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Hi,
Anyone knows a way to hide a FCP serial number that is showned on the FCP's Splash Screen? I've just found a guy trying to copy the serial number from an Mac in a Post House where i do work occasionaly. Thank's Rui Barros Editor Colorist Trainer Lisbon, Portugal RTP Post-Production Apple Certified Trainer FCP 7 Apple Certified Pro FCP 7
I don't know of a way, but that's kind of a hilarious mental image: a guy launching and quitting and re-launching Final Cut as he scribbles furiously.
Even if there were a way to hide the license key on the splash screen, it's displayed in full when you invoke the "About Final Cut Pro" menu command. So yeah, I think this is something you'll have to live with. Short of establishing some sort of fairly intense physical security protocol, like a locking idle screensaver or something.
well, that sure blows. i wonder why it ever became a practice to display that? thats almost like posting your social security number on the curb in front of your house...
but wouldnt the alleged offender need your name and other credentials to use the number? i seem to recall last major update i bought, i had to give everything shy of a urine sample...
Pretty sure not. We have seven seats here, on systems that get wiped and reinstalled pretty regularly, and we just track the license keys themselves. They're not checksummed or anything; it's just a straight-up nodelocked license.
There's a legitimate conversation to be had about whether Apple benefits or suffers because Final Cut is, as compared to Media Composer, so easy to pirate. But I think (a) that conversation has been had to death elsewhere, and (b) it's pretty wildly off-topic.
Yeah, I did two tutorials that I had to go back and BLUR the SN. Boy am I glad that the company that hired me to do them caught that.
What a pain. www.shanerosseditor.com Listen to THE EDIT BAY Podcast on iTunes [itunes.apple.com]
Yeah, there's FCP serials all over the web. The thing is though, most of us who have been using the app for a while now probably have UPGRADE serials, which are useless without a prior serial number. And it has to be the right version -- a FCS2 upgrade won't install without a FCS1 serial for example, not prior FCP serials.
And just to add one positive outcome of having it on the splash screen: I was at the office, re-installing FCS2 on my Powerbook when I was prompted for the prior FCS1 serial which of course I didn't have on me. Called up my G4 at home, used "Share Screen" and opened FCS1 on that machine and copied the serial from it. Saved me a days work! JK _______________________________________ SCQT! Self-contained QuickTime ? pass it on!
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