I'm trying to install Spore on my Mac (MacBook Pro 13', Dual Core, Snow-Leopard).
I'm having a few problems... Not long ago a friend of mine gave me his Spore copy and his Spore key code to try and install the game. As it commanded me to type in the code, it appeared to be invalid so I went ahead and just bought my own copy of Spore. I deleted the old game on my mac and installed the new one. It installed fine, but when I tried to play it, I had to wait about 20 minutes for it to tell me that the code is invalid. It didn't even let me try to type in my new code! What it sad was: Try reinstalling, purchasing a new copy and a new code and then trying again (What I actually did). It's still telling me to buy a new one...
The game also asked for updates. I updated it as many times as it wanted in hope to be able to play soon... With the newest update, it doesn't even let me open the game! It just crashes straight up!
I'm really close to throwing that game out of my window... Would downloading a cracked version be illegal now?
/Library/Application Support/[program name]/
and[home folder]/Library/Application Support/[program name]/
. These aren't usually removed when the program itself is Trashed. Uninstall again and check that there aren't files left over by Spore in those two places, which might include the old invalid key. (I'm not making this an answer because it's only an educated guess about what might be happening.)