QA

How Do You Link Your Cricut Cartridges To Craft Room

How do I use linked cartridges in Cricut Design space?

To link your cartridges to your Design Space account, sign into Design Space and go to the hamburger menu in the upper left-hand corner. Click on Link Cartridges. Insert your physical cartridge into the slot in your machine, on the top left-hand side.

Can you still link Cricut cartridges?

Important: Cartridges can be linked only once, and cannot be unlinked. If your cartridge is a pre-owned one, we cannot guarantee that it can be linked to your account. You can still use those cartridges with stand-alone machines like Expression, Personal, etc.

How do I access my linked cartridges in Cricut Design Space 2020?

Sign in to your account on cricut.com. Click on the person icon, then select My Account to access your account details. Click on Linked Cartridges from the menu to the left of your account information.

What does it mean when Cricut cartridges are linked?

When Cricut created the Craftroom software and the Gyspy, they allowed cartridges to be ‘linked’ so that these devices would know that you owned that cartridge and not require it to be entered in the Cricut machine every time. Cartridges can only be linked once to a user account and the link is permanent.

How do I add cartridges to design space?

Ensure your Cricut Explore machine (Air 2 or older) is powered on and connected to your computer via USB cable, or insert the Cartridge Adapter into a USB port on your computer. Select Link Cartridges from the Account Menu in the upper left corner of Design Space. Select your device from the drop-down menu.

Can you use old Cricut cartridges on Cricut maker?

The newer machines, the Cricut Explore series and the Cricut Maker, can absolutely still use any cartridges you have purchased from Cricut. However, first you have to link them to your Cricut account, so you can access them online through Cricut Design Space.

Can I use old Cricut cartridges with Explore air 2?

The good news is that you absolutely can use your library of cartridges with your Cricut Explore Air 2 (or other Cricut Explore family machines) by using the slot on the machine to “link” them to Cricut Design Space.

Can I connect my old Cricut to my computer?

Simply plug the USB end of the cable into any USB port on your computer and the opposite end into the socket on the back of the Cricut machine. Open Cricut Design Space on your computer, and it should recognize the machine you have connected via the USB cable.

Where do I find my purchases in Cricut Design space?

In-app purchases are processed through your Google Play account. An order summary from the Google Play store will appear. Select Buy, then enter your Google Play password and select Verify to authorize the purchase. Your purchased content can be found under My Cartridges on the Image screen.

How do I register my Cricut cartridge?

How do I register my Cricut products? Open Design Space for Desktop. Choose New Machine Setup from the menu in the upper left corner. Select your machine. Follow the on-screen prompts.

What are cartridges for Cricut?

Cricut cartridges are a collection of images that you would buy and use to create projects on your Cricut machine. These collections centered around a theme, a season, a holiday, a type, licensed characters, etc. There is usually some common thread that ties all of the images on a particular cartridge together.

How can I use my Cricut cartridges with Cricut maker?

Login to your Design Space account and select ‘Link Cartridges’ from the menu. Select ‘Adapter’ from the drop-down menu. When Design Space alerts you, plug the cartridge into the adapter. Design Space will then detect the cartridge.

What is the difference between linked and unlinked Cricut cartridges?

As you can guess, “unlinked” cartridges are those that have NOT been linked to a Gypsy or online account. Therefore, these cartridges can be used with ANY Cricut machine including the Explore. If they are not sure, don’t buy it unless you have an older machine in case it is indeed linked.

Where are image sets in design space?

First, on the Canvas screen, tap the Images icon in the lower left corner. Next, tap Highlighted Categories. Under Highlighted Categories, tap Image Sets. You can now view all the available image sets – over 3,000.

How does a Cricut Gypsy work?

The Gypsy is a portable design screen that lets you load all your Cricut cartridges onto it, calling them up whenever you like. It comes with a stylus that lets you draw, create layers and design different layouts using any of the images you loaded, or ones you create yourself.

Are Cricut cartridges universal?

The new universal keypad overlay works with the original Cricut, Cricut Create and Cricut Expression machines. Because the universal overlay works with all new cartridges, there’s just one overlay to learn, organize and store instead of a specific overlay for every cartridge.

Are Cricut cartridges obsolete?

Cricut recently announced that they are retiring all physical cartridges. This means that you will only be able to use your Cricut machines for new digital cartridges ONLY through the Cricut Craft Room (older Cricut machines)* or the Design Space software (Cricut Explore and Maker machines).

Do you have to use Cricut cartridges?

No! You do not need to use cartridges with any of the new Cricut Explore machines. The machines work using software called Cricut Design Space™. When you start a new project you can add any image from the Cricut Design Space library easily by selecting Insert Images.

Do I need ink for my Cricut explore AIR 2?

So, for real, using the Cricut Explore Air 2 machine DOES NOT REQUIRED CARTRIDGES. You can plug your cartridges into the machine and link the cartridges to your Cricut account so that those images that you already own show that when you search for an image with Cricut Design Space.