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Alarming download policy from Apple!Posted by Adolfo Rozenfeld
Hey, all.
This week my Firewire case died. The hard disk itself apparently is healthy inside, but I won't be able to use it until I buy a new case. Unfortunately, that hard disk has the 4.0 to 4.5 HD update I downloaded from Apple. I didn't worry much and went to Apple's site to download. Incredibly, when I typed my serial number, instead of letting me download again, a red sign said: "You already downloaded this update". Wow! Does Apple believe that helping users with a system crash is less important than fighting piracy? Wouldn't it be better if Apple gave legit users the benefit of doubt? Aren't there hundreds of reasons (mainly system crashes) why one would need to download it more than once in several months? Adolfo Rozenfeld Buenos Aires - Argentina www.adolforozenfeld.com
Indeed they should not use a Dongle. Pirates don't have to worry about loosing dongles or that kind of thing - real, legit users do. I remember waiting a month for a new After Effects dongle from Adobe on upgrading my mac from ADB to USB ports. In the meantime I used a crack so that I could continue to use my legit software. Every review I wrote of AE I mentioned the stupid dongle, that was cracked anyway. Sensibly Adobe dropped the use of the dongle on the next release. I now have AE dongles sitting around doing nothing.... Why should Apple repeat Adobe's mistake?? I think Apple's policy of invalidating serial numbers in OS and FCP updates works well, and doesn't in any way inconvenience legit users.
Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
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and it will get worse!!! Indeed loosing dongles is a pita. but all copy protections make you loose time. My Waves are authorized for 1 disk only (wonder how long it takes to reauthorize if that thing breaks), Nuendo is Pace-dongle, MovieMagic on online authorization, whatever... Regarding Apple, I guess it's best to download the updates, burn them to cd/dvd, instead of doing it automatically. My tip is Carbon Copy cloner to clone your OS disk. evereybody should invest into a backup OS-hard. Better now than later. hard times... diBasa
Bizzar,
Coincidently, I am just now downloading the 4.5 upgrade for the second time in a week on my Mini (Safari is about 75% done). Took my serial number no problem. Perhaps you have a cookie set or something. Try a different browser. Or if not give Apple a call. - T. OneCreative, Albuquerque, NM
As for the FireWire drive-- I have two of them in my tower right now, acting as ordinary ATA drives. No data loss. Just throw away the case, adjust the jumper to Master or Slave, pop it in, following allthe usual precautions, of course (like: unplug the tower, anti-statc wrist strap, etc.)
lsm (Keytips on brief vacation)
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