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Other Use Restrictions.<\/strong> The grants set forth in <strong>this License do not permit you to, and you agree not to, install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer<\/strong>, or to enable others to do so.You agree not to remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary notices (including trademark and copyright notices) that may be affixed to or contained within the Apple Software. Except as otherwise permitted by the terms of this License or otherwise licensed by Apple: (i) <strong>only one user may use the Apple Software at a time<\/strong>, and (ii) <strong>you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be run or used by multiple computers at the same time<\/strong>. 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