How to share apps on 2 Macs with the same Apple ID ?

Hi,
I got a new iMac (2013 - Mavericks), and I gave my old one (2010 - Lion) to my husband. I've downloaded some new games on the Apple Store with my Apple ID for my new Mac, and it works fine. But when my husband wants to install them on his Mac, when he types the password for my Apple ID, it doesn't work, it says "wrong user/password"...
It seems that once I've activated my Apple ID on my new Mac, it prevented the old one to use it ?? The Home Sharing is turned on, but apparently it only concerns iTunes (music, etc), but not the NEW apps from the App Store. Everything new on my Mac can't be shared with the old Mac.
What can I do ? We don't want to create a new Apple ID for my husband, because we don't want to lose what there is already on his old Mac (we use the same music, games, apps, etc).
Thanks for your help.

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If we means 2, then you are best keeping seperate accounts. What you need to do is share photo stream albums with the other.

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