# Pro trial expired - Basic mode doesn't have any features active?
**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/pro-trial-expired-basic-mode-doesnt-have-any-features-active/9879
**Category:** Discussion & Help
**Created:** [August 21, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/pro-trial-expired-basic-mode-doesnt-have-any-features-active/9879 "2026-08-21T07:48:26Z")
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### Author:  [@scumble](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/scumble)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/pro-trial-expired-basic-mode-doesnt-have-any-features-active/9879/1 "2026-08-21T07:48:26Z")
I wanted to try Hookmark again - assuming I could use the basic Hook function to decide if I want to buy standard - but when I try to create bookmarks even the basic copy link function is unavailable - greyed out in context menu. I can only drag files to the hookmark window and open files from there.
I’m sure this is some kind of installation issue. I used the mole terminal tool to remove all files and reinstalled, but still no functionality at all.
Forgot to mention I’m running on mac os 15.7.3
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### Author:  [@bchend](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/bchend)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/pro-trial-expired-basic-mode-doesnt-have-any-features-active/9879/2 "2026-08-21T15:36:16Z")
Welcome to Hookmark forum, @scumble .
You can copy emails and web page links with Hookmark Basic. For more details, please see
> **[Hookmark Pricing: Buy Once, Own Forever – Hookmark](https://hookproductivity.com/buy/)**
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> Purchase of a Pro or Standard license includes access to updates released up to a year after the purchase.
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Thank you
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### Author:  [@eMaX](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/eMaX)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/pro-trial-expired-basic-mode-doesnt-have-any-features-active/9879/3 "2026-08-26T12:12:02Z")
Even though I _love_ Hookmark, I think these kinds of things happening are an important signal that we should always keep our references local rather than entrusting them to any tool. I am currently writing an app that - at least on the PDF level - allows to relate points in files to one another, and keeps those references part of the PDFs themselves, instead of storing them externally. Of course I also support Hookmark, and Hookmark makes a lot of sense if you pull together multiple kinds of sources.
But if I have the choice to store a hookmark url in my obsidian vault, or a direct reference to the PDF, I’d chose the PDF.