Fonts and commercial use

Not sure why it is so difficult to get a clear-cut answer on whether the fonts that come with a mac purchase are free for commerical use.
Anyone have a link to a sure-fire answer? Thanks in advance.

Hi Kurt,
I know this is an old article but I've been looking for an answer to my question and I think you can help me.
I do a lot of commercial work for clients who print t shirts. I want to use apple installed fonts (optima) to create a piece of art for my client.
The end product would be an outline/manipulated version of Optima having used Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator. Do I need to purchase the Optima font from someone else for this use or am I ok to use the installed font in this type of use? I've looked everywhere online and can't find a specific answer in this regard. It seems as though the big deal is in redistributing the fonts and embedding. Something I don't even have to worry about.
Thanks in advance,
Oskar

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