Fixed: Error 150:30 (Adobe CS4 licensing problem) – MAC

26. Dezember 2009

The following script will solve the often and randomly occuring problem with Adobe CS4 Mac “licensing for this product has stopped working… Error:150:30”

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Copy and paste this to Terminal.app, enter your user password when prompted and follow the instructions on the screen. During this process, as ~40MB Liscense recovery file provided by Adobe will be downloaded, executed and deleted afterwards. Make sure to view and agree with the license agreement for this piece of code before you run the script (chances are it will fail otherwise).

if [ "$(grep -o activate.adobe.com /etc/hosts)" = "activate.adobe.com" ];
then echo "/etc/hosts is already modified"
else
echo "127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com" >> /etc/hosts
echo "/etc/hosts was successfully modified"
fi
sudo rm -rf "/Library/Application Support/adobe/adobe PCD/cache/cache.db"
sudo rm -rf "/Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher"
say "Now, please wait for the download to finish."
curl -o LicenseRecovery111.dmg http://download.macromedia.com/pub/support/tools/LicenseRecovery111.dmg
sudo hdiutil attach LicenseRecovery111.dmg
sudo python '/Volumes/LicenseRecovery 11.6.1/LicenseRecovery/'LicenseRecover.py
sudo rm -rf ~/AdobeLicensingFilesBackup
sudo hdiutil detach "/Volumes/LicenseRecovery 11.6.1"
sudo rm LicenseRecovery111.dmg
say "Done! now start CS4 and enter your serial"
exit 0

This will perfom the steps suggested by Erik’s Brain and Jake’s Computer Blog. After completing these steps, you will need to re-enter your serial number, and CS4 will work again.

Be aware that this is not a crack! You will need a valid serial number.

If this doesn’t work for you:

  • let me know
  • check if Adobe’s Liscense Recovery tool was updated to a version other than 11.6.1 and  if so, modify this script accordingly, then let me know
  • check if you are using a Mac and if not, follow the advice given here.
  • remember that this is not a crack, you will need a valid serial number

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14 Kommentare zu „Fixed: Error 150:30 (Adobe CS4 licensing problem) – MAC“

  1. Ignacio sagt:
    3. Februar 2010 um 20:06 Uhr

    Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This worked amazing!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Linus Neumann sagt:
    10. Februar 2010 um 20:35 Uhr

    Hey, you’re welcome.
    I just enjoyed having a closer look at your nice Website!

    I get about 100 hits per day for this post, but you are the fist one to comment. Would be nice to hear from others, if there are any problems. IF.
    (And if not: I always appreciate the gddmm common courtesy Ignacio showed here…)

    Oh, I forgot to mention in the post: As this uses sudo, you will be prompted for your user password.

  3. Oktay sagt:
    7. März 2010 um 22:44 Uhr

    Adobe couldnt fix this problem, thank you very much. it worked!

  4. Linus Neumann sagt:
    7. März 2010 um 23:11 Uhr

    You’re welcome!

  5. Miguel Pereira sagt:
    8. April 2010 um 21:22 Uhr

    This worked perfectly for me, thank you!

  6. Jon Goertz sagt:
    23. Mai 2010 um 06:34 Uhr

    THANKS! Linus It Worked !!!!! Now I can get back to work.

  7. fast sagt:
    4. Juli 2010 um 18:59 Uhr

    it works perfectly,thanks alot

  8. mayito sagt:
    17. September 2010 um 03:11 Uhr

    it works perfectly!
    thanks!

  9. christoph sagt:
    22. November 2010 um 01:26 Uhr

    thanks man i tried a lot i think idid uninstall adobe at least 6-7 times and tried additionally other stuff out of other forums….
    you rescued me, working on my portfolio for a deadline being desperately in need for cs4 to work again!!
    cheers

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    16. Februar 2011 um 23:58 Uhr

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  11. ben sagt:
    18. Juni 2011 um 06:17 Uhr

    This worked pretty cool Thanks a million!

  12. Y sagt:
    14. September 2011 um 15:56 Uhr

    Hello! Just wanted to say: THANK YOU! This worked out just fine!
    Hav a good one!

    //Y

  13. tom sagt:
    19. November 2011 um 17:03 Uhr

    thanks. amazed that this fix is still necessary. get with it adobe!

  14. Tolga sagt:
    16. Dezember 2011 um 04:44 Uhr

    Thanks so much for this, allowed me to fix Photoshop after doing a restore from a Time Machine backup! I could not get Adobe’s instructions here:

    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/512/cpsid_51260.html

    working as they gave me a Terminal error. So *many* thanks to you for your help.

    Best,
    Tolga

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