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Script Update (Add JPEG to iPhoto v1.2.1)
2006-08-23 • Applescript • Permalink
This is a bug-fix release to my "Add JPEG to iPhoto" script (first mentioned here) that takes JPGs attached to a selected Entourage message and adds it to iPhoto.

Thanks to a bug report by Arnaud le Bihannic, I found a small bug in the latest version of iPhoto that caused this script to terminate unexpectedly (OK, it made it crash!). iPhoto was returning control to the script too early after the import was started, but before it was completely finished, so the script then tried to set the comments on a photo that couldn't be accesse!

The fix was simple, just make a 1 second delay after iPhoto returned control to the script to give it time to catch up.

The new version can be downloaded from my scripts page


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De-Serialising Office
2006-08-22 • Hints & Tips • Permalink
Every once in a while we get things wrong Sad

One of the fairly common errors reported with Office installs is that the user will get an error message saying "This copy of Office is in use by another user" (or words to that effect - I can't check without loading up another machine at the moment). This often happens when people buy the 'Student & Teacher' edition of Office which allows three separate installations, but comes with three different Product Keys. People often forget which product key was used on which computer and then get the error (which also forces you to quit the applications!).

The Official Microsoft Way of putting this right is to de-install office using the 'Remove Office' utility they provide, and then to re-install everything. That's a pain. The Product Key info is actually stored in two places on your hard drive - remove either one, and it will be re-sreated from the other location. You have to remove both parts. One of these is a hidden file in the Office folder. Now, it used to be possible to use a custom search ion the Finder to find and delete hidden files, but that is no longer possible in Tiger (I suspect this is a bug in the Finder, but whatever the reason, this method can no longer be used). Hidden files can be removed using the Terminal, but most users are a little loathe to go delving into the wonders of the command line!

So, to make it easy for everyone, I wrote this little script application that will de-serialise Microsoft Office 2004 for you, at the click (or double-click actually) of the mouse. Please, before you try it out, make sure you have your Product Key to hand!

The script is called "De-Serialise Microsoft Office" and is available on my Scripts page.


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