Another common reason for the symptoms you describe would be trying to add the USB Serial Device to network connections when the cable isn’t connected to the system. One reason our instructions would not work is if you have purchased an FTDI chipset based USB Serial Device. Hi Jordan (and any others who might be reading this). If you have any trouble, just visit /products/pl2303-db9/support to see existing FAQs for Plugable’s USB Serial adapter. USB Serial on the Mac is a real melding of the very new and very old. Once that is up and connected (and if the serial ports are set to the same baud rate and paramters), you can type on either side and see the characters come across. If you have a null modem cable and a terminal program on the other side, the Mac actually has a built-in terminal program called “screen” that you can use to test the connection. On Mac, the file which maps to the port is /dev/cu.usbserial. Now finally, you need an application which will talk to the serial port. And this won’t change the “Not Configured” message – that’s still ok. Because it’s a serial port, it’ll say “Not Configured” and that’s normal:įrom the “Advanced” button you can change default settings (usually not needed). This will create a “Network” interface for a modem or serial port. Now click on the ‘+’ sign on the bottom left, and then on the ‘Select the interface and enter a name for the new Service’ click on ‘Interface’ – you should be seeing the ‘USB-Serial Controller D’ there. Your results should be very close to this: On the Mac there are two methods to determine this: Installing should start (takes a couple of minutes to complete)Īfter you restart, check that everything has installed OK. This is normal, click ‘Continue Installation‘. You’ll get a warning about restarting the computer after the installation is complete. You may be asked of your username and password – enter them and click ‘OK’ Then ‘Select a Destination’ click on your desired drive and click ‘Continue’ to move forward Once the installer comes up click ‘Continue’ to proceed. Now double click on the PL2303_1.4.0 to start the installation Now double click on the PL2303_1.4.0.dmg to mount the image Time to get the driver! Fire up Safari and browse to and scroll down to Mac.Ĭlick on the ‘PL2303 MacOSX10.6 dmg v.1.4.0.zip’, the Safari Downloads window should come up: If all is well you should be seeing something like this: Once connected click on the Apple icon and on ‘About This Mac’Ĭlick on ‘USB’ on the left and on the ‘USB-Serial Controller D’ If you want to verify that the adapter and the driver were installed properly click hereĬonnect the device to the Mac.To redeem the coupon just enter the coupon code: XMASX.The easiest way to go about installing our Plugable USB to Serial adapter is by starting with the device. Through AppStore, full version will be downloaded to your computer.Īs a promotion for Christmas we offer a 20% discount on Mac Product Key Finder Pro. NOTE 3: Both Free and Pro versions will not work on apps you purchased through Mac AppStore, since they simply come without serial numbers. NOTE 2: Apperture, Final Cut, Logic Studio and Roxio Toast Titanium are NOT supported by Free or Pro versions as well. Office 2008 and beta version of 2011 are supported. NOTE: Microsoft Office 2011 is NOT supported by Free or Pro versions, and no, unfortunately we cannot add it, since it's encrypted, even though we know where it's stored. Below, you can see comparison table of features between freeware and Pro versions. Pro version supports more software and has more usefulįeatures, such as "Deep scan" and network Mac scan. You can save this list to a file (HTML, XML, CSV, PDF and text file) or print it.Ĭurrently, list of supported software is not very big, but it includes popular software such as Microsoft Office 2008, Adobe Photoshop CS3-CS5, Parallel's Desktop, Panic applications,Īt the moment, there are 2 versions of Mac Product Key Finder: Freeware and Professional versions. This small tool will scan your Mac for installed applications and show your product keys (serial numbers). Mac Product Key Finder is freeware program for recovering lost product keys (or making backup before it is too late) for software installed on your Mac. Mac Product Key Finder - recover lost serial numbers of your Mac apps
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