First off, let me say that this should not be used to keep from paying for iWork. If you like the software you should buy it. Today, I needed to create a Keynote presentation. I thought I had purchased iWork back in August but apparently I did not. So when I fired up Keynote I learned that I only had an expired trial. I rushed to apple.com to buy iWork 08 and learned that for some reason you cannot get digital delivery of iWork. Without being able to get a license key digitally I am not able to create this presentation that is due today and should have been created a week ago. So for all you people who are well-intentioned procrastinators in a bind (like myself), here is how you can extend the iWork trial period.
There may be an easier way and this method may be overkill, but hey, it works.
Fire up Terminal and run the following commands (very carefully, I am not responsible if you accidentally delete all your applications with a typo):rm -rf /Library/Receipts/iWork08Trial.pkg
rm -rf /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork08.plist
rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/iWork\ \’08/
rm -rf /Applications/iWork\ \’08/
Now just download the iWork trial, install it again, and hurry up and meet your deadline.
Don’t forget to pay Apple for iWork.
UPDATE: All you need to do is run this command from terminal:
rm -rf /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork08.plist
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Say you JUST went over the trial period deadline, like a week or so. Would throwing your laptops clock back a couple of weeks let it run?
I know I was able to run a photo editing trial after its expiration date from doing a “system restore” on Windows XP. Didn’t know if the same thing would work on my MacbookPro
Hah, if you could figure that out I’d appreciate it a TON
It might, but I don’t know why you would want to go through the trouble of having an out of date system clock. It is really pretty easy to follow the steps above.
just deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iWork08.plist
would be fine
Thank you very much, I am honestly in the exact situation you once were (yes, I did buy iWork online thinking I would receive a serial).
asi, I figured wiping out everything was overkill. I did assume they would have made it more difficult than just plist. Guess not.
upz, I am glad this was helpful.
You can remove the pref/plist or set your clock back, they both work.