Q: My teenage daughter and I have different Apple IDs but I would like to share my Final Cut Pro software so we both can edit our vid ... My teenage daughter and I have different Apple IDs but I would like to share my Final Cut Pro software so we both can edit our videos for YouTube . Have to I go about doing this?? more
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Dec 26, 2015 6:59 AM in response to Mervinby Tom Wolsky,★HelpfulAAre you using the same computer? Or does she have a separate computer that she owns?
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Dec 26, 2015 6:54 AM in response to Mervinby Luis Sequeira1,This is a feature of icloud called Family Sharing.
Read about it here:
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Dec 26, 2015 7:16 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1by BenB,I do this with my boys. We have a family iMac, we each have our own account. FCPX is installed under my App Store account login. But my kids have access to it. As admin of the iMac, I can set what apps others have access to with parental controls. Not need for family sharing or anything.
Since this is a Mac that "I" control, it is legal, works just fine.
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Dec 26, 2015 7:40 AM in response to BenBby Luis Sequeira1,Either way, it is legal. I mentioned Family Sharing because it was not clear if the OP and his daughter were using the same mac or different ones.
Same mac, just use. Different mac that you own and control, use Family Sharing.
In my home there are a few different macs that I, my wife and my kids use. I am the "organizer" under Family Sharing and we share different pieces of software. My kids can even purchase software if I give the go ahead, and it all shared by the family. Five members, five Apple IDs, one credit card.
Not specific to FCP X, by the way. It applies to (almost) any software you buy at the App Store.
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Dec 28, 2015 5:45 AM in response to Tom Wolskyby Mervin ,NO different computers and different Apple IDs.
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Dec 28, 2015 5:46 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1by Mervin ,Just a little lost does this means she has to log in under me to use?
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Dec 28, 2015 5:54 AM in response to Mervinby Tom Wolsky,SSame computer, different logins, you don't have to do anything. She just launches the app and works in it. Done. Only you can update the app though with your Apple ID.
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Dec 28, 2015 8:21 AM in response to Mervinby Luis Sequeira1,Mervin wrote:
NO different computers and different Apple IDs.
I find that setting up and using Family Sharing is not complicated at all.
But if you don't want that, you can easily create one account for you in your daughter's computer, log in to the App Store using your Apple ID and download FCP X. It is perfectly legal, as you own and control both computers.
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Dec 28, 2015 8:23 AM in response to Mervinby Luis Sequeira1,Mervin wrote:
Just a little lost does this means she has to log in under me to use?
No. She should use her own account.
Once the software is installed on some machine, all users of that machine can use it.
And you may be using it simultaneously on your own mac too.