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How long does it take to get the email??

Macs rule.

Hint: The code is the same as the name of a song by Rush.

No amazon for me...

Nvm, I finally got it.  Still a little to green on macs I guess.  Never should have waited so long.

Parenthood is like being pecked to death by a duck

a whole album...and you just repeated my hint, lol

To get to the ftp server, copy/paste the address into an ftp programme, or into a web broswer, but before hitting send, delete the image portion.
so the use ftp://82.165.156.231/

Safari did not work too well as an ftp browser (not all files shown), but firefox works surprisingly well.
cheers!

Haha, sweet, my topic was pinned!

MacHeist is sweet.  Period.

thanks, cactusjack901!
for saving a wretch like me.
(i was lost,
but now i'm found)

RE: the app prizes...
they're very nice and i don't want to kick a gift horse,
but, well,
are MacHeist, MacZOT, MacUpdate Promo
and MacAppADay all in bed with each other
(so to speak)?

For those simply looking for the code: it's 2112.

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Wonderful heists and mini. Thanks, Macheist, this is great fun!

I had thought about this. I wonder if someone working on MacHeist is a Rush fan. I love 2112. I even have a 2112 t-shirt.

That's the same thing that happened to me. I got a Network globe icon in a three-D box on my desktop.

AliDar

Completed Mission #1, #1.5, #2, #2.5, #3, followed a white rabbit to a prize, sent a nasty email from Maczot, and (sniff) helped uncover a traitor in our midst!

Try double clicking it to actually open up the server's files...

I met Hubert in the amazon.

A recap, all you have to do is submit the following text to the MacUpdate Tipline.  You enter your name and email and within a couple of minutes you'll recieve your code.

That's it.

The file is in the "Desktop" folder within that server guys.  C'mon now.

MacHeist is sweet.  Period.

Who isn't a Rush fan?

i just got into them recently, i knew about them my whole life, but never listened.. then i played Guitar Hero II...GH II has YYZ...i liked it....friend gave me his rush CDs  now they rank around Pink Floyd in my head (Pink Floyd is my favorite band)

Definitely the least enjoyable, poorly designed, ill-concived, badly executed, convoluted MacHeist with the least logical clues to date ("They're responsible for the fall of the Mac."????).

Let's hope it's not all downhill from here. Maybe the designers need to take some rest before the next one and to come up with different logical puzzles instead of repeating the same thing 8 times in a row (go to a web site, grab a puzzle piece).

Let's hope they aren't so eager to release what is obviously a poor rushed job.

2 out of 100.

ok...  somone's a baby

"The universe.  What a concept."  --  Eric Wareheim

"There was an error with your submission."
Great...

I got the email 2 mins after I sent in the tip

Anyone else realize that the FTP server also contains a copy of Colloquy? I realize this isn't a prize, but maybe hint that we need IRC for the future. Or, like other times, there may be a clue in the app contents.

"There are two kinds of people: those who stop when they reach a wall, and those who start climbing." -Me, 1999
"What if I have a sledgehammer?" -Me, 2006

[temporary threadjack]

"are MacHeist, MacZOT, MacUpdate Promo and MacAppADay all in bed with each other (so to speak)?"

To be honest, I was actually quite surprised to see MacUpdate playing along. This scenario was great; there probably is some truth that MacUpdate and Maczot 'fight' over the same applications to showcase for a day.
cheers to the two organizations being good sports!

I give you a 2/100   Seriously, I don't know what you're complaining about.  The backroom fixes all problems.

Sweet.

The code 2112 is not working for me...

i got the email from his with the password 2112 and it hasn't worked any of the 5 or 10 times i tried it.

I've got the same error. The site won't accept a '+' in my email address, but I am registered at macheist with this '+' in the address. I did try the code combination elsewhere in this thread and it worked...

Same problem... did the Heist, got the e-mail from MacUpdate, tried the code... stalls. What am I missing? I submitted the tip with the same e-mail address as I use here.

I'm having the same problem. Got the email, but code won't work. Maybe the mini heist hasn't officially started yet since the vault is still open?

Zoomrix.com

It just worked for me...

You asked and here is your answer:

Pointless clues that mean nothing and point to nowhere. An example of such is the clue "They're responsible for the fall of the Mac."

How on GOD's Earth is someone supposed to know who said that?

Using google yields 0 results for that quote. Are people supposed to come up with an answer out of thin air?

here's another one for you:

"GoVisitTheBoss.pdf" on the pagea software web site. Why isn't the boss = the boss of pangea. How is one supposed to know that "The Boss" refered to by the clue is the boss of a different sofware company altogether that isn't in any way related to pagea? Seems like it's completely arbitrary.

And if it's arbitrary, why isn't the answer Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Bruce Springsteen for that matter?

Thirdly, it's rather redundant and poorly designed to have to do the same step (get a puzzle piece, go to a web site) 8 times in a row.

Once, sure. Twice, ok. But 8 times? it lacks imagination.

3 examples of poor concept and execution. I have more, but that should be enough to answer your question.

I just can't work this out... I got a text file (plan.txt) but what do I need to do now? Mail it to someone but to who and how?

Just go and check the walk-through here.

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I already did but I can't find the address where I need to mail to.