Is the subscription for 'Photo Mechanic Standard' the same as 'Photo Mechanic 6'

[Greg Eans]

I'm getting ready to purchase a subscription and I'm using Photo Mechanic 6. It does everything I need it to do. Is the subscription for 'Photo Mechanic Standard' the same program?

[Kirk Baker]

I'm getting ready to purchase a subscription and I'm using Photo Mechanic 6. It does everything I need it to do. Is the subscription for 'Photo Mechanic Standard' the same program?

Yes, the Photo Mechanic Standard edition has the same feature set as the previous Photo Mechanic 6 application.

-Kirk

[Greg Eans]

Thanks, Kirk.

[Greg Eans]

This may be helpful to some: After downloading Photo Mechanic Standard, all of my previous settings - meta data (IPTC) snapshot templates, etc. - that I have previousely created in Photo Mechanic 6 - carried over seamlessly. I didn't have to recreate any of those. So, I am up and running immediately (I did not delete the old Photo Mechanic 6. It's still on my machine).

[Kirk Baker]

This may be helpful to some: After downloading Photo Mechanic Standard, all of my previous settings - meta data (IPTC) snapshot templates, etc. - that I have previousely created in Photo Mechanic 6 - carried over seamlessly. I didn't have to recreate any of those. So, I am up and running immediately (I did not delete the old Photo Mechanic 6. It's still on my machine).

You can delete the old Photo Mechanic 6 if you'd like to: the settings will remain.

-Kirk

[vale]

Can Greg reuse it's older PM6 if after a few months he decides to cancel it's subscription?

[Kirk Baker]

Can Greg reuse it's older PM6 if after a few months he decides to cancel it's subscription?

It is not clear to me whether Greg had started a trial of PM6 and then wanted to purchase a subscription to Photo Mechanic Standard, which in that case he doesn't have a perpetual license for PM6 and therefore cancelling the subscription would end his use of Photo Mechanic Standard.  The trial version of PM6 will expire a month after initial activation.

If Greg owns a license to PM6 already, he can cancel his subscription to Photo Mechanic Standard and continue using PM6 with his existing perpetual license.

-Kirk

[Greg Eans]

I have previously been using the latest licensed version of Photo Mechanic, before subscribing to Photo Mechanic Standard, yesterday. (MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1)

[bwana]

I'm getting ready to purchase a subscription and I'm using Photo Mechanic 6. It does everything I need it to do. Is the subscription for 'Photo Mechanic Standard' the same program?

If you currently hold a license for PM6 why would you subscribe now?

[Max Lemesh]

If you currently hold a license for PM6 why would you subscribe now?

Because of FOMO. Because there are no clear release notes yet or reviews saying that you shouldn't if you already have PM6