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If I purchase a license will it allow me to use Filemaker Pro on my Laptop and my Desktop alternately? Thanks...

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  • It is true that a retail FileMaker license allows you to install on two separate computers "for your exclusive use". This means that you can use the license on each machine at different times (or "alternately" to use your term).

    Since you cannot use them both at the same time, this would mean that you are not permitted to share a database from one machine to another with a single license (for example, if you hosted a database and then accessed it from another location on another machine).

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    Yes! The one key can be installed on both of your computers. You can even share the databases you create with computers on your network or instant web publishing (so another user can access your database over the internet). In fact, FileMaker Pro 11 allowed 5 simultaneous users (as long as the host computer was active). Long story short, you will have no problem using the single key on your laptop and desktop.

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