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Old Jun 18, 2016 | 02:02 PM
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SCT X4 problem

I recently bought an SCT X4 from a guy and came to hook it up and it said that it was married to another truck, and everything online told me to use the SCT software. I have a macbook as well as an older windows but the windows would stop responding and crash when I would try to update it. Is there any way to get the software on a mac?
 
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Old Jun 18, 2016 | 02:46 PM
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I recently bought an SCT X4 from a guy and came to hook it up and it said that it was married to another truck, and everything online told me to use the SCT software. I have a macbook as well as an older windows but the windows would stop responding and crash when I would try to update it. Is there any way to get the software on a mac?
You have to send it to sct to be unlocked.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 05:44 AM
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I was told by 5 Star that any updates to the SCT would have to be done on a Windows based computer. Which puts the screws to me because all we have are Macs.
Not 5 Star's fault, SCT so far refuses to develop anything for another platform. I've got no problems with 5 Star, but I may have not made the purchase had I looked into this better.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by smithjacob73
I recently bought an SCT X4 from a guy and came to hook it up and it said that it was married to another truck, and everything online told me to use the SCT software. I have a macbook as well as an older windows but the windows would stop responding and crash when I would try to update it. Is there any way to get the software on a mac?
That tuner is locked to another truck. It has to go straight to SCT to get unlocked. There is nothing 5 star or innovative or anyone else can do.
 
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