How to use Horse on separate devices

A Horse license belongs to one person and can be used on that person’s computers. Trails do not currently sync automatically between them.

243 words by Eleanor McKeown

A Horse license is for one person, not one machine. If you use a desktop at home and a laptop everywhere else, install Horse on both and activate each copy with your existing license. Two computers, one rider, no ceremonial purchase of the same browser twice.

Install Horse on another computer

  1. Open Downloads on the other computer.
  2. Install the correct macOS or Windows build.
  3. Enter your existing license when Horse asks for it.

The license follows you. It is not a household or team license, so do not share it with another person.

Your Trails on each computer

Horse does not currently sync Trails® automatically between devices. Each installation keeps its own working data.

The Trails® you create on the laptop will not sprout on the desktop by moonlight. If you need the same project there, copy the selected Trails as Markdown, move that text using a service or drive you already trust, then import it on the other computer.

The manual transfer guide walks through the round trip. It is a portable copy of the selected links and structure, not a complete clone of Horse’s settings, password vault, or every local record. Later changes also stay on the machine where you make them; importing once does not establish an ongoing sync connection.

If the two computers serve different jobs, you may not need to copy anything. A separate work Trailhead on one machine and personal Trails on another is a perfectly respectable little federation.

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