Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:50 am
That's correct. You should ideally choose Help -> Deactivate License when moving license, as if you repeatedly sign in on new PCs and trigger the automatic deactivation of existing licenses there's some kind of check which will eventually block the license in case it's being used by lots of people. I think if that happens you can contact Support to get it working again, but better to use Deactivate License when you can to avoid that happening. (I've done it a couple of times with no problems, I think it's only an issue if you do it over and over.)
I would say the activation license is clearly superior in nearly every scenario. It gives you two machines instead of one, it doesn't take a USB port, it can't break, be lost or stolen, and it will never wear out with age. Write down the activation key somewhere secure and it will be good for two machines, forever.
The dongle is the only solution if you need to have an air-gapped machine, or one that is almost never connected to the internet. And in an office setup, where a company might want to buy one or two licenses to share between many staff, the dongle would be required (as there's no license server support in Resolve.)
But otherwise I'd recommend activation key all day long.
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