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Cracked software is pre-patched. Otherwise, they just distribute keys, and use the software unmodified. Xcode and gdb aren't a factor in piracy.


Well, I'll just paste instructions from a crack a friend of mine needed me to help him with:

Install Instructions for Protools 9

• 0. Make sure you have gdb installed. Test by typing “gdb test” into terminal.

1. Uninstall any versions of Pro Tools that are already installed

2. Install Pro Tools, Complete Production Tookit 2 and HEAT (in the optional installers folder) from the full iso

3. Use the [K]‘ed installer to overwrite the necessary files

4. Launch Pro Tools from the loader and everything should work as expected

This crack requires Xcode to be installed. Xcode can be downloaded for free from developer.apple.com. Also, DO NOT REPLACE THE LOADER. The loader included with the new release (loader version 1.1) was designed for this release as a background process which is what people wanted. It also now breaks on ptrace so there is no need for the anti-ptrace extension posted later in the topic. To use Pro Tools launch the loader and wait a few seconds. Nothing will show while it does some work in the background and then it will launch the main Pro Tools app a few seconds later. Big thanks to unsanity, simblism, and XVX for their respective contributions.




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