---
id: licensing-payments.what-does-reactivate-this-mac-mean
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/what-does-reactivate-this-mac-mean
category: "Licensing & payments"
subcategory: "Your licence and your Macs"
question: "What does \"Re-activate this Mac\" mean?"
alt_questions:
  - "Your licence needs reactivation"
  - "We have a licence record for this Mac but no key is loaded"
  - "reactivate storage studio"
  - "licence record but no key"
short_answer: "This Mac was licensed but the key isn't loaded now. Click Re-activate this Mac and enter your email and License Code; your purchase is fine."
tags: ["reactivation", "messages"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/i-lost-my-licence-key", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/licensing-payments/how-do-i-activate-my-licence"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What does "Re-activate this Mac" mean?

It means Storage Studio knows this Mac has been licensed, but the licence key isn't loaded on it right now — for example after its settings were cleared. Nothing is wrong with your purchase.

Click **Re-activate this Mac** and enter your purchase email and License Code. If you don't have the code to hand, use **Email me my licence key again**.