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Activate BabelEdit temporarily / Unlimited trial
Obviously for educative purposes only.
Furthermore, this DOESN'T activate BabelEdit permanently.
If you like the software, buy it, the devs deserve it.
Since I have no money to buy it, I discovered a workaround for unlimited trials.
It's quite a annoying workaround, but ... it works!
Firstly go to "c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\" and open the "hosts" file in Notepad/Notepad++/VSCode/Sublime/Atom/whatever as admin (if you don't open it as admin, it won't let you save it).
Add this line at the end of the file:
127.0.0.1 secure.codeandweb.com
Now save and close it. Reboot your computer for it to apply the DNS changes that we've just done.
If you've already used your trial, open up REGEDIT (Windows+R, type regedit, Enter)
Delete this entire key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\code-and-web.de\BabelEdit\licensing
Now open up BabelEdit, click "Try BabelEdit". It will try to activate over the internet and fail (because it's being redirected to your own machine now).
Two boxes will appear. On the second one, paste following:
PHBsaXN0PjxkaWN0PjxrZXk+cHJvZHVjdDwva2V5PjxzdHJpbmc+QmFiZWxFZGl0PC9zdHJpbmc+PGtleT5saWNlbnNlVHlwZTwva2V5PjxzdHJpbmc+PC9zdHJpbmc+PC9kaWN0PjwvcGxpc3Q+
And press "Activate". BabelEdit will open.
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It's a annoying workaround because to use BabelEdit you'll need to enter this key above *every time*. But if you don't have money, the trouble's worth it.
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rm ~/Library/Preferences/de.code-and-web.BabelEdit.plist

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