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Store application passwords and serials with the program
Authored by: chocky on Dec 18, '06 09:49:08AM
Sounds to me like a job for Keychain Access! I've been using the Secure Notes feature of Keychain Access to store serial numbers and passwords for quite some time now. I also synchronize my Keychain files to my dotMac account so I can access them from any machine. If you don't have a dotMac account you could still synchronize the file(s), or at least back them up, either manually or with any one of several synchronizing tools.

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Precisely what I was going to suggest
Authored by: lullabud on Dec 18, '06 10:56:34AM

I find that this is the best option because it keeps the serials secure and all in a single place to serve as a reminder of what you have purchased and may need to reinstall if you're moving to a new machine or doing disaster recovery. Hell, I even store my windows app serials in my keychain secure notes. :)



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Store application passwords and serials with the program
Authored by: grolaw on Dec 18, '06 02:44:45PM

I use the Keychain Notes for exactly that purpose.

If the program gets so corrupted that you can't access it - what good is storing the info inside it?



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Store application passwords and serials with the program
Authored by: zpjet on Dec 19, '06 05:12:15AM

the same here. i even don't keep usually copies of apps/installers of shareware, as they can be downloaded again.



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