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copy Illustrator CS to another Mac
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Hey, folks,
Here's my situation. I have this Mac (Panther 10.3.7) at hand, which has Illustrator CS installed. I want to copy it to my ibook. (I have Adobe Photoshop on my ibook.) I don't know which folders I need to copy to in order to have a usable program. I tried copying the entire /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS folder but the program cannot be opened. Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks.
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Can't you just install it from the Adobe CS installer cd?
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I have unexpectedly quit.
Dual G5 2Ghz :: 4 GB :: OSX 10.4.x
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Originally posted by York911:
Can't you just install it from the Adobe CS installer cd?
Good question. Of course I can. But I don't have the cd 
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Originally posted by scabbage:
Good question. Of course I can. But I don't have the cd
You need the installer CD.
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So what makes not possible to simply copy the folders?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Originally posted by scabbage:
So what makes not possible to simply copy the folders?
Law. It is illegal to install a single copy of Illustrator on two computers. If you do not possess the original install disk, you do not possess the right to install the software on your computer.
Also, unlike most Mac software, the current batch of Adobe software can no longer be simply copied from one computer to another. Much like software for Windows, Adobe now install necessary element throughout the OS, beyond just the Applications folder. They can probably be copied, but you will have to find them.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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This will explode in my face I am sure - - - but it has always seemed to me that if I have a home system [desktop] and a transportable system [laptop] then as long as I am only ever using one computer at a time, then I am not in violation of the license agreements...
that being said, I still end up buy multiple licenses, because that is how I was trained to build my software library - It does get expensive though. 
so is software piracy...
scabbage you need to buy the second seat.
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Originally posted by eyevaan:
This will explode in my face I am sure - - - but it has always seemed to me that if I have a home system [desktop] and a transportable system [laptop] then as long as I am only ever using one computer at a time, then I am not in violation of the license agreements...
Microsoft has allowed this in the past with its Office products (used to say so in small print on the back of the box). I don't know what their current policy is and there is no longer mention of it on their boxes; might be something in the EULA. But, I am inclined to agree with you; software licensed to the user, not the computer.
In any case, you would still be in possession of the original install disks. In the example in this thread, scabbage does not appear to have access to the install disks, but does have access to the computer that the software is installed on. This would seem to imply that he doesn't have permission to use the install disks.
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