Licensed For Mac

While licenses tend to be linked to accounts or devices nowadays, there are still plenty of publishers that provide license keys, and software you’ve purchased over the years will likely be activated using these serials.

Licensed provides you with a simple and convenient way to store all of them. It’s meant to make it as easy as possible to add license keys, organize them, search for specific ones, and export them if necessary.

The user interface is well-suited for the task. When adding a serial, you can select from a list of popular software developers, and the app offers auto-complete suggestions once you’ve started typing. Then, add the product name, version, owner, email, the keys itself, plus the purchase date and optional notes.

To make the process even more straightforward, you can just drop an application in the main window. The product name, version, and developer will be filled in automatically if available.

As far as managing keys is concerned, the app is ideal for the job. They can be sorted by name, maker, or date, and the search function allows you to filter out entries to find specific items.

However, there is no way to prevent anyone from getting ahold of this info if they access your Mac. It would have helped if there was an option to require a password when opening the application to protect your license keys.

In short, Licensed is a well-built, lightweight app, with a minimalistic interface and streamlined data entry process. For managing your license keys, it’s almost perfect, but it does have the drawback of lacking password protection on launch, which may put your keys at risk if someone else is using your Mac.