After several re-installs and serial errors I finally got it to work and am now

currently downloading updates = ) Ill list step by step of what I did in order t
o help those out there that might have had the same problems. Im using an OSX 10.
7.5 Lion Macbook BTW
Step 1. Mount or Burn the ISO. I used Disk Utility.
Step 2. Disable Your Internet Connection
Step 3. Open your hosts file by opening a terminal window and typing sudo nano /p
rivate/etc/hosts without the quotes. Type in your password. Now verify that the f
ollowing lines are NOT listed otherwise your serial will not work.
127.0.0.1 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com
Step 4. Install CS6 Master Collection. When it asks whether you have a serial or
would like to use a trial, select I have a Serial. Use the Key Generator, to gene
rate a Serial Number. The Key Generator is inside the ISO but can also be downlo
aded here:
http://pirateproxy.net/torrent/7399196/ADOBE.CS6.0.MASTER.COLLECTION.WIN.OSX.KEY
GEN-XFORCE
Input the serial and remember not to close out of the Key Generator! When the er
ror Please connect to the Internet and retry shows up, click on connect later.
Step 5. After everything is installed,
Adobe Application Manager will pop up
ill not detect an internet connection.
and activate offline. A request code

launch any application. I used Photoshop.

and ask you to validate your serial but w
Confirm that you have a connection problem
will be generated.

Step 6. Go back to your Key Generator window and input the request code. For me,
copy and paste did not work so I just typed in each character. If you are havin
g trouble distinguishing certain characters like I did, just open textedit or wo
rd and paste the code there and change the font to where you can recognize the c
haracters better.
Step 7. Click on the Gen. Activation button to get your activation code. Input the
activation code. If the Key Generator keeps giving you Invalid Request Code error
s, Double-check every character to make sure they are correct!
Step 8: Do not worry about running the Osx/disable_activation_osx file. I couldnt
get the damn thing to work. Instead, just open your hosts file like you did in
step 3 by opening terminal and typing: sudo nano /private/etc/hosts without the qu
otes. Enter your password. Paste the following lines in at the end of that file:
# Adobe Blocker
127.0.0.1 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip.adobe.com

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activate.wip1.adobe.com
activate.wip2.adobe.com
activate.wip3.adobe.com
activate.wip4.adobe.com
adobe-dns.adobe.com
adobe-dns-1.adobe.com
adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
adobe-dns-4.adobe.com
adobeereg.com
practivate.adobe
practivate.adobe.com
practivate.adobe.newoa
practivate.adobe.ntp
practivate.adobe.ipp
ereg.adobe.com
ereg.wip.adobe.com
ereg.wip1.adobe.com
ereg.wip2.adobe.com
ereg.wip3.adobe.com
ereg.wip4.adobe.com
hl2rcv.adobe.com
wip.adobe.com
wip1.adobe.com
wip2.adobe.com
wip3.adobe.com
wip4.adobe.com
www.adobeereg.com
wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
www.wip.adobe.com
www.wip1.adobe.com
www.wip2.adobe.com
www.wip3.adobe.com
www.wip4.adobe.com
wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
crl.verisign.net
CRL.VERISIGN.NET
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Step 9: Close the hosts file but MAKE SURE TO SAVE THE NEW CHANGES FIRST! It wou
ld be wise to verify that the changes were saved by re-opening the hosts file an
d double checking.
Step 10: Everything should work fine and now re-enable your internet
ady to update. I opened Indesign and went to Help/Udpates to run the
ger.
Hope that helps, a few things to keep in mind is be patient and take
ith the directions. If you keep getting Invalid Serial errors, you
typing something in wrong.

and youre re
update mana
your time w
are most likely