UPDD escape

README.md

Tested with UPDD_07_01_59.dmg, but should work with newer versions as well.

Download latest version: touch-base.com (please use temporary email) 100% working download: youtube.com/watch?v=odqYsHNl6qM Please download with github.com/KristianAskk/Infinite-Storage-Glitch.

Instructions

1. install and start UDPP (with all the steps needed for setup). Use a temporary email address while allowing internet connections until the software works in test mode.

2. now block all connections from UDPP when you are ready to crack it (e.g. with Little Snitch)

3. install homebrew if you haven't done it already (brew.sh)

4. install coreutils and sqlitebrowser with

brew install coreutils && brew install --cask db-browser-for-sqlite

5. unload the default LaunchDaemon:

sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.touch-base.updd.plist

Copy /Library/Preferences/updd/db/updd.db into your home directory and open the file with the DB Browser for SQLite. Make a backup of the file!!!

7. go to "Browse Data" and edit the following values in the following tables:

=== amf_user ===

password_expires = 2099-12-31

in all entries

=== updd_backup / updd_setting ===

value = 2099-12-31

where name contains registration and until

8. save the file and copy it back to /Library/Preferences/updd/db/updd.db. Make sure that UPDD is not running at the moment. The Commander and other tools can run.

9. copy com.touch-base.updd.cracker.sh and com.touch-base.updd.cracker.plist to /Library/LaunchDaemons

10. give yourself the rights to the new launcher file with

sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.touch-base.updd.cracker.plist

11. give the helper script execute permissions with

sudo chmod +x /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.touch-base.updd.cracker.sh

12. load the new launcher with

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.touch-base.updd.cracker.plist

Done!

com.touch-base.updd.cracker.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.touch-base.updd.cracker</string>
        <key>Nice</key>
        <integer>-18</integer>
        <key>ProcessType</key>
        <string>Standard</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.touch-base.updd.cracker.sh</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/Library/Application Support/UPDD/updd.app/Contents/MacOS/updd</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

com.touch-base.updd.cracker.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.touch-base.updd.plist || true
/usr/local/bin/timeout 2m "/Library/Application Support/UPDD/updd.app/Contents/MacOS/updd" -e

following the comment section I managed to understand :
The 127 error, that's because timeout is not in /usr/local/bin. To fix it, change "/usr/local/bin/timeout" in the sh scrip to: "/opt/homebrew/bin/timeout"
if all your files are with the right extension and name, and the editing was done correctly it worked for me.

yet -- UPDD commander window keeps popping every 2 minutes, I wish I knew how to make it invisible .... Does anyone know ???

Thank you for your script, it works fine !
The only painpoint is UPDD commander poping after every restart, and it's very annoying. Did you find any solution since @AlpDevOps ?

Ok I found half of the solution, to avoid UPDD commander taking the focus at every restart you can run this command :

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO
killall Dock

It doesn't solve the notification issue tho

Ok so I also found a solution for the notification : upddutils nodevice set minimum_notify_level 2. I found that in the documentation.

can someone please help me @h4ckerman69 i did everything like you said but now i have an acclamation mark in the menu in the top