Previously installed Aperture3 on an iMac and a MBP. I Bought a new MBA to replace the MBP and I want to install Aperture3 on the new MBA. The installer says the serial code is invalid? What do I do?

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Previously installed Aperture3 on an iMac and a MBP. I Bought a new MBA to replace the MBP and I want to install Aperture3 on the new MBA. The installer says the serial code is invalid? What do I do?

I previously bought Aperture 3 and installed in on an iMac and a MBP. I just bought a new MBA to replace the MBP, but the MBA doesn't have enough memory for me to do a complete restore of the MBP on the MBA. So I am trying to find a way to deactivate the serial code or Aperture 3 on the MBP so I can reinstall Aperture 3 on the MBA. I have been searching forums and google and I have not been any answers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 1, 2012 10:46 PM

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léonie

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Sep 1, 2012 11:13 PM in response to Scmadness

How did you buy Aperture? Did you buy it from the App Store? Then you can download it again on your MBA, if you sign into the App Store.

If you bought Aperture buy buying a licence key to unlock the trial, try if this download link for the trial version still works: if yes, you can unlock it with your serial number:

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/Aperture/061-8328 .20101020.AprE3/ApertureTrial3.1.dmg

And if you own the boxed DVD installer , use the DVD to install Aperture on your MBA. If the installer does not work - and you get the message

"check with the developer to make sure Aperture works with this version of Mac OS X"

you may have a problem with an expired developer certificate (they expired mid march).

To fix this, set the Date in " SystemPreferences -> Date&Time" to a date well before March 2012 and run the Installer again. If that succeeds and Aperture now runs, reset the date to the current date.

You can see your serial number in the "About" panel in the main Aperture menu bar on your MBP:

Aperture > About Aperture.

For the "invaldid serial number" see these links: You may have read the letters incorrectly - some are look alike, "1" or "I", "0" or "O"; your shift-lock key may be set.

- Pro Application Replacement Serial Numbers: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1861
- Troubleshooting Professional Application Serial Numbers:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2005

Regards

Léonie

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