[SOLVED] Did I purchase a license for OmniGraffle with my new PowerBook?

Ralph Poellath lists at poellath.org
Thu Dec 19 10:50:01 PST 2002


Thanks Paul.

I found a way to install OmniGraffle.app and the license without having 
to use Software Restore.

Later,
-Ralph.


> OmniGraffle ships as a standard, single-machine license on all (I 
> think) new Apple products.
>
> On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 09:49 AM, Ralph Poellath wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wondering wether or not I purchased a license for OmniGraffle 
>> with my new PowerBook.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the first thing I did to my PowerBook was partition 
>> the HD and reinstall OS X. OmniGraffle, which had been installed in 
>> /Applications, got overwritten in the process. Now Apple support 
>> tells me the only way to reinstall OmniGraffle is to use the 
>> installer on the Software Restore DVD, but I would hate to mess with 
>> all my unix software while reinstalling OS X (AFAIK, the installer is 
>> not too unix-friendly and overwrites eg. /usr/local).
>>
>> Of course, if the version on the DVD is unlicensed, I wouldn't even 
>> think about reinstalling.
>>
>> The reason I think I might have purchased a license is
>> http://www.apple.com/powerbook/software.html
>> which definitely makes it look like I did. If not, I'll have to send 
>> Apple hate mail for tricking me into buying a PowerBook :-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Ralph.
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