On Feb 16, 2006, at 2:28 PM, b3 wrote: > Okay, I have a few questions regarding Apples Aperture program. > Here is my situation: > > I have a friend that is in photography/graphic design. He purchased > Aperture for use with his business, but for various reasons he has > decided that after using it for a few months that it is not the > correct choice for him. > > He offered to sell the software to me for $50 (i figure it's a > steal from the retail price) original instal discs, box and all. > I've been interested in trying it out. > > my questions are these: > > 1. I know that my 12" powerbook is not officially supported, but he > said that he has been running it on a 12" pb at his office using > some sort of hack. Are there any legal ramifications from using > said hack? (I wouldn't think so, but I figured that I would check) >
There is a text-type preference list that has a line in it to ask the OS to run a hardware check, if you comment this line out the app will run on unsupported systems. This is an old hack it has been used many times in a similar manner. Thus far, there has been no legal ramifications (no one has ever been sued for doing this) but like it says, it is unsupported and may at some point cause something to crash. > 2. As I've not used the program personally, I'm not sure that it is > the correct solution for me. I've read that Aperture copies all of > the photos from your iPhoto library. Is there a way to make it just > link to the files so that I don't have double the space of pictures > on my laptop? (I'd like to keep my iPhoto library intact, in case I > want to revert back to using it) > Aperture has a fan base out there and you should be able to get an answer to this by joining one of the user groups. > 3. If i bought the program from him, and didn't care for it, would > it be okay to sell it on ebay or such if I deleted it from my mac? > This happens a lot. http://search.ebay.com/aperture-mac_W0QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1 > rick > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> ----------------------------------- Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. In the mean time this next one will have to do: U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. ==================== 'W' Is for wiretap. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060216/57ff3225/attachment.bin
