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redspritecreative
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May 11, 2012
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Creative Cloud multiple computers

  • May 11, 2012
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Little confuses about how multiple computers work.

Here's my situation, I have my primary computer (mac book pro) I travel with & will be using Creative cloud on, but for the next 4 months I'm in england and spending 4 days a week living with a family & I have a desktop Mac that I use at there house. When I go back to Canada can I use (set) another secondary computer? Will I have to manually delete the adobe programs off this computer before I leave? Hope this makes sense, thanks.

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    Correct answer AmitB_1977

    Here is my situation.  I have:

    1. PC (Windows - work)

    2. PC (Windows - home)

    3. Laptop (Windows - home)

    Obviously it is only licensed to me and I would only be using on one device at a time (I am either at home or work, on a desktop or a laptop), so would I have to worry about de-activating a PC if I wanted to use my laptop?  Also, I am planning on swapping out my laptop for a MacBook Pro later this summer.  Of course I will de-activate the current Windows Laptop so I can install it on the MBP. 

    From what I understand I should be able to install it on 2 different OS's, and I am assuming I can probably get by with having it installed on 3 devices (which is a similar question others have been trying to ask above).


    Hello,

    You should be able to install the software on 3 devices simultaneously, and be able to deactivate one of them through Help > Deactivate on demand.

    Regards,

    Amit

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    Preran
    Community Manager
    PreranCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 11, 2012

    Hi Geordiemilne1,

    I am not sure if I got you but you can install Adobe software on two computers but can use it on only one computer at any given time. To install on another computer, uninstall on one of your computers before installing.

    Thanks,

    Preran

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    Julien_deka
    Known Participant
    May 12, 2012

    I'm in the same kind of questioning. I'm working in the US, on a Mac Pro, and I have also a Mac Book Pro with which I also work sometime.

    Now I also have a workstation in France, where I come from. So far my personal softaware licences were installed on it, and on my laptop... And I was using a compagny softaware licence in the US (the compagny I work for).

    With the creative cloud being - well - in the cloud - I remember reading punch lines such as " everywhere" or "anywhere"... I though it was going to be THE sollution for me. Running the apps according to the custumer using it, not according to the actual computer where it is installed, which would appear to be a model of the past.

    Actually it would make sens. When you buy a softaware, you buy a service; nothing physical. So it would really makes sens in 2012 that you can walk and sit at any computer and be able to use your rights to use the software.

    But for what I understand reading this thread, the Creative Cloud works just the same way as traditional Creative Suit licencing : 2 computers only (not being used at the same time - obviously making sens)...

    Now, what about multiple customer on ONE machine?

    Can you instal the Creative Clouds apps, and log in before to start to work? So you get your files.

    Let me draw an example:

    If I walk to a friend's office, and he is a CC customer, and I am too. Can I just sit at his desk, log out of his account, log in into my own account, and now being able to open my projecst that are on my cloud to start discussing creating talks with him, while we are actually looking at my documents, opened in their respective apps on his desktop?

    Does it make sens?

    2thestuff
    2thestuff
    Participant
    December 4, 2012

    Okay, so if i get the query correctly, if you have purchased one Creative cloud subscription with your adobe id, then you can use that subscription on 2 separate machines without any problem. I am asuming that you just have one creative cloud CS6 subscription and no other subscriptions. If you try to use it on a third machine , then thats not allowed.


    Amrita Chakrabarti wrote:

    Okay, so if i get the query correctly, if you have purchased one Creative cloud subscription with your adobe id, then you can use that subscription on 2 separate machines without any problem. I am asuming that you just have one creative cloud CS6 subscription and no other subscriptions. If you try to use it on a third machine , then thats not allowed.

    Can you please clarify?

    What if I have 2 machines at my desk that I would like to run InDesign on one and Photoshop on the other simultaneously?  Is this allowed since I wouldn't have the same apps open at the same time but using the account on two different machines?

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