[michelangelo33]

I just installed Logic 6. I have the XSKey, but it is required every time I use the application?
I'm using a laptop and sometimes I work away from home. I thought the key was only required to authorize software for add-ons and upgrades. But, I cannot open Logic without it.

[Spheric Harlot]

That is correct. It is copy protection that needs to be attached the entire time you use Logic, wherever you are (which is why it's a keychain thingie).

Logic will quit if you remove the XSKey, *including* when you do so while the machine is asleep/closed (removing the XSKey will wake the machine).

This really sucks for laptop users, and I have complained to several people from/close to Emagic.

Fact is: the XSKey in its current form is one of very few copy protection systems that has not been hacked.

-s*

[fisherKing]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:

Fact is: the XSKey in its current form is one of very few copy protection systems that has not been hacked.

-s*

i run (and own) logic on my powerbook, and the key is a major nuisance; but, for the record, my old studio partner had logic and a (hacked) software dongle, so it has been done...

[buddhabelly]

Originally posted by fisherKing:
i run (and own) logic on my powerbook, and the key is a major nuisance; but, for the record, my old studio partner had logic and a (hacked) software dongle, so it has been done...

Unless it was a previous version (ie before 5 and not compatible with os X) then he was most likely running a cracked beta with major problems. It's the only version I've heard of that was cracked. It's not suitable to any kind of real world (stable) uses.

[Spheric Harlot]

Correct.

"In its cuurent form" should have been "implementation"