[Textures] Textures forever!

[Silvia Maschio]

I tried it on a mac mini (on wich texture don't work) and seems to  
work without problems!

So, for me it's ok!
Thank you!

Il giorno 04/giu/13, alle ore 08:26, Bruno Voisin ha scritto:

> Le 4 juin 2013 à 00:36, Gordon Lee  
> <gordonleeblueskyforever at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> I remark, as Mark Twain once did, "reports of my death are greatly  
>> exaggerated."
>>
>> Licensed users of Textures are invited to visit
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/obvww7r9xrq0l5l/Textures220b19.zip
>>
>> where they will find versions of Textures (for Retina and non- 
>> Retina machines) that
>> work without seeking an installation key (but first read the  
>> instructions enclosed in the zip).
>>
>> I will not be available for any further development of Textures and  
>> will not respond to any messages.
>>
>> I must leave it to users to try to ensure that reports of the death  
>> of Textures, too, "are greatly exaggerated."
>>
>> Textures forever!
>
>
> To the list: mixed feelings about the above announcement. Is this  
> really an unlocked version of Textures 2.2.0b19, or a malicious  
> program posing as Textures? Our community is probably very small, so  
> there mustn't be much benefit attacking us, but who knows?
>
> Why I'm asking this:
>
>
> - The instructions "to get modified Textures to work.txt" say to  
> lock first
>
> 	~/Library/Preferences/com.bluesky.Textures.plist
>
> and each of the files inside
>
> 	~/Library/Application Support/Textures/
>
> because the program will try to flush their content upon startup.  
> This is odd. I did not lock anything, but copied first
>
> 	/Library/Application Support/Textures/
> 	~/Library/Application Support/Textures/
> 	~/Library/Preferences/com.bluesky.Textures.plist
>
> to a safe location then launched the new Textures. Nothing bad  
> happened to those files. Maybe that's because my current ~/Library/ 
> Preferences/com.bluesky.Textures.plist contains valid activation and  
> installation keys, I don't know. But in any case the whole thing  
> feels suspicious, given in particular the behavior isn't as announced.
>
>
> - The programs themselves contain odd files  
> "Textures2.2.0b19retina.app/Contents/Mail Attachment" containing the  
> sole line
>
> 	--============_-844176279==_6============--
>
> and "Textures220b19noretina.app/Contents/Mail Attachment" containing  
> the sole line
>
> 	--============_-844231484==_6============--
>
> That may be the way that the installation key is avoided, but that  
> feels suspicious too.
>
>
> After launching the new Textures, I inspected the most likely  
> locations like ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ for anything that would  
> indicate the installation of a backdoor and did not find anything,  
> but I'm no expert on these matters.
>
> Maybe, for those who plan to try these unlocked Textures, it would  
> be worth installing Little Snitch beforehand, to see whether any  
> info is sent anywhere when Textures is first launched. I didn't, and  
> regret it now.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
>
> Le 4 juin 2013 à 00:36, Gordon Lee  
> <gordonleeblueskyforever at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> I remark, as Mark Twain once did, "reports of my death are greatly  
>> exaggerated."
>>
>> Licensed users of Textures are invited to visit
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/obvww7r9xrq0l5l/Textures220b19.zip
>>
>> where they will find versions of Textures (for Retina and non- 
>> Retina machines) that
>> work without seeking an installation key (but first read the  
>> instructions enclosed in the zip).
>>
>> I will not be available for any further development of Textures and  
>> will not respond to any messages.
>>
>> I must leave it to users to try to ensure that reports of the death  
>> of Textures, too, "are greatly exaggerated."
>>
>> Textures forever!
>>
>>
>> Gordon Lee
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