Running Aperture on more than one computer

hi, can anyone tell me what the limit is for running a copy of Aperture on your macs. are you allowed to put aperture on your laptop and powermac or do you have to buy a copy for each? and does the same apply for things such as Tiger?
thanks,
Aidan

Aidan,
Tiger/OSX is licensed to each individual machine. A single copy/license of Aperture can be loaded on your desktop and laptop but if they are networked, it will only run on one machine at a time.
Sam

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The Aperture license allows installation on 2 computers, but unfortunately Libraries cannot synch, a very serious limitation for those many photogs like me who use a laptop in the field plus a desktop in the office. Why Apple continues to fail miserably in this regard is beyond me. Apple's Filemaker databases have been able to synch since the 1980s, and iPhones synch just fine.
There are various workarounds, all lame to some degree. I suggest going to "Feedback" under the Aperture menu and requesting single-user 2-computer synch of 2 Libraries.
Note that although the app can be on two computers and you can even have two different Libraries, two versions of a single license copy cannot be open at the same time on a network.
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• Finder-copy images from CF to a labeled folder on the intended permanent Masters location hard drive. I label that folder with the Project name suffixed with _masters, that way I can easily find the Masters if Aperture forgets where they are.
• Eject CF.
• Burn backup copies of the original images to DVDs or to hard drives (recommended optional backup step).
• Eject backup DVDs/hard drives (optional backup step).
• From within Aperture, import images from the hard drive folder into Aperture selecting "Store files in their current location."
• Review pix for completeness (e.g. a 500-pic shoot has 500 valid images showing).
• Reformat CF in camera, and archive DVDs of originals off site.
Note that the "eject" steps above are important in order to avoid mistakenly working on removable media.
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