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Jorge Bernal

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Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostThu Feb 09, 2017 8:40 pm

I am ready to purchase a copy of Fusion Studio for Mac but none of the authorized retailers in the USA offer a Mac based version, only Windows.

I talked to B&H support and they had no answer on this. I sent an email to BMD support and have not received an answer yet.

Can anyone here point me in the right direction?

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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostThu Feb 09, 2017 8:43 pm

AFAIK you just need to buy the dongle. It will work cross-platform. Just download the Mac version from the site as soon as you have the dongle and you should be good to go.
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostThu Feb 09, 2017 8:55 pm

This is the only thing on B&H.

Naturally I don't want to spend US$1k only to find out I bought the wrong thing.
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostFri Feb 10, 2017 3:46 pm

I purchased from B&H for Mac and can confirm that the dongle is cross-platform. It works on Mac.
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostFri Feb 10, 2017 5:06 pm

Kurt Nangle wrote:I purchased from B&H for Mac and can confirm that the dongle is cross-platform. It works on Mac.

Thanks for that! I would love for someone from BMD to say what you just said. :lol:
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostFri Feb 10, 2017 5:59 pm

Jorge Bernal wrote:
Kurt Nangle wrote:I purchased from B&H for Mac and can confirm that the dongle is cross-platform. It works on Mac.

Thanks for that! I would love for someone from BMD to say what you just said. :lol:


Then e-mail them. The forums are primarily for users and not official Blackmagic communication.
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostFri Feb 10, 2017 10:47 pm

Just to use their site as a reference, B&H image of the Fusion Studio shows it covers both Windows & Mac.
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostSat Feb 11, 2017 9:05 am

Tony Rivera wrote:Just to use their site as a reference, B&H image of the Fusion Studio shows it covers both Windows & Mac.



I appreciate your response. However B&H needs to really change their description of the product. Nowhere on that page do they explicitly say this is multi-platform. Look under "Specs" and you will see it omits OS X. I have no idea if this dongle will work on both systems and given their very clear warning at the top (" IMPORTANT NOTICE: This item is non-cancelable and non-returnable") i didn't want to risk it.

So if this is the case I will purchase it. Thanks!
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Re: Fusion Studio 8 Mac license/dongle purchase

PostSat Feb 11, 2017 2:50 pm

Some OSX laptops require a dongle dongle, but otherwise you'd be fine. :lol:
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