Reset Standalone licensing on the Mac [Time Machine]

Using Time Machine can potentially break licensing for any Autodesk product if you are running it in Standalone mode.

The problem is that Time Machine has backed up and restored a licensing data file that is not correct. The only solution is delete the licensing folders in order to force it to re-register the product. The instructions are below:

1. Uninstall all your Autodesk Products. If you have Maya, please review this post:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/04/maya-2012-on-mac-how-to-delete-maya-from-your-computer.html

2. Rename the following folder from FLEXnet Publisher to FLEXnet Publisher-OLD. This folder is located in: /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher. Please note that Adobe .data files will be there as well. Once you have reinstalled and re-activated your Autodesk product, you will need to move the Adobe .data files back into the /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher/FLEXnet folder.

NOTE: Adobe_###_tsf.data & Adobe_###_event.log files

3. You will also need to rename the following folder from ADLM to ADLM-old. This folder is located in: /Library/Application Support/Autodesk.

4. Reinstall and activate your Autodesk products. In some instances, you many need to manually activate your software, please check out this post for details:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/05/general-licensing-getting-an-activation-code-manually.html

5. Once, you have activated your software, move the Adobe .data files back into the /Library/Preferences/FLEXnet Publisher/FLEXnet folder.

6. Turn Time Machine On and add exclude that folder from backups.