That is what I wanted to know as well. Thanks Ronni.
Stuart Breden PO Box 132 Kalamunda WA 6926 Ph: (08) 9257 1577 Mbl: 0417 053 266 Please consider the environment before printing this email On 06/11/2011, at 9:26 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 06/11/2011, at 8:57 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: > >> Dear WAMUGers >> please can you tell me if i can purchase one copy of Lion on the app store >> and: >> >> a) am i then entitled to install it on any mac i own? >> license agreement info 2B part i says "... to download 1 copy of the apple >> software... directly on each apple computer... that you own” >> >> b) Does it download as an installer in a form that i can copy to my other >> home mac and install with? > > Hi blitto, > > The simplest way to avoid re-downloading Lion on all your Mac computers is to > simply copy the Lion Installation app, that you download from one computer, > to all the other computers. > > The installation app is just downloaded into the /Applications folder and is > named Mac OS X Installer. > Simply copy this file to your other computers and run it for the Lion > Installer – it will be just as if you had downloaded it onto all of your > Macs. > > PLEASE NOTE: The Lion Installer does actually delete this file once it starts > the Lion Installation so make sure you copy the Installation files before you > run the installation otherwise you will have to re-download it all. > > I purchased a copy of Lion on the Mac App Store, how many computers can I > install it on? > > The software license agreement (SLA) permits you to “download, install, use > and run” one copy of Lion on all Mac’s that you “own or control”. So > effectively if you own 10 Mac computers you can purchase just one copy of > Lion from the Mac App Store and you are good to install it on all 10 of > those. Below is the actual section from the SLA relevant to this question: > > “2B(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, > one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer > running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server (“Mac > Computer”) that you own or control;” > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.7.2 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
