets would ever be an issue on an ilok.

[JFreak]

remember you have a limited number of writes to an ilok, i believe its 99 but not positive on that number, but each authorization you remove is counted as a write...

It's certainly not that number. Yes it is true that iLok does not have infinite life span, but it will last longer than about hundred operations. Probably a thousand would be more accurate guess, and even that can be a lowly number.

Think of a cell phone SIM card for example; how many times can you store and replace numbers into your cell? It's similar tech in iLok key. Definetely doesn't last forever, but should be stronger than a hundred i/o operations.

I'm more concerned about Waves' policy of not letting the end user to transfer licenses between iLoks. My Waves key is getting old and I will just have to wait until it breaks, and then report it to Waves. Sucks, but what can I do :/