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Aperture 2 install on more than one compter
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Legally No.
One "active" instance on one machine at a time. Meaning, if you have it on the MBP and you want it on the iMac, then uninstall it on the MBP and install it on the iMac.
Again, Legally No.
Does that mean I can uninstall it from one computer and then install it on the other with no problems. Is the issue is having an install on both at the same time? How do they know I removed it from the first computer to allow it installed on the other??
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kkat never said they "knew" (I don't know), but Apple isn't infamous for going after users. The kicker is that legally you can't do it. If you're willing to step across that line, I don't think it would be too difficult (again, I can't say for sure though).
Actually, as far as I can tell, you can install it on a desktop and laptop, you just can't run it in both places at the same time. That's consistent with software like Photoshop too.
Printed license in the box doesn't seem to be available online though.
Well, I'll put it like this and take it for what it's worth.
You can DO whatever you like/wish. If your breaking license agreement then so be it. If not then kudo's.
(I had to dig out my license agreement for Aperture located in 'app/contents/english/etcetcetcetc') The kicker is that even though it's not always available it IS there for you to read when you install. Most users click, click, click, click to install but never pay attention. It paiz too reed.
In the OP's original question, it IS licensed for one Apple Desktop and one Apple Laptop PROVIDED they are both owned and used by you (yes same as what compuwar said about photoshop). Read below...
So your safe.
You can DO whatever you like/wish. If your breaking license agreement then so be it. If not then kudo's.
(I had to dig out my license agreement for Aperture located in 'app/contents/english/etcetcetcetc') The kicker is that even though it's not always available it IS there for you to read when you install. Most users click, click, click, click to install but never pay attention. It paiz too reed.
In the OP's original question, it IS licensed for one Apple Desktop and one Apple Laptop PROVIDED they are both owned and used by you (yes same as what compuwar said about photoshop). Read below...
So your safe.
Seriously (don't quote me) I don't think so, if your referring to running them at the same time.
Since it's licensed that way regarding a single user, I would assume you could probably run it at the same time on the same network.
My wife has a MB and I thought about adding it for quick touch ups while on travel, but I haven't installed it yet.
I have been dealing with that situation for a while now. I am not sure if I will be moving my entire operation to one machine just yet, so I am trying to run my one copy of Aperture on 2 machines.
If they are on the same network, the software will shutdown after one version with the same serial is opened already. If you take one machine off of the network you are fine. For me, the lappy has to connect to the tower to access the master files, so it has to be on the network.
For anyone else, you can run the software on two machines but just make sure it's not at the same time, and your library isn't on the network forcing you to connect.
If they are on the same network, the software will shutdown after one version with the same serial is opened already. If you take one machine off of the network you are fine. For me, the lappy has to connect to the tower to access the master files, so it has to be on the network.
For anyone else, you can run the software on two machines but just make sure it's not at the same time, and your library isn't on the network forcing you to connect.
And there you go, like I said, don't quote me.
Thanks Digital Skunk for your answer.
I went to one of Apple's Aperture seminars and this is one of the most common use cases. Take your notebook to a shoot, down load the images to the notebook and process them then export the project. Then when you get home import the project to the desktop machine and delete it from the notebook. projects were designed to be self contained just for this reason.
Apple allows you to install Aperture on one laptop and one desktop owned and used by you.
Aperture Software License Agreement said:
I wish. I can't get "BTMM" working on anything but Apple routers. I am sure that they can work on some 3rd party ones but I don't know how other places setup their networks... I am pretty sure it is with the security set to maximum so only the bare minimum gets in or out.
I just have the second drive on my tower as the library, and reference all the images from both copies of Aperture. It works a lot better if you concentrate your library on one machine, i.e. use one machine as your main workhorse, and the other as dumping ground/backup. Now I am just thinking of deleting Aperture on the tower and just using Bridge, since my G5 can't keep up with my MBP now-a-days.
I had a feeling it worked like that. Way back in the day it was sort of a silent agreement (since we didn't read them back then either) that if you bought any form of software, you could install it on either a work machine and a home machine, or your desktop and laptop without worry. You just can't run them at the same time when they are networked together.
how does aperture know if your the person using the application? me and my dad both want to use aperture he has an imac i have a mac book pro.
It doesn't. In fact, I suspect that you could install one copy of Aperture on, say, three computers.
But you couldn't legally, and the EULA states that you can put it on your desktop and laptop... so who owns the machines? This is getting into legal nitpicking territory, and while it's important to follow the law, it's also beyond my abilities to give you advice.