HELP : PTLE OSX FATAL HD CRASH / iLok ?

rack gear · 1st June 2009

HELP : PTLE OSX FATAL HD CRASH / iLok ?

The Mac Pro Tower that my ProTools LE Digi003R is installed on, along with all the other authorized software that came with it - has had a fatal internal hard drive crash. I'm covered with the iLok right? I can reinstall the software.

Believe it or not, this happen happen to me since 1992 w/ Opcode's Studio Vision...

The Good News is, I believe everything on the machine is on the iLok. So I think that if I re-install the software, from the factory discs, I should be OK, right? Pain in the ars but I still have my authorizations, rights?

HOW IS PROTOOLS 7.4 on OSX 10.5.x ??? HELP! I'm going to have to upgrade into 10.5 when I put in the new internal hard drive. I have no idea where or how to get a 10.4 OS instal disc/s.

The only exception is one or two of the ToonTrack expansions - which shouldn't be authorized on the mac, but it happen by accident.

Here's something you all need to know about ToonTrack authorizations... You can not change your hardware configuration.

I don't like to have the internet active on my Music PC (yes my primary music machine is a PC w/ Sonar) so I disable the network card except when I need to download a software update, get tech support or authorize software - BUT - with ToonTrack if I authorize with the network card on, and then disable it after the authorization - then the machine is not shown as authorized - MIND NUMBING. They need to fix that...

Anyway in my process of finding that out I had tried to get an authorization code for one of the expansions - using the internet on my mac - all that did was Authorize the Mac that doesn't have superior drummer on it!

BOTTOM LINE:
- what do honest people who buy authorized software do when they have a fatal hard drive crash these days?

Help, Please.

Thanks.

ps: having a back up of the internal hard drive would not help as the authorizations are for the ONE drive in the machine, right? I have the factory discs to reinstall everything, and I have an ilok, so I should be good - right?

rack gear · 1st June 2009

c'mon - someone here must have gone through a crash at somepoint...

PlatinumSamples · 1st June 2009

If everything's authorized on your iLoks you have no worries.

Rail

rack gear · 1st June 2009

thank God. fingers crossed. now, I like iLok's...

Quote:

Originally Posted by PlatinumSamples

If everything's authorized on your iLoks you have no worries.

Rail

1st June 2009	#1
rack gear Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2008 Location: the big rack Posts: 10,234 Thread Starter 10 Reviews written	HELP : PTLE OSX FATAL HD CRASH / iLok ? HELP : PTLE OSX FATAL HD CRASH / iLok ? The Mac Pro Tower that my ProTools LE Digi003R is installed on, along with all the other authorized software that came with it - has had a fatal internal hard drive crash. I'm covered with the iLok right? I can reinstall the software. Believe it or not, this happen happen to me since 1992 w/ Opcode's Studio Vision... The Good News is, I believe everything on the machine is on the iLok. So I think that if I re-install the software, from the factory discs, I should be OK, right? Pain in the ars but I still have my authorizations, rights? HOW IS PROTOOLS 7.4 on OSX 10.5.x ??? HELP! I'm going to have to upgrade into 10.5 when I put in the new internal hard drive. I have no idea where or how to get a 10.4 OS instal disc/s. The only exception is one or two of the ToonTrack expansions - which shouldn't be authorized on the mac, but it happen by accident. Here's something you all need to know about ToonTrack authorizations... You can not change your hardware configuration. I don't like to have the internet active on my Music PC (yes my primary music machine is a PC w/ Sonar) so I disable the network card except when I need to download a software update, get tech support or authorize software - BUT - with ToonTrack if I authorize with the network card on, and then disable it after the authorization - then the machine is not shown as authorized - MIND NUMBING. They need to fix that... Anyway in my process of finding that out I had tried to get an authorization code for one of the expansions - using the internet on my mac - all that did was Authorize the Mac that doesn't have superior drummer on it! BOTTOM LINE: - what do honest people who buy authorized software do when they have a fatal hard drive crash these days? Help, Please. Thanks. ps: having a back up of the internal hard drive would not help as the authorizations are for the ONE drive in the machine, right? I have the factory discs to reinstall everything, and I have an ilok, so I should be good - right? __________________ *... My band has a million unpaid downloads and all I got is this lousy T-shirt...*

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PlatinumSamples Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,759	If everything's authorized on your iLoks you have no worries. Rail