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Activate your Screen Records license.

A one-Mac license activates one Mac. A three-Mac license activates up to three Macs at the same time. The restore flow is how you add Mac 2, Mac 3, or a replacement Mac.

After buying

If you start checkout from inside Screen Records, that Mac sends its private install ID to checkout. When Stripe confirms payment, the app verifies the purchase and activates that Mac.

If you buy from the website without opening the app first, install Screen Records, then use Restore Purchase with the email you used at checkout.

Activate a three-Mac license

  1. Buy the Three Macs license from the pricing page. The Mac that starts checkout activates automatically when payment is confirmed.
  2. On Mac 2, open Screen Records, choose Restore Purchase, enter the same checkout email, then open the restore email on Mac 2.
  3. On Mac 3, repeat Restore Purchase with the same checkout email. Each Mac needs its own fresh restore email.
The important rule: open each restore email on the Mac you want to activate. Do not forward one link around. Each link works once.

Move a license seat

  1. On the old Mac, open Screen Records Settings, go to License, and choose Remove Activation from This Mac.
  2. On the new Mac, open Screen Records, choose Restore Purchase, and enter the email you used at checkout.
  3. Open the restore email on the new Mac and click Activate this Mac.

If the old Mac is gone

Email support@screenrecords.app from your purchase email and ask us to release the old Mac. Include the Mac name if you know it. Do not send card details.

What the messages mean

  • Activated: this Mac has a seat and can keep working offline.
  • Seat limit reached: all seats are in use. Remove one from another Mac or email support.
  • Restore link expired: request a new restore email.
  • Still verifying: payment confirmation can take a minute. Try Restore Purchase if checkout does not unlock the app.