Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.145] (HELO homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5052418 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:17:42 +0200 Received: from homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6398963407C for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:26:06 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=influxx.com; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to; q=dns; s= influxx.com; b=QzXfCLTtm+Gmi//DcihE49PsCO9nRRgaJWne+yswVjM2nnONR m/YAyVMGXpTICAPf6cUY9HKAxIkEBpuyyZJHTHZwFgc+juO/C8EdzyqJH4lJgs7X oaJVda74E5QDXUCc1SrV2o8S8VmzJRJNjpiH43W+oqblm05g0Jw5wUAhag= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=influxx.com; h= mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to; s=influxx.com; bh=9b8p9ao9f5aJ+qP/++yFi37TXJ4=; b=kTzgc08+io6gMuuF1Ib07yoJpZ3T ROZVoKGKcfAzDSnbh6aRU7oh4msdJb91pjznAlCSdT7s+gOm4cZ5tsK55gAmK3+Z MrHCdsf1y6Y6+9MO0qWKIF+eisMTx3N9NYAxobnLoMPahguUC+9CQBXJDCdEn2Fw OqoUv4NfKqqwvH8= Received: from [192.168.0.16] (cpe-67-49-67-245.socal.res.rr.com [67.49.67.245]) (Authenticated sender: adam@influxx.com) by homiemail-a62.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 41FA0634079 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:26:05 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: adam mercado Subject: Re: [AE] Creative Cloud Updaters don't work Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:26:05 -0700 To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) ugh, iLok. Had to use them with Waves audio VSTs. Music software =20 licensing is SO archaic. I just thank the heavens the AE dongle is a =20 thing of the past, and wish the music software companies would catch =20 up. It seems Waves finally are, as their V9 edition uses a soft =20 licensing tool and has got rid of iLok at last Adam Mercado Influxx Media Production Fullerton, CA Moving Images. For Business 714=B0928=B09896 http://www.influxx.com http://www.twitter.com/influxx http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx On Apr 25, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Yes, due to Murphy's Law, it's likely to go haywire at the worst =20 > possible moment. > > Have you heard this joke of a service that Pace / iLok offers =20 > called "Zero Downtime?" When you read the fine print, you realize =20 > that zero doesn't mean what it used to. It means something =20 > 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 =20 >> regard to >> Cloud. >> >> Robert W. Walker >> Los Angeles >> >> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [AE] Creative Cloud Updaters don't work >>> From: Jim Curtis >>> Date: Thu, April 25, 2013 2:58 pm >>> To: "After Effects Mail List" >>> >>> >>> I can't help, but I can attest that the cleaner tool and =20 >>> uninstall functions leave plenty of Adobe files on your system. =20 >>> In the past, when I had just one CS suite installed, and ran =20 >>> uninstall and the cleaner scripts, I'd do an EasyFind for =20 >>> "Adobe," and would locate over 30 files with "adobe" in the name. >>> >>> And I would expect that authorization files don't have "adobe" in =20= >>> 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 =20= >>> a clean install of the apps. You also should get the thirty day =20 >>> trial reset on a clean OS install. That may at least allow you =20 >>> 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 =20 >>>> builds. I had those same remnants that the adobe cleaner didn't =20 >>>> get, too. I gathered them up manually and burned them to a disc =20 >>>> and then deleted all of them. Never gave me trouble and I've =20 >>>> never needed that disc.... >>>> >>>> For what its worth. >>>> >>>> Good luck, >>>> D >>>> >>>> >>>> On ThursdayApr 252013, at 11:50 AM, Benny Christensen =20 >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have bits of Adobe stuff in my Library going back to CS3. Who =20= >>>>> starts every update with a virgin system and hard drive? I =20 >>>>> still have working versions of CS5.5 apps because until =20 >>>>> recently I CS6 wouldn't run all of the plugins I have. >>>>> >>>>> I would give the error codes, but I have already read the =20 >>>>> dozens of related threads on the Adobe and Google search sites. =20= >>>>> Some of these errors go back to CS5 updates. None of them have =20 >>>>> provided a cure beyond erasing everything and starting over, =20 >>>>> which still doesn't work. That just results in a different =20 >>>>> error code. Plus, it takes forever to download and install all =20 >>>>> this stuff, and I have a dual T1 connection. FOREVER. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried this on a fairly new Macbook Pro and my main =20 >>>>> MacPro computer. Same deal. >>>>> >>>>> Look, I am no fan of the cloud because of exactly this kind of =20 >>>>> BS. Adobe isn't doing me any favors. I don't owe them anything. =20= >>>>> They sell (rent) me tools and I use them to make money. When =20 >>>>> their delivery mechanism is as buggy as this, they deserve to =20 >>>>> answer for it. >>>>> >>>>> I've been using Photoshop & After Effects since the early 90's. =20= >>>>> If there was a better alternative I would use them and forget =20 >>>>> 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 =20 >>>>>> installs / uninstalls on a machine and it got wonky, that =20 >>>>>> 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 =20 >>>>>> ( hit plus sign ) System Files are included >>>>>> >>>>>> this will turn up any last stray bits of the installs, drag =20 >>>>>> them off to the trash and empty. >>>>>> >>>>>> a lot of those files are in System HD/library/application =20 >>>>>> support/Adobe and users/your user name/library/application =20 >>>>>> support and user prefs folder. if library folders aren't =20 >>>>>> visible, google how to enable their visibility. its a single =20 >>>>>> command line thing to copy and paste to enable them in 10.8 >>>>>> >>>>>> another question - where the apps install onto the system =20 >>>>>> drive ? or another location ? and do you possibly have a dual =20= >>>>>> boot setup ? >>>>>> >>>>>> S >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 25, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Benny Christensen =20 >>>>>> 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 =20 >>>>>>>> uninstalled because the uninstall process updates local =20 >>>>>>>> housekeeping files on the apps status and removes a lot of =20 >>>>>>>> other files. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> google "adobe cleanup script" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> go get it. run it and follow the in app directions. this =20 >>>>>>>> removes not just the apps, but the housekeeping files too. =20 >>>>>>>> consider it the nukular deinstall. then reinstall apps. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> honestly with the local .DMG install file its pretty fast =20 >>>>>>>> and painless, especially with SSD :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> if you had CS6 installed from DVD / .DMG on the machine and =20 >>>>>>>> switched to cloud ... lets just say sometimes @!#t happens =20 >>>>>>>> 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 =20 >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have all over this for the past few (wasted) days since =20 >>>>>>>>> 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 =20 >>>>>>>>> best Adobe can come up with is to trash all my apps and =20 >>>>>>>>> start over. Are you kidding me? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I accidentally did that and the updaters still don't work. =20 >>>>>>>>> THEY STILL DON"T WORK!! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If it is not ready for the real world they shouldn't be =20 >>>>>>>>> trying to force it down our throats. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm ranting because this is wasting way too much of my =20 >>>>>>>>> time. 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