Squire: Help me remove hidden files (developer will not help)!

heh.

maybe there is no hidden file. maybe they just sent your system ID to their servers and just check for it on the activation process, who knows.

just uninstall the stuff and move on.

cheers

 

It's possible the application stored a receipt on your Mac; kinda like a preference. Along with a BOM. Usually in /Library or ~/Library. Don't go messing with them without understanding what they do. You could do some real damage.

And BTW, those aren't hidden in some nefarious way by developers; it's a system thing.

You might also be able to download it again, run the installer, and then watch the logs in Console to see what it installed where, and then manually go get the stuff. I'd suggest a search utility like Find Any File, but you'd have to know what you were looking for. An application can have installed bits that aren't blessed with the same name as the application; something use a framework or component that other applications use and just willy-nilly deleting it could mess up your other applications.

TL;DR: just ignore it.

 

The easiest way to test is uninstall the app. Then download again but disconnect from the Internet. Install the app and if it pops up saying your trial has expired then there is indeed the standard log file floating around.

This is done to stop people just sticking with the trail version and quite a standard thing. The file won't cause any issues with your system and to be honest it's pointless removing it unless you want to retry the software.

 

It does leave a hidden file behind. I can't say if that's how it verifies the demo time period but it is a tiny file and I wouldn't worry about it taking up space.

 

I'd move on to other software. What you're asking for is how to get around the trial protection.

 

Technically, you gave the developer permission by installing the software by agreeing to T&C's during installation or by just adding the app to your Mac. So you can't blame the developer.

I don't use this app, but the receipt folder is in /var/db/receipts so if it's there, remove it.

If not, go to ~/Library/Caches and find the relevant folder and trash it.

 

pal,

I think you already 'tried' the software, and it seems to suck arse.

move on man. i'd never buy it after all this trouble

 

good riddance then

gotta love this guys, come to a forum like this asking for info about circunventing a trial period then get mad because no one answers (which would be probably a TOS violation of the site itself).

if you like the damn thing so much cough up the dough and be done with it.

cheers

 

The developer is wrong.

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Squire looks sleek but with the lack of help from the developer and reading tweets like the one below just screams "DO NOT BUY!". I wouldn't.

Link!