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I dunno if any of you use their stuff or even care but. I decided to try out the prophet & Jupiter plug ins on my mac. I didn't have the dongle for the prophet so fuck that... and after installing the demo of the Jupiter program every application i try to open asks for my user password. Thanks assholes |
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what's a dongle? |
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my live7 key didnt work and i called and they asked if purchased the product.......................... |
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lil usb stick they make you stick in the run software so no ones steals it. challenge/response is far less annoying. |
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of course they're gonna ask if you purchased the product |
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you'd be surprised at how many morons call tech support because their pirated software isnt working. |
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dongles aren't just USB they can be any kind of hardware that interfaces with the computer so that a piece of software can work be it a PC, a Macintosh, an Atari or a Commodore or Amiga |
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Sorry, yes the USB stick that authorizes the software. I can understand the software makers concern about piracy. But the hoops you have to jump through to use your legit copy is getting ridiculous & time consuming. I know one of my friends had an issue with his legit copy of Ableton that pretty much ended with a meltdown over the phone. but my main issue is the fact that somethings fishy with their DEMO... I'm re-installing OSX b/c I don't trust all of these OS and 3rd party applications asking me for my system password... bad news bears. |
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yea, like pro tools needs their hardware interfaces for the software to work/function. Although they're connected by USB Firewire or PCI/PCIe |
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hadn't thought about that. it must be pretty bad. |
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imagine the hilarity: a company like arturia goes, "ok, to ease your pain - we now have switched to wireless bluetooth dongles. you no longer have to plug anything in. it just has to be within 20 feet of the computer" and then a bunch of musicians just move in together! |
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the companies shoot themselves in the foot with that technology anyway. what if your shit's broke right before a gig because of an authorisation difficulty - and you've legally purchased and are licsensed to use the software? the piracy bioware and EA are doing this shit with video games now to "fight" piracy - where you can only install the game 3 times, and then you've got to renew your license. i think that game spore and mass effect (PC) do that |
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meh 1/5 |
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you might want to repair permissions on a daily basis, especially after installing something new |
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boo fucking hoo that will teach you to buy software legitimately, u donglebreath asswipe tardicus rephlex-starfish licking one dimensional stuck up prick |
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Hardware does have it's good points... anyway, don't worry, it seems soon there will be no food or power; wars instead... no coral, 9 billion people, someone even burned the last stuffed dodo that was already dead! the golden age is done with |
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the golden age with assholes |
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you are so aggressive |
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but he said he installed the demo |
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yes it was the demo version of the software I was going to buy... but fuck it now. the DEMO fucked up my machine. They have buy one fake synth get one fake synth free promotion going on. I don't want to be bothered with the USB stick... or any of that shit. And my friend had a legal copy of ableton live as well... so whoever said i was d/l illegal shit can go fuck themselves too. |
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if you're that sure that a demo fucked up your machine you should make an official complain to arturia. i doubt that it could be possible so it could be something faulty on your side, did you ever repaired permissions on your machine for example? which version of leopard do you have if you have leaopard installed? are you aware of the permission issues of Leopard versions prior to 10.5.4 update.. |
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I've installed 2 different apps a prior week and did not have this issue at all. But all of a sudden as soon as i put the demo on, reason, office, and iphoto were all asking for passwords |
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it sounds like a system issue more than something that has to do with the app itself. the fact the you discovered the problem after you installed the arturia demos does not automatically mean that they fucked up your mac unless they contained malware, which is an illegal behaviour even if you install a cracked app, and could get a developer into serious troubles. the mac versions of those synths have not been cracked yet, and the demo seems to be worky so.. now that you did a clean install of the system it might be a good idea to make routine maintenance of you machine, to do not mess with permissions and be up to date with all the shit that Apple brings to our computers since the first release of Leopard. |
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