- #Quarkxpress 9.5.2 for mac#
- #Quarkxpress 9.5.2 activation code#
- #Quarkxpress 9.5.2 serial#
- #Quarkxpress 9.5.2 validation code#
#Quarkxpress 9.5.2 serial#
This is finally accepted!!! But then the web site tells us that it's an upgrade and we need to enter our original (older version) serial number.
#Quarkxpress 9.5.2 validation code#
We then request a Validation code whereupon the web site asks us for our QuarkXPress 9 serial number.Once again, to get a Validation code we need to register our software so we try logging in with user account #1 - doesn't work so we try user account #2 that we just created on the Quark USA web site - that doesn't work either, we need a new/different account so we create one (user account #3).So, as we're used to 20+ years of Quark's idiosyncrasies, we try going to the Quark European web site ( ).We enter it - it doesn't work (this is because we're currently on the Quark USA web site - remember the software took us here automatically and there's no indication that we're on a USA only web site and there's no information telling us that as we're in the UK/made our purchase in the UK we should actually be on the Quark European web site) To get a Validation code you need to register your software so we try logging in to the site with user account #1 - that doesn't work, we need a new/different account so we create one (user account #2).What are all these codes? (thankfully Quark provides a page explaining it all here )
#Quarkxpress 9.5.2 activation code#
We click on that link which takes us to a web site ( ) whereupon the web page informs us that not only do we need an Activation code but we also need a Validation code too.The software informs us that an Activation code is required and provides a link to a web site for us.We can't wait to take a look at it compared to InDesign. We should be using Quark in a minute or two now. We download the software which takes a while.At the successful purchase page we're given a link to download the QuarkXPress 9 installers (this is actually Quark 9.5.0.0, ~850MB in size).To buy something you need to create a user account (#1) so we create this and make the purchase (this part, the part where the company takes your money, is unsurprisingly really easy).Quark currently has a special offer on at the moment where you can upgrade from any previous version of QuarkXPress but it's only available online from the Quark store so we click on the offer link which redirects us to the Quark UK online store (as we're in the UK).And now they are atrocious… The Quark Saga This really happened - it's so bad we're not sure you'll believe us…Ģ0 years ago Quark were bad. This journey was so awful we just had to document it hence this blog post. We dug out our legitimate copy of QuarkXPress 4 and started on our journey.
#Quarkxpress 9.5.2 for mac#
With the need to look at and test alternatives we attempted to buy, install and update QuarkXPress 9 for Mac taking advantage of a Quark offer to upgrade from any previous version. We have many clients using Adobe products and many of those will abandon Adobe. One of the alternatives to InDesign is QuarkXPress. However, in the light of recent Adobe shenanigans with their move to subscription only software many people will be looking at alternative software products. When Adobe finally killed PageMaker and introduced InDesign it was so bad it was painful but it was less pain then Quark so almost everyone jumped ship (as usual, Quark didn't help themselves by not having an OS X version of Quark available for ages). Quark have been around for a long time and back in the 90s they were the king of Desktop Publishing (DTP) software albeit they were a nightmare company to deal with and they abused their users in so many ways. The QuarkXPress 9 Saga by Graham Needham (BH) on 1st June 2013
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