I recently bought myself a new aluminium iMac, and I have transferred
the files across using the Migration Assistant. However I had to
create another user for the new computer (to avoid a name clash), and
there now seem to be two copies of Freeway on the computer. Are there
two copies, or is there just one copy available to both users?
Actually I intend to delete the other user.
More to the point, what about the copies of Freeway 4 and Freeway 5
still on my original G3 iMac? According to the Freeway licence
agreements I am only allowed to have one copy of each of the
applications - so should I delete the original copies? In fact I am
not using the original computer much now anyway, and at some point I
intend to dispose of it.
Sometime around 26/8/08 (at 23:53 +0100) Graham Smith said:
there now seem to be two copies of Freeway on the computer. Are there
two copies, or is there just one copy available to both users?
Are they both in the top-level Applications folder? Try putting one
into a folder with a custom name; is the other still where you first
found it?
Make sure one isn’t an alias - but yes, it is quite possible that the
Migration Assistant pulled across a second copy of Freeway.
More to the point, what about the copies of Freeway 4 and Freeway 5
still on my original G3 iMac? According to the Freeway licence
agreements I am only allowed to have one copy of each of the
applications - so should I delete the original copies?
The important thing is that you don’t use two copies at once or allow
them to be used by others, as that would be taking unfair advantage.
This is the line that Adobe, Quark and others take regarding having a
single software licence used on a desktop and a laptop at once.
But it must be deleted when you dispose of the computer, of course.
Just to update you on what’s been happening: I recently downloaded a
new version of Freeway and it was available to both users of my
computer. Curious. Anyway I have deleted the other user now.
My next question will be about disposing of an iMac - but I will put
that in the Off Topic section.
When you install an application on a Mac, generally it will be
available to all users.
I’m not sure how this works now, but there was talk at one time of
allowing each user to have his or her own Applications folder, and
what the user would see in /Applications (the main one) would be a
merge of the global applications and any personal ones. I don’t think
that made it very far in the OS, although I thought it was a pretty
cool idea.
The Freeway license says that you may install the application on up
to two separate Macs, but only one copy may be active at any given
time. This is so you can have one on your laptop and one on your
desktop, should you be so equipped.
Walter
On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Graham Smith wrote:
Dear FreewayTalk
Just to update you on what’s been happening: I recently downloaded a
new version of Freeway and it was available to both users of my
computer. Curious. Anyway I have deleted the other user now.
My next question will be about disposing of an iMac - but I will put
that in the Off Topic section.
A safe method of setting up a new mac from an older machine is to set up your primary as the admin account. Don’t load all the apps and docs into this account. Create a second account which will be your daily user account (it too can be an admin if you prefer). Into this account migrate the whole mess of apps and docs.
The primary admin account serves as a fail safe if you run into problems and have to do some fixit stuff on the machine.