I work IT for a University that wants to use this software in our Design lab.
Is it possible to install this software on a machine and have any user that logs on be able to access it?
And to add to this, all of our users (students and faculty) have accounts/profiles created when they first log on to a machine with “domain” credentials. This means that their profile and paths do not exist before they log on to the machine for the first time. Is it possible to have the software work for these users in this manner?
If either of these questions can be answered “yes” I would very much appreciate any information or direction on how we can make it happen.
Thanks to any and all who take the time to read this and my eternal appreciation to any and all that may be able to help me solve this riddle.
I am in the same situation as turing8. I have ran the above in the local admin account, and it completes; however Glyphs is not activated for any user but the local admin account. We are running OS X 10.10.4 and just like turing8, accounts are created at login (may not be there when the command is run).
The user accounts may not be there when the command is run as they are Active Directory accounts and the same person may be using a different computer the next day.
The command should instal the license in /Library/Preferences. Make sure that the accounts do have read access to it. It has to do with how the defaults system works.
com.GeorgSeifert.Glyphs.plist is in /Library/Preferences. System has read & write, wheel has read only and everyone has read only. When Glyphs is launched in any other user but the one the command was run in, you get the following pop-up:
The License information is not valid. Please reregister. Glyphs will run in Demo Mode.
I believe that latest2.php URL downloads a .zip file, so redirecting the output to /Applications/Glyphs.app may not be what you want in that tutorial. Unzipping the downloaded .zip file does produce the Glyphs.app folder/directory. fyi.
I have followed your instructions, but it will only license for the user the command is run in. We are using Glyphs 1.4.5 (614). Could this be the problem? When I get Glyphs 2.1.1 (768) as per your instructions, it says it can’t read our license file.
Error: The document “xyz.glyphsLicense” could not be opened. Glyphs cannot open files in the “Glyphs License” format.
Yes, I noticed the 2 and the version that was being downloaded. Following these instructions for Glyphs 1 works, but only for the current user. So basically what I’m asking is are there separate instructions for Glyphs 1? Does Glyphs 1 even support multiple users to be licensed at once? If not, can we upgrade our license, etc.?
I just tried and it works fine with Glyphs 1. Maybe some of the user settings prevent access to the Systems library preferences.
After you run the command, there should be a file /Library/Preferences/com.GeorgSeifert.Glyphs.plist You might try to copy it to ~/Library/Preferences/com.GeorgSeifert.Glyphs.plist for each user.