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New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
So new Macbook Pro incoming and would like to use my iLok from my Mac Pro HD rig as to not buy the software twice. It's kind of bent & I don't have the iLok downtime insurance yet but I will momentarily.
Should I not worry about the iLok breaking since I'll have the downtime insurance? I mean it's obviously going to be a major PITA if it breaks but in theory I should get the assets back while they give me the temporary licenses...right? |
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Re: New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
Why not buy a replacement ilok for $40 (or get the newer ilok for $50) and transfer your licenses to that? It is a cheap solution to a possible broken ilok. The zero downtime insurance only give you a temporary license.
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Re: New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
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YMMV. |
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Re: New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
In answer to the question in the header of the thread: no.
I mean, I guess if you're prone to fears and worries, buy a $6 dongle buddy, that way you're not actually inserting or removing the iLok itself. I've had the same old school blue iLok for 9 years, removed and inserted it thousands of times, and never had an issue. They're pretty sturdy, actually. The generation 2 iLoks appear to be sturdier still. As to iLoks "crashing," it's rare. Very rare. Zero Downtime insurance is pretty darned affordable, especially if you have thousands of dollars worth of licenses on your iLok. Mine is also insured against theft and loss with my studio insurance. That said, I can no more imagine "losing" an iLok, than I could imagine "losing" any other piece of gear. Theft is another thing, but there really aren't that many iLok thieves running around. I think if my studio was robbed, they'd probably not bother with the little blue plastic thing in the USB hub.
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Re: New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
all good points.
Chit happens...I wish I didn't have to have my HD Rig iLok in my Macbook Pro is all. I suppose on behalf of all LE users who got ADC with the PT9 update though I should be happy for them. An extra license would be asking too much. Seriously though...good points you make, I'll get the USB dongle buddy thingy also. Thx. |
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Re: New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
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I think the fact that my new iLok2 is do sturdy and I don't have to tether a piece of hardware from it while working on the laptop -- is a good enough 'prize' for me in the release of PT9. It's still pretty surreal sitting on my livingroom couch and hearing my 50 track full mix + premastering all coming out my MBP speakers. Still not used to being able to do that. Not since 'ProTools FREE' - remember that? Only 8 tracks though back then with FREE. My PT9 world is a very good one - even having to travel around with my iLok on my Keychain everywhere as I travel to three studio locations where I have my own setups and need it. I too have Zero Downtime insurance on the iLok, $30/year and a $40/year rider on my homeowner's insurance for lost/stolen for replacement value of all the licenses. So I don't fear. Though I would never have considered NOT using my Dongle Buddy with the iLok1 plastic babies -- which always seemed one step away from breaking off (and I had '2' fail over the years) -- this new iLok2, by contrast, is a rock.. I won't use the Dongle Buddy at all with it -- which was always a little 'in the way' too and not very -- well -- not very cool lookin'..
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Re: New Macbook Pro - using iLok w/PT HD 9 Should I be scared?
I haven't not had to use an iLok ever with Pro Tools. LE, HD, M-P... etc.
I like my plugins, and the ones I have require an iLok. I've also never had one break on me. Chit does happen... but not very often with iLoks. If you break one, ZDT allows you to transfer your licenses to a new iLok right away, and once you send them your broken iLok they become permanent. The only time where you may have to cover the cost of lost licenses is if you lose it or the iLok is stolen. Unfortunate reality, but isn't that the way with pretty much everything else? It breaks... they cover it. You lose it, you cover it. I still much prefer having all my licenses in one place, rather than having to re-license everything every time I switch to a new machine or reformat my current one.
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