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The Lifetime licence is a single one-off payment with no subscription and no renewal. It includes every feature and all future updates we release for Storage Studio.

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It's for Macs you personally own. Once activated, Storage Studio checks in quietly about once a week to keep your licence current, and it keeps working offline for about two weeks at a time between check-ins.

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Licensing & payments · Plans and pricing

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What does the Lifetime licence include?

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Short answer: A single one-off payment with no renewal that includes every feature and all future updates, for Macs you personally own.

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The Lifetime licence is a single one-off payment with no subscription and no renewal. It includes every feature and all future updates we release for Storage Studio.

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It's for Macs you personally own. Once activated, Storage Studio checks in quietly about once a week to keep your licence current, and it keeps working offline for about two weeks at a time between check-ins.

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