Aperture became unregistered after AppleCare repair

I just got my MBP back from AppleCare a week or two ago, and am launching Aperture for the first time since. But now it's coming up as unregistered and asking for a serial number. The original box is around here somewhere, but I think it's packed away in a storage locker. Is there any way to recover that SN from a Time Machine backup?
Thanks!
Jeremy

What was done for the repair? There is a file /Library/Application Support/ProApps/Aperture System ID. This file has the serial number so if that file is missing you could restore from Time Machine. However it might show as invalid if the motherboard or hard drive was replaced (not sure about this). If that is the case then you would need to re-enter it.

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