Activate your license

Register this Mac with your license to use Pro features such as Prompt, Shorten, Expand, and skills.

To use Pro features such as Prompt, Shorten, Expand, and your own skills, register your Mac with your license. Improve, Translate, Summarize, Autocomplete, and Dictation are free without a license.

You can buy a license on the pricing page.

Open the License screen

Open Settings ▸ License. Before you register, it shows "No license registered."

Settings ▸ License before registration, showing the "Register in browser" button and the "Have a license key?" link

There are two ways to register. Both need an internet connection.

Sign in on the website with the account you used to buy the license, and register your Mac. You don't need to enter a license key.

  1. Click Register in browser. The registration page opens in your browser, and the app shows a confirmation code.
  2. Sign in on the website, then check that the code on the page matches the code in the app.
  3. Click Register this device.
  4. The app shows "License applied."

License screen waiting for browser registration, with the confirmation code and the "Open browser again" and "Cancel" buttons

Don't register on a registration page you didn't open from the app yourself. If the codes don't match, the request may have come from another device.

If you closed the browser window, click Open browser again. A request stays valid for 10 minutes. After that, click Register in browser again.

Register with a license key

  1. Click the Have a license key? link.
  2. Paste the license key you received with your purchase.
  3. Click Register.

After registering

The top of the screen shows "Using Pro."

  • Plan: Shows "Pro · Lifetime" or "Pro · Subscription".
  • This device: The name of this registered Mac.
  • Manage devices: Opens My Account on the website, where you can see and remove registered devices.
  • Unregister this device: Removes this Mac's registration.

License screen after registration, showing "Using Pro", the Plan and This device rows, and the "Manage devices" and "Unregister this device" buttons

To use Prompt, Shorten, Expand, and skills, you also need to prepare an AI model. Download an on-device model or connect a cloud AI service. See AI models.

Number of devices

One license covers up to 3 devices. To register another device, first remove one you no longer use. Remove this Mac with Unregister this device, and other devices in Manage devices.

Move to a new Mac

  1. On your old Mac, click Unregister this device in Settings ▸ License. If you can't use your old Mac, open Manage devices on another device and remove it there. If fewer than 3 devices are registered, you can skip this step.
  2. Install Typeside on your new Mac and register your license.

Settings, skills, history, and connected services don't sync between Macs. Set them up again on your new Mac.

Manage your subscription

Manage your subscription and billing on the My Account page on the website. Sign in with the account you used to buy the license.

  • Cancel your subscription: Click Cancel subscription. You can keep using Pro until the end of the current billing period, and you can reverse it before then with Undo cancellation.
  • Change your billing cycle: Click Switch to monthly billing or Switch to annual billing.
  • Change your payment method or view receipts: Click Open billing.

Internet connection

You can use Pro features for 30 days after your license was last checked online. When you're connected to the internet, the app checks automatically.

  • Starting 7 days before Pro features lock, the License screen asks you to connect to the internet.
  • After 30 days, Pro features lock. Free features keep working.
  • Pro features turn back on automatically when you connect. To check right away, click Check now.

Troubleshooting

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