HT1338 i cant find iPhoto or iMovie in my iMac ....isnt  this suppose to come preinstalled when i purchase my iMac ?

i cant find iPhoto or iMovie in my iMac ....isnt  this suppose to come preinstalled when i purchase my iMac ?

Did you purchase the Mac new?  Or did you install Mountain Lion and do a clean install?
iPhoto and iMovie and Garage Band do not come with OS X.  However, they do come with a new Mac.  The first time you set up a new Mac and launch the App Store you will be prompted to enter your Apple ID and "register" iLife to it.  This lets you re-download them on any Macs you own.
However if you do a clean install of OS X they're not installed, you'd need to go to the App Store and re-download them.
If you purchased a Mac used, the original owner registered them and you don't have rights to them.  You'd need to purchase them on your own.

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