# Can't access "Start Using SketchUp" button!

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-access-start-using-sketchup-button/51711>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [September 16, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-access-start-using-sketchup-button/51711 "2017-09-16T18:51:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeWayzovski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mikewayzovski/32/98346_2.png) [@MikeWayzovski](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/MikeWayzovski)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-access-start-using-sketchup-button/51711/7 "2017-09-16T19:42:48Z")

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Yeah, it is called the SketchUp Pro version and the cost is currently around 695 US dollars…  
You might wanna contact @lewiswatteau and tell him that there is a workaround…

> [@How to start Sketchup make?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-start-sketchup-make/29326):
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> I have downloaded ‘Make’ onto my Macbook Pro. Do I need an authorisation code and a serial number because I can not obtain either so ‘Make’ gets no further than the green screen with a car on it and a large watch movement. If I want out of the software there is no way indicated as to how to achieve this other that to "Force’ sketchup to quit. I have spent days with this set of problems and I can’t get anything to work. I uninstalled the software and tried again but got no further than ‘Layout’…

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