Comments on: Keeping Track of Software Licenses http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: crestosssa http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318922 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:15:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318922 Hey

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]]> By: Serial Number Storage Roundup at The Apple Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318920 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:41:53 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318920 [...] has been recent discussion around here about how folks keep track of the plethora of serial numbers and licenses [...]

]]> By: Cameron M. http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318905 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:32:12 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318905 I keep an RTF text file in a Knox vault. I like the FileVault in OS X but really don’t need it for my entire system.

]]> By: Nic Waller http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318906 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:56:25 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318906 I store a bunch of text files in an encrypted DMG, and I have the DMG accessible via LaunchBar. It keeps my passwords close at hand, but at the same time highly secure. I back up the encrypted DMG (and other important files) to a backup harddrive and two offsite locations.

]]> By: Dennis http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318907 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:48:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318907 I’m with Guthrie on this. A special app isn’t needed as it just seems time consuming. I use my IMAP mailbox with a sub folder called serial and have a text file that I will be moving to DTPro. 99% of the time, I search Mail.app and find the serial I need.

]]> By: Guthrie http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318908 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:08:32 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318908 I keep a text file in DevonThink and a folder in Mail that I have backed up. Usually I just search my mailbox, I don’t really see the need for a dedicated app for this.

]]> By: jeffh http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318909 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:57:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318909 I used to use mail to store all my serials, because it was relatively easy to search for the product name, and vendors usually email the serial anyway… however, I learned a tough lesson when Mail (to be fair, somewhere in the 10.2 OS) started randomly discarding old messages.
I lost a bunch of serials that way – fortunately I was also a luddite and had printed the emails and kept them in a folder (in a drawer in my desk!). So, in the end – paper saved the day.

For now, I’m using an excel file.

Jeff

]]> By: Galley http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318910 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:52:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318910 SplashID is great.

]]> By: Douglas http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318912 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:13:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318912 Yo, Jimbo…..

]]> By: Derik http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318911 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:44:43 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318911 Yojimbo FTW.

]]> By: pdm http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318913 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318913 I really like Wallet for all my password / serial numbers.

]]> By: bpmarkowitz http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318914 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:20:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318914 I have a little system I have been using for about the last two years, it works pretty well. I simply GMail myself the following…

subject: Software License | Name of Software
body: whatever the serial number is and any notes, etc

Then I tag it “Software License” and archive it. That way it is searchable, or I can just look at all the Software License codes. Also its nice because you can find a serial number if you are not at your home computer.

]]> By: thraxisp http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318915 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:22:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318915 I’ve been using SplashID on my Palm. It comes with a Mac version that can read the same database. The backup is my Palm (or vice versa).

]]> By: Jenny http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318916 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:58:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318916 I also roll with the email approach. I have a special label in gmail called “accounts” and put everything in there. Simple and I don’t have to back it up.

]]> By: Darren Squashic http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318917 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:20:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318917 After using Keychain for a few months I had enough, so I bought Wallet for storing all of my passwords and serial numbers. So far it’s great.

]]> By: weldon http://gigaom.com/apple/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318918 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:15:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/13/keeping-track-of-software-licenses/#comment-318918 I used to have a custom Filemaker Pro database for this, but recently I just moved everything into a Google Apps spreadsheet. It’s not very sophisticated – I just keep the app name and serial number (and the location of the original serial #, eg. email, CD case, Paypal, etc.). I don’t bother with the home page of the app or anything else because I figure I can just Google it.

I like that I can keep it online *and* download a backup to my Mac (as a .xls file or other format) for safe keeping.

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