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User profile for user: idfitter
idfitter Author
User level: Level 1
8 points

Aperture forgot serial number

Open Aperture (2.1.4) this morning to find it asking me for my serial number.

I had been using Aperture with no problem last night so I don't know why this has happened.

I used Time Machine to restore the following file from the day before and everything is now OK:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Aperture.plist

Posted in case anyone else has this problem.

Intel iMac, iMac G4, Powerbook G4, iPhone 3G, Apple TV, 3G iPod, 2G Shuffle, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Aperture 2.1.4

Posted on Jan 6, 2010 1:12 AM

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User profile for user: iMatt_Muc
iMatt_Muc
User level: Level 1
45 points

Jan 6, 2010 2:08 AM in response to idfitter

I had the same situation some time ago. I can't remember if it was with 2.1.4 or an earlier version.

I worked with Aperture one day and closed it. Next day, Aperture started up with it's startup screen which contains the serial number.
Then a box popped up and asked me to enter the serial again. I just read the number from the startup dialog and entered it again - everything was fine.

Maybe it's just a check if you're already awake and ready to work with Aperture 😉
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