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F-Secure Acquires Jonathan Zdziarski's Mac Security App 'Little Flocker'

I unfortunately bought Little Flocker and did not install it before it was sold.
I have a registration key (file) which is hidden (starts with a dot).
Little Flocker just won't see (recognize) it.
Anyone has an idea ?
Thanks in advance.
Michael
 
The long way to show hidden Mac OS X files is as follows:
  1. Open Terminal found in Finder > Applications > Utilities.
  2. In Terminal, paste the following (Between the single quotes): 'defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES'
  3. Press return.
  4. Hold the 'Option/alt' key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.
 
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PinkyMacGodess said:
The long way to show hidden Mac OS X files is as follows:
  1. Open Terminal found in Finder > Applications > Utilities.
  2. In Terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES.
  3. Press return.
  4. Hold the 'Option/alt' key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.
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I did just that ... to no avail (unfortunately)
 
PinkyMacGodess said:
The long way to show hidden Mac OS X files is as follows:
  1. Open Terminal found in Finder > Applications > Utilities.
  2. In Terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES.
  3. Press return.
  4. Hold the 'Option/alt' key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.
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Well, that is indeed the long way of achieving it.
Try pressing CMD + SHIFT + . (dot) in the Finder.app. It toggles hidden files. Quicker and easier.
 
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whothefvck said:
Well, that is indeed the long way of achieving it.
Try pressing CMD + SHIFT + . (dot) in the Finder.app. It toggles hidden files. Quicker and easier.
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Thanks for that tip. That indeed works great. My concern though is to make Little Flocker Registration procedure see (recognize) the License Key which is in a hidden file (beginning with a dot). It just won't see it.
 
maildemd said:
I did just that ... to no avail (unfortunately)
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You should have gotten a "Your Little Flocker Registration Key" email. You should find the <yourname>.littleflockerlicense file attached to it. That's your license.
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maildemd said:
Thanks for that tip. That indeed works great. My concern though is to make Little Flocker Registration procedure see (recognize) the License Key which is in a hidden file (beginning with a dot). It just won't see it.
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After downloading the <yourname>.littleflockerlicense from your email, it should not be hidden/starting with a dot.
 
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maildemd said:
Thanks for that tip. That indeed works great. My concern though is to make Little Flocker Registration procedure see (recognize) the License Key which is in a hidden file (beginning with a dot). It just won't see it.
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whothefvck said:
You should have gotten a "Your Little Flocker Registration Key" email. You should find the <yourname>.littleflockerlicense file attached to it. That's your license.
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I received a license indeed called ".littleflockerlicense" (without <yourname> before the dot.
Could "your name" be my email address (or my name) and how can I rename a file that starts with a dot ?
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maildemd said:
I received a license indeed called ".littleflockerlicense" (without <yourname> before the dot.
Could "your name" be my email address (or my name) and how can I rename a file that starts with a dot ?
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THANK YOU. i found the way to rename it (add the part before the @ of the email address to which they sent me the registration key). I then could register it all right. : )))
 
maildemd said:
I received a license indeed called ".littleflockerlicense" (without <yourname> before the dot.
Could "your name" be my email address (or my name) and how can I rename a file that starts with a dot ?
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<yourname> was just a placeholder for something like your name 😉
There is no difference at all between renaming a hidden file or a visible file.
Just right-click at the file, click Rename and remove the . (dot) at the front, press enter.
Voila. The file should not be hidden anymore.
 
whothefvck said:
<yourname> was just a placeholder for something like your name 😉
There is no difference at all between renaming a hidden file or a visible file.
Just right-click at the file, click Rename and remove the . (dot) at the front, press enter.
Voila. The file should not be hidden anymore.
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You led me on the right path and I succeeded in registering it. They probably forgot to add my name before the dot. Thank you again. It is indeed unfortunate that this program will not be supported any more. I have version 1.4.8 (4a1), do you know where I can find the last version (1.6.4 ) ?
 
diarbyrag said:
Thanks for the update, looking forward to where you will take what is already a useful product
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It is now nearly end of June and I have heard nothing from anyone about this product or any updates or replacement product for existing users, any chance someone knows what is happening or are we left high and dry ?
 
maildemd said:
PinkyMacGodess said:
2. In Terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES.
Click to expand...
I did just that ... to no avail (unfortunately)
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Entirely too late, but this is for anyone arriving here later still. PinkyMacGodess’s advice is almost perfect, there’s just a stray dot at the end of that command, the defaults tool takes a command (write, read, or delete) then there’s the domain (com.apple.finder), the key (AppleShowAllFiles) and finally the value, and in this instance the value is just a boolean YES or NO.

The Finder can be restarted from the command line too. And glue it together with a double ampersand:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES && killall Finder

And to reverse that, just use the delete command:

defaults delete com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles && killall Finder

(Loads more can be found by reading the manual at the command line: man defaults)

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It’ll be interesting to see what F-Secure do with XFENCE.

I haven’t made use of any installed antivirus tools* since a brief dabble with Sophos many years ago, but there seems to be so many more threats now. When the savvy Mac developer Panic has a load of their source code stolen, it’s really past time to consider taking more active measures, anyone can be a victim.

* Although I’m frequently uploading applications to VirusTotal, so far I haven’t found anything other than the usual adware laden junk.
 
neeklamy said:
Entirely too late, but this is for anyone arriving here later still. PinkyMacGodess’s advice is almost perfect, there’s just a stray dot at the end of that command, the defaults tool takes a command (write, read, or delete) then there’s the domain (com.apple.finder), the key (AppleShowAllFiles) and finally the value, and in this instance the value is just a boolean YES or NO.

The Finder can be restarted from the command line too. And glue it together with a double ampersand:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES && killall Finder

And to reverse that, just use the delete command:

defaults delete com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles && killall Finder

(Loads more can be found by reading the manual at the command line: man defaults)
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Isn't it 'defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO && killall Finder'?
 
PinkyMacGodess said:
Isn't it 'defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO && killall Finder'?
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Yes, you could do that, but then there’s just a preference set in the plist that need not be there. Check out the manual page, it’s what delete is there for.

Removing the preference altogether would also automatically opt you back into any change that Apple makes in the future (not in this example as we can be sure Apple aren’t going to reverse this option, but with any other prefs it would).
 
neeklamy said:
Yes, you could do that, but then there’s just a preference set in the plist that need not be there. Check out the manual page, it’s what delete is there for.

Removing the preference altogether would also automatically opt you back into any change that Apple makes in the future (not in this example as we can be sure Apple aren’t going to reverse this option, but with any other prefs it would).
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Elegant! Like!
 
diarbyrag said:
It is now nearly end of June and I have heard nothing from anyone about this product or any updates or replacement product for existing users, any chance someone knows what is happening or are we left high and dry ?
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Well as I always suspected, false promises from F-Secure and no contact, 2 years now, tossers !
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tuukkap said:
Thanks 🙂

We will be contacting all of you existing LF customers via email hopefully still this week, based on the customer list we were provided. More information in the email, but basically you will have access to F-Secure XFENCE so no worries.
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No need to do anything yet, we have the contact list and as mentioned above, will contact you soon 🙂
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I think you are a liar sir ! 2 years and no contact at all
 
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