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| Yes, due to Murphy's Law, it's likely to go haywire at the worst possible moment. Have you heard this joke of a service that Pace / iLok offers called "Zero Downtime?" When you read the fine print, you realize that zero doesn't mean what it used to. It means something decidedly non-zero. I hate that company. On Apr 25, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Robert W. Walker wrote: > This is the sort of thing that scares the crap out of me with regard to > Cloud. > > Robert W. Walker > Los Angeles > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [AE] Creative Cloud Updaters don't work >> From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> >> Date: Thu, April 25, 2013 2:58 pm >> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> >> >> >> I can't help, but I can attest that the cleaner tool and uninstall functions leave plenty of Adobe files on your system. In the past, when I had just one CS suite installed, and ran uninstall and the cleaner scripts, I'd do an EasyFind for "Adobe," and would locate over 30 files with "adobe" in the name. >> >> And I would expect that authorization files don't have "adobe" in the name, and likely invisible, to make them harder to crack. >> >> I think that's why a fresh OS install first is the only way to do a clean install of the apps. You also should get the thirty day trial reset on a clean OS install. That may at least allow you to finish your work until you get your authorization issues sussed. >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 25, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Daniel Monro wrote: >> >>> Hey Benny, >>> >>> I went from C3 to CS6 on this machine, with iterations of all builds. I had those same remnants that the adobe cleaner didn't get, too. I gathered them up manually and burned them to a disc and then deleted all of them. Never gave me trouble and I've never needed that disc.... >>> >>> For what its worth. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> D >>> >>> >>> On ThursdayApr 252013, at 11:50 AM, Benny Christensen <bennychristensen@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have bits of Adobe stuff in my Library going back to CS3. Who starts every update with a virgin system and hard drive? I still have working versions of CS5.5 apps because until recently I CS6 wouldn't run all of the plugins I have. >>>> >>>> I would give the error codes, but I have already read the dozens of related threads on the Adobe and Google search sites. Some of these errors go back to CS5 updates. None of them have provided a cure beyond erasing everything and starting over, which still doesn't work. That just results in a different error code. Plus, it takes forever to download and install all this stuff, and I have a dual T1 connection. FOREVER. >>>> >>>> I have tried this on a fairly new Macbook Pro and my main MacPro computer. Same deal. >>>> >>>> Look, I am no fan of the cloud because of exactly this kind of BS. Adobe isn't doing me any favors. I don't owe them anything. They sell (rent) me tools and I use them to make money. When their delivery mechanism is as buggy as this, they deserve to answer for it. >>>> >>>> I've been using Photoshop & After Effects since the early 90's. If there was a better alternative I would use them and forget about Adobe. >>>> >>>> Extremely frustrated today. >>>> >>>> Benny Christensen >>>> Producers Playhouse >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 25, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Steve Oakley wrote: >>>> >>>>> you ran the clean up script set to scorched earth mode ? >>>>> >>>>> w/o getting into the particulars when I was doing a lot of installs / uninstalls on a machine and it got wonky, that always worked. did you try running it twice ? >>>>> >>>>> well if the clean up script isn't working... >>>>> >>>>> try doing a finder search for CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 and turn on ( hit plus sign ) System Files are included >>>>> >>>>> this will turn up any last stray bits of the installs, drag them off to the trash and empty. >>>>> >>>>> a lot of those files are in System HD/library/application support/Adobe and users/your user name/library/application support and user prefs folder. if library folders aren't visible, google how to enable their visibility. its a single command line thing to copy and paste to enable them in 10.8 >>>>> >>>>> another question - where the apps install onto the system drive ? or another location ? and do you possibly have a dual boot setup ? >>>>> >>>>> S >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 25, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Benny Christensen <bennychristensen@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Did that. Doesn't work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Benny Christensen >>>>>> Producers Playhouse >>>>>> Oklahoma City >>>>>> 405-858-0700 >>>>>> >>>>>> "To be is to do"--Socrates >>>>>> "To do is to be"--Jean-Paul Sartre >>>>>> "Do be do be do"--Frank Sinatra >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 25, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Steve Oakley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> you can't just trash your apps. they have to be properly uninstalled because the uninstall process updates local housekeeping files on the apps status and removes a lot of other files. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> google "adobe cleanup script" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> go get it. run it and follow the in app directions. this removes not just the apps, but the housekeeping files too. consider it the nukular deinstall. then reinstall apps. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> honestly with the local .DMG install file its pretty fast and painless, especially with SSD :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> if you had CS6 installed from DVD / .DMG on the machine and switched to cloud ... lets just say sometimes @!#t happens and the clean up script should get you going. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> the cloud installers do really work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> S >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 25, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Benny Christensen <bennychristensen@me.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have all over this for the past few (wasted) days since signing up for the Creative Cloud. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> None of the updaters work. NONE OF THEM WORK!!!! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There are postings all over describing the errors and the best Adobe can come up with is to trash all my apps and start over. Are you kidding me? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I accidentally did that and the updaters still don't work. THEY STILL DON"T WORK!! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If it is not ready for the real world they shouldn't be trying to force it down our throats. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm ranting because this is wasting way too much of my time. 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