macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by eMSF on Thursday November 12, 2020 @09:45PM (#25078218)

Activation, for example. An activated and running Windows system can turn into a nagging SOB by something as simple as enabling a motherboard's Ethernet adapter in BIOS.

A level of detail I value is that none of that BS is baked into systems I use. Doesn't matter whether those who did not do so were paid for it or not.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by qazwse_ on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:25AM (#25079537)

Had this happen to me after installing a secondary SSD. Windows was deactivated, and wouldn't reactivate. I ended up having to use the Windows Restore tool before I could activate again. Having to reinstall all of your programs is never fun.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by Semaphor on Thursday November 12, 2020 @10:42PM (#25078580)

I didn’t even have to reactivate after changing my MB. I never had to reactivate an activated Windows 10 in general.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by mekster on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:06AM (#25082981)

I had a new mobo broken in 1 week and replaced it with the same model and it ended up license being invalid despite the mobo being the exact same model.

I had to make a phone call since none of the methods Windows or the internet suggested worked and that phone literally took 30 min to reactivate my license again. That wasn't fun.

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Re:macOS unable to open any non-Apple application by def_true_false on Friday November 13, 2020 @02:44PM (#25086528)

If only there was a way to get LTSC as a non-institutional customer and a way to activate it.

(wink wink)

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