Lion Recovery says I haven't purchased
I will explain exactly how I came to where I am today as I think it may be important so sorry if its a bit long!
I have been using Windows since it began and wanted to see what using a mac was like. What I did is head over to ebay and got myself a mac mini pre-owned.
The mac mini had osx lion already installed. I had to get an apple id to use so did this also. please not that this must have been installed using the previous owners apple id.
I enjoyed my experience using a mac and thought it was a good idea to get myself an imac.. went all out on it and got the best one available.
It has arrived and all pre-installed etc and working fine! all the updates installed etc.. now I have 2 problems!
1) in the appstore icon it has a red number 1, says there is an update for iphoto.. I click on it and it says that there is an update available for another device.. I cannot get rid of it.. I think its something to do with the mac mini. any ideas? I want my imac to forget any other devices..especially the other persons mac mini.
2) this is a bigger issue.. I want to give my mac mini to my girlfriend and do a fresh install of osx lion so its a brand new clean install with a new format of hdd.
I read the instructions, I held down command+r and accessed the recovery screen.. it then said which drive do I want to do the install to.. I selected the only dive available, it then says to enter my apple id and password, this was entered.. just to be told "this apple ID has not purchased lion!!"
I didnt download lion as it came pre-installed on my imac.. i have read on other posts that you can copy a file from app folder but the file is not there.. the app store doesnt have any option to download. so i have 2 concerns, a) I cant install onto mac mini and b) what happens if I need to install from recovery partition on imac? is it going to say I have not purchased? appstore purchase screen says I have no purchases! I am very concerned and in a panic!
You seem to have run across a little-noticed change in the license agreement (which nobody reads).
When you purchase a Mac (with any version of OSX), or purchase an upgrade to Snow Leopard or previous, the license allows you to transfer the license along with the hardware when you sell it.
However, the license for Lion purchased from the App Store does not allow you to transfer it. (See section 3.B here: http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx1072.pdf).
The seller of the Mini no doubt bought it with Snow Leopard or earlier, then upgraded to Lion. According to the license, he/she was required to erase it and install the original OS on it, and include the discs.
Looks like you (or, preferably, your girlfriend) will have to spend the $30.
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