Hi
I'm happy to say we received our 25 seats of the FCP X Suite (FCPX, Motion5, Compressor4) today as part of our Apple ALEP Agreement. Thanks Apple!
I haven't deployed yet ... but I'm looking at 75 different download codes. Yikkes.
I hope it doesn't mean what I think it means ... but I suspect it does. A download/license per machine?
More later
Lee
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Yikes.
Does that mean you have to sit in front of 25 systems, punch in the 3 codes, download on each machine?
25 times the download fun?
Thant's the intention I think.
The more interesting part is that if I download one instance on my App Store account XXXX@abc.com, that instance will always show "Installed" when logged into that account.
Sooooo .... do I need 25 App Store accounts? I haven't tried it yet since the the EULA states that the copies *cannot* be downloaded against a personal iTunes account, only an "Institutional Account". So I have to set that up first (whatever it is....).
Right now my biggest hope is that I can set the thing up on a single machine, make an image and deploy that. But I have no idea if the multiple copies will run on the same network, or if they will tie to hardware ID's ....
I'll let you know next week!
Lee
Kinda get the feeling that Apple are winging it!
I work at a University in the north east of england, and am Just back from leave to find my Maintenance upgrade and instructions in my mailbox. where did you get the info about the corporate account I can't see that in the EULA. not only do I have a page of codes for FCPX I also have a page of codes for Motion 5 and a page for Compressor 4. Am I going to have to keep a spreadsheet of which codes have been used on which machine? As we image our machines on a regular basis, and machines are also replaced on a regular programme, am I going to run out of installation codes how do I reset the counter?
Hi
The first paragraph of our "Content Codes Terms and Conditions" states
The Content Codes must be redeemed to iTunes accounts owned and controlled by your institution and not to personal iTunes accounts owned by the End Users. By redeeming the Content Codes, you agree your institution will always maintain ownership and control of the software licenses redeemed with the Content Codes.
Now, I suppose as an employee of the University you could use your personal account, but if you leave, or if you hand over administration to someone else you're going to have to give them access to your account details.
So I set up an email address : University.Dept@gmail.com, and associated it with my Dept Credit Card. (too hard to get our IT to set up a dedicated University address!!!!) So now all our Apple apps can be set up through it (if we in fact keep any Apple apps!)
So far I've downloaded one instance on a test machine. You have to go to the App Store and use the "Redeem" function and a code to "Buy" the apps. Yes 3 codes for one set of FCPX/Motion 5/Compressor4...
If we repeat that on every machine then we'll have 25 instances on 25 machines.
But I will be trying to download & install an instance on a machine and use that as an image to see if it lets me spread the app around like FCP 7 did. I don't know if the instances bind to a machine's hardware ID ... or it if sniffs the network for duplicate instances. I don't see any obvious ID files... so I hope it works.
It's not what they intend but I feel my hand is being forced. We've compensated Apple for 25 seats so that's all in order ... but managing 75 license codes is bizzare .... let alone what happens if you include the same for Pages/Numbers/Keynote /Aperture .... and I assume Logic ( and it's associated apps) will follow! That's hundreds of individual installs!!! If we can't deploy software packages in a sane manner then we'll have to move on.
And not to mention how we will down load and install Lion ....
Let us know how you get on
Lee
Unfortunate that the source of so much piracy has been institution and company interns/employees. I hope that a more convenient technological solution will be soon to arrive.
I've cloned a dozen workstations from a single download and FCPX starts up and seems to run normally, though I haven't done any significant project work. Our volume license covers 25 seats, and I simply set up a spreadsheet with the 25 download codes in one column and then listed each computer's system serial # in an adjacent column as I cloned, even though I wasn't downloading using that particular code.
This seems to be the approach described in Apple's "Webinar" on their volume purchase program. I found it helpful and informative.
http://edseminars.apple.com/event/2932/259862
I, too, would be interested in others' experiences in similar situations.
I don't think you need to use all of the codes. This may be of use:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4781
Volume Licenses Arrive...
