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galacticagal
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December 22, 2011
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How many computers can I put Photoshop on?

  • December 22, 2011
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I read somewhere that you can have it on up to two comptuters (home and work) but only one may be used at a time.

But can it be installed on two laptops?


my other question is if i were to get a macbook next year would i be able to transfer my photoshop over to the mac and deactiviate it on one my other laptop?

I just need some questions answered before I go out and make a huge purchase lol

Thanks for any advice.

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You can install it on more than 2 machines, but you can only have 2 activated copies at any one time.

Of these two activated computers you can only run one at a time.

So yes, it you deactivate you can install on another machine.

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JofreJKD
JofreJKD
Participant
December 23, 2020

Or.... run anyway with internet turned off - smh give me break. If you allow for two pc's in a household let it run on two pcs in the household. so stupid.

davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
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December 23, 2020

Your subscription is personal, nothing to do with households or premises.


The exact words are :

Your subscription lets you activate the Software on up to two devices (or virtual machines) at a time, however, you may not use the Software on the two devices simultaneously.

https://wwwimages2.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/en/legal/servicetou/Software-Additional-Terms_en_US_20200724.pdf

 

and

6.2 Misuse. You must not misuse the Services or Software. For example, you must not:

.......

(C) enable or allow others to use the Services or Software using your account information;

 

https://www.adobe.com/uk/legal/terms.html

 

Personally, I've never had a need to run it on two devices simultaneously, I can only use one at a time.

However, if you don't like the terms, you will need to take it up with Adobe directly, this forum is answered by volunteer users - we are not employees.

 

Dave

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DaveJCummingsCommunity Expert
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December 23, 2020

Exactly.  I only have it on my newest Macbook as well as my old Macbook. I don't need more than 2 devices.  I understand the frustration, but limiting to 2 devices is good, because there would definitely be some people who would abuse it if it allowed for more than 2 devices.

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Floart
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July 12, 2020

Hi ! 
Is there a way to add a 3rd computer ? Should I change Formula to be able to work on 3 computers ? Thanks for your care and reply !  (Yup ! Working a lot ! LOL !)

davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
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July 12, 2020

If you try and activate on a 3rd computer, you will be asked to deactivate on one of the others. Note the CC license allows you to activate on two computers but only use on one at a time.

 

Dave

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joadym77722434
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October 9, 2015

Thanks....

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Dodowatermellon
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August 12, 2015

I am planning on upgrading to Windows 10, I am putting all the files I want on a disk then doing a clean install. I have registered photoshop elements 9 on windows 7, if I do a clean install then install photoshop elements again will I be able to or will it reject me because the serial key has been used?

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Anonymous
Correct answer
December 22, 2011

You can install it on more than 2 machines, but you can only have 2 activated copies at any one time.

Of these two activated computers you can only run one at a time.

So yes, it you deactivate you can install on another machine.

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    galacticagalAuthor
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    December 22, 2011

    ok thanks that excatly what i wanted to know

    im new to photoshop and just used up my trial.. now my mom wants to try it out on our home computer. so we will probably purchase it after that, but i wanted to make sure it could be on two computers (so maybe she will split the cost with me) haha

    RobertoBlake
    RobertoBlake
    Inspiring
    December 26, 2011

    acresofgreen wrote:

    I've wondered about the EULA - any idea why the license is for one user?

    It always came off to me as lawyers justifying their existence, frankly.

    And by the way, they don't *actually* check for simultaneous use, but you didn't hear that from me.

    -Noel


    Of course it is, and it's impractical and doesn't even mesh with how professional design works particularly at an in-house group or an ad agency. The computer is going to be used by who ever is on shift that day to use it or whatever freelancer is drafted to work on that project. If Adobe is really concerned with individual users holding licences of the software and want to protect it, they should do the following:

    You buy a license you can install the software on as many machines as you want, however you cannot use 80% of the features unless you login with you Adobe User ID. Meaning that if you want to open, rename, resize or reformat a file or change the names of layers and such, you can do all of that, but to do any meaningful work you have to be registered Adobe Product User with a license for that software or theorhetically your employer, or department head does.

    This just makes a lot more sense to me.

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