{"id":"licensing-payments.reinstalled-macos-do-i-need-to-reactivate","url":"/faq/licensing-payments/reinstalled-macos-do-i-need-to-reactivate","category":{"id":"licensing-payments","title":"Licensing & payments"},"subcategory":{"id":"macs","title":"Your licence and your Macs"},"question":"I reinstalled macOS — do I need to activate Storage Studio again?","alt_questions":["clean install macOS licence","storage studio after erasing Mac","licence gone after reinstall","re-activate after macOS reinstall"],"short_answer":"Yes. Enter your email and License Code again; if it says the code is on a different Mac, contact support to release the lock.","answer_markdown":"Yes — enter your purchase email and License Code in **Settings → License** again. On the same Mac this usually goes straight through.\n\nIf it's rejected with \"This code is already activated on a different Mac\", the reinstall made the Mac look new to the licence check. Reply to your activation email or contact support@storagestudio.us and we'll release the lock.","answer_html":"

Yes — enter your purchase email and License Code in Settings → License again. On the same Mac this usually goes straight through.

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If it's rejected with "This code is already activated on a different Mac", the reinstall made the Mac look new to the licence check. Reply to your activation email or contact support@storagestudio.us and we'll release the lock.

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Licensing & payments · Your licence and your Macs

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I reinstalled macOS — do I need to activate Storage Studio again?

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Short answer: Yes. Enter your email and License Code again; if it says the code is on a different Mac, contact support to release the lock.

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Yes — enter your purchase email and License Code in Settings → License again. On the same Mac this usually goes straight through.

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If it's rejected with "This code is already activated on a different Mac", the reinstall made the Mac look new to the licence check. Reply to your activation email or contact support@storagestudio.us and we'll release the lock.

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