{"id":7735,"date":"2013-08-28T12:41:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T17:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=7735"},"modified":"2013-09-05T07:36:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T12:36:44","slug":"omnikeymaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/28\/omnikeymaster\/","title":{"rendered":"OmniKeyMaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/blog\/entry\/omnikeymaster-upgrade-pricing-for-mac-app-store-customers\">OmniGroup<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/blog\/entry\/omnikeymaster-upgrade-pricing-for-mac-app-store-customers\"><p>OmniKeyMaster is a simple app that finds App Store copies of Omni apps installed on your Mac, then generates equivalent licenses from our store - for free. This gives Mac App Store customers access to discounted pricing when upgrading from the Standard edition to Professional, or when upgrading from one major version to the next. Another benefit: since they don&rsquo;t have to wait in an approval queue, our direct releases sometimes get earlier access to new features and bug fixes. OmniKeyMaster lets App Store customers access those builds, as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> While OmniKeyMaster lets you take advantage of upgrade pricing in the Omni store, it does not entitle to you to an App Store version of the upgraded app. Due to Apple&rsquo;s App Store rules, the only way to get a Mac App Store copy of an application is to pay full price.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Presumably this is secure because the actual license is generated by their server. I wonder what happens if multiple Macs try to generate licenses for the same Mac App Store purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Update (2013-09-04): Apparently Apple put an end to this customer-friendly idea. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/blog\/entry\/update-no-upgrade-pricing-for-mac-app-store-purchases\">Ken Case<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/blog\/entry\/update-no-upgrade-pricing-for-mac-app-store-purchases\"><p>So long as we continue to sell our apps through the Mac App Store, we are not allowed to distribute updates through other channels to apps which were purchased from the App Store.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kcase\/status\/375419514319405057\">And<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kcase\/status\/375419514319405057\"><p>We certainly thought it would be allowed when we made it available last week! (And when we announced the plan in January.)<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OmniGroup: OmniKeyMaster is a simple app that finds App Store copies of Omni apps installed on your Mac, then generates equivalent licenses from our store - for free. 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