Updated terms specify number of installs from the Mac App Store
While researching the reduced price behind Apple's Remote Desktop -- $79.99 on the Mac App Store versus $299.99 for up to 10 seats through Apple's website -- we in the TUAW newsroom found ourselves debating the number of allowed installs.
I perused the individual license attached to the Apple Remote Desktop app on the Mac App Store, and it said the app can be installed on computers you own or control in accordance with with the Mac App Store Product Usage Rules. These rules (which weren't on Apple legal's site as of yet, but you do see them when doing your first purchase in the Mac App Store) specify that "You may download and use an application from the Mac App Store for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded products running Mac OS X that you own or control."
So that shiny copy of Remote Desktop you just downloaded? It goes to any personal Mac you own. Granted, most people aren't going to own a plethora of Macs, but it's still a better deal than $299.99 just to even use the product. Same goes for Aperture, which is $79.99 on the Mac App Store, but $199.99 through the website. Commercial enterprises will still need to buy individual licenses.
It answers a concern about whether or not Apple will restrict the number of installs you can do on the Mac. Likewise, iOS apps downloaded through the iOS App Store can be installed on any Apple-branded products running iOS.
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January 28 2011 at 4:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply$299 is for a single seat license (one admin machine), limited to managing 10 computers. It's not a 10 seat license, making the app store version a fraction of the price.
January 07 2011 at 4:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo, for the $79 copy of Apple Remote Desktop, is that a limited or unlimited version? Looks like unlimited, but I'd like confirmation before spending that much.
Thanks, Ian
Found my first case of App store name squatting. Look for "Carbon Copy" on the App Store. It is NOT the well-regarded "Carbon Copy Cloner" by Bombich Software. It looks like a stripped-down version written by someone else. I've notified Mike Bombich, and tried to leave a negative review on the App Store.
January 06 2011 at 11:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPersonally, I'm more bothered by the "non-commercial use" part. I can't use apps bought through the app Store for profit?
They really need a clearer definition of "non-commercial use" in the terms and conditions, because as a Creative Commons survey has shown (http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17127), people have wildly different definitions of that term.
Just non-commercial use? What about all those apps in the developer tools section?
January 06 2011 at 11:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"You may download and use an application from the Mac App Store for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded products running Mac OS X that you own or control."
What if you are a lawyer and they release MS Word or a PDF generation software for App-store? Does that mean those professionals cannot use the applications?
What about a wedding photographer using apeture?
To directly quote the Mac App Store Help on multiple mac installs :
On the other Mac, find the application in App Store, click Buy or Free, and then provide the Apple ID you used to purchase the application.
Copy the application from one Mac to another Mac. When you open the copied application on the other Mac, enter the Apple ID used to purchase it.
Open App Store on the other Mac, and then log in using the Apple ID used to make the purchase.
Click Purchases in the toolbar to list applications purchased. Any application that has an INSTALL option was purchased using the Apple ID, but not installed on the Mac you’re using. You can download and install the application on the Mac.
For some reason the formatting didn't come across on my last post. The help says they are different ways to do it, not steps.
Actually, I believe it says somewhere in there that you can authorize up to 5 computers, much like with the iTunes Store.
January 06 2011 at 10:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRichard: when you run the App Store on your wife's computer, make sure to enter the same Apple ID as you used on your computer. Then, when you click to "purchase" the app a second time, it will know you already bought it, and won't charge you again. But if you use two Apple IDs, you'll get charged twice.
January 06 2011 at 10:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFrom the sounds of it though, it's a license and simply that, right?
If an admin had ARD on his personal laptop, there's not really much stopping him from controlling all the clients using that laptop, is there?
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