Can I move downloaded mountain lion to different machine?

Weird internet connection at office (DNS server settings or some other gremlin that's beyond my expertise) won't let computers download Mountain Lion from App Store. Other apps are fine, could be a size issue not sure. Anyway, I downloaded to another machine using another internet connection (different location). Can I move that download to different machine? How?

Yes as long as these are both your computers. Transfer target disk mode, USB flash drive, external HD, DVD, Dropbox, etc
Are the computer close by and portable or at a distance??  This might dictate how you move your download.

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    For a list of compatible machines, see
    http://applehelpwriter.com/2012/08/03/will-mountain-lion-work-on-my-old-mac/
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    I just found out that I cannot purchase and download the osx installation.
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  • Trouble downloading Mountain Lion

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    If you find that you absolutely cannot download your Purchase of Mountain Lion, get in touch with the Mac App Store Support team -> http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/.
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    Clinton
    EDIT: You may need to restart your computer before you try the above.
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  • If I download Mountain Lion on my MBP , can I use the same installer file on a different computer and continue the installation without Internet connectivity?

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    So is that doable?
    Thanks in advance

    And the 2nd installation would not require internet connectivity? Except , of course during the set up and the configuration of iCloud and location based services, which I can skip at the time

  • HT1277 Just downloaded mountain lion. We have 2 different e-mail accounts-how can they be separated when checking e-mail so you don't have to go thru both to get the ones you want.

    Just downloaded mountain lion.  Have 2 different e-mail accounts but now they come in together.  How can they be separated like they were in snow leopard?

    Mountain Lion, like Lion before it, now has a combined Inbox and there's no way to separate it as such, though if you click the disclosure triangle to the left of the Inbox icon, you can see individual Inboxes below the primary.
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