Unlock macOS VST Plugins. This procedure assumes that you already have registered and have an Image-Line Account and you have downloaded and installed the relevant product/s. This procedure will unlock ALL your products with one FLRegkey.Reg file. When you buy additional products you will need to repeat this process. When you use a Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch, you’re able to do incredible things. And when you use them together, you can do so much more. Make and receive phone calls without picking up your iPhone. Use your iPad to extend the workspace of your Mac. Automatically unlock your Mac when you’re wearing your Apple Watch.
This is a non-rebooting workaround for the situation where your login screen gets locked up because you mis-entered your login password three times while trying to log into an account on a Mac that has set a master password for FileVault (it does not matter if the account uses FileVault or not). The login box displays the error 'Type the master password to reset this user's password and to unlock FileVault. Master Password hint: ...', with no ability to log in as the correct user with the correct password, or to log in as another user or back out of the FileVault password.Catch To Unlock Mac Os X
Requirements:
- ssh enabled on the locked-up Mac.
- Administrator user name and password known for the locked-out computer.
- Both computers on the network.
Here's how to unlock the stuck Mac without a reboot:
- Determine the IP address of the locked out Macintosh. You can do this by clicking multiple times on the grey text just under 'Mac OS X' in the login window.
- Launch the Terminal application on the other Mac.
- In that Terminal window, type ssh -l admin_name 1.2.3.4, where admin_name is the name of the admin user on the locked-up Mac, and 1.2.3.4 is the IP address you found above.
- Enter in the administrator's password when prompted, then press Enter.
- Type in ps -aux grep loginwindow.app and press Return. The results will look something like this:
- Locate the process ID (PID; the second column) for root's instance of loginwindow. There may be multiple entries due to multiple users being enabled, and someone else being logged in. In the example above, root's PID is 801.
- Type sudo kill PID#, where PID# is the number you just found, then press Return.
- Enter the administrator's password when prompted and press Return.
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logout to end the ssh session. This has only been verified for Mac OS X 10.4, but it may also work under 10.3 and 10.5.Catch To Unlock Mac Os Catalina
[robg adds: It seems much simpler to me to just restart the locked-up Mac, but perhaps there are multiple users logged in, and you'd rather not lose their work. I haven't tested this one.]
There was a bug under Mac OS 9 (and maybe Mac OS 8 too?) that, under a special circumstance, prevented some files to be locked, unlocked or even deleted. They would sit there in your trash forever and prevent you to empty it even when the OPTION KEY is held down. Rebuilding the desktop does NOT resolve the issue. Trying to get file info with ResEdit results in the following error: The reason this is happening is generally due to the file type/creator code not being set properly or at all, which highly confuses the Finder. These files usually come from the internet (such as .iso files) and are generally transfered using a FAT32 (DOS) or NTFS (Windows) partition which does not store any resource fork (so no file type/creator code) to begin with and increases the chances of this happening. To resolve this issue: 1) You need to use a file type/creator changer app, such as: Creator Changer 2.8.4 2) Launch your type/creator code changer app and select the problematic file. If the file is locked, it will probably complain it will not save changes, but guess what: It actually does and it will work, so proceed. 3) You will notice that both type and creator boxes are currently empty, which is not supposed to be with any valid file on a Macintosh volume. This is how you will fix the issue: Type '????' (4 interrogation marks) in each of the 2 boxes like the following and apply the changes (click OK). Now, your file will have a default file type/creator code and it will be seen as valid by the Finder, allowing you to lock, unlock and delete the file. Moreover, you will now be able to get file info with ResEdit and use/edit the file's resource fork as you please! Cheers! :D |