MacBook Pro came with iLife 09 pre-installed. Is it on the App Disc?
My Macbook Pro came with iLife 09 installed. I did not get a separate iLife disc. I have two discs, the Mac OS X DVD and Applications Disc (haven't confirmed if iLife is in there). Do you know off Apple includes iLife in that second disc or will I be screwed out of iLife if I decide to erase and install the Mac OS X down the road?
Welcome to the Mac world!! The answers to any questions you have are right here!
Time machine will handle everything for you. You don't have to make any decisions. It will start with a full backup and then take incremental backups from there. You can hook up an external to the extreme base station but if you have 1 machine to backup I would suggest plugging it into that machine. Network backups can be so slow, especially that first full backup.
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My MacBook Pro came with Lion pre-installed so I can't re-download it from the app store. Is it possible to get the installESD.dmg file and how can I get it if I can't re-download Lion in Apple Store option?
FYI Mac OS X is not designed to be installed on additional Macs, unless you purchased it from the App Store, in which case you can make as many copies as you wish and install it on as many Macs as you own.
From the Recovery Disk Assistant -
Notes
If the computer shipped with OS X Lion or Mountain Lion, the external recovery drive may only be used with the system that created it.
If the system was upgraded to Lion or Mountain Lion purchased from the App Store, the external recovery drive can be used with other similarly-upgraded systems. -
Will all new macbook pro come with Lion pre-installed?
I will be purchasing a new MacBook Pro in the next couple of weeks. I presume it will come with OSX Lion pre-installed. I would prefer to have only Snow Leopard installed since I won't be upgrading my other Mac Pro immediately. Will it just be necessary to re-install the Snow Leopard and start from scratch?
It depends where you buy the mac also if you get a new macbook air it will most undoubtly have LION. But I would say it's safe to assume that most macbooks that have stayed on the shelves at these apple stores have not been opened and updated. So I would think that if you purchased a new mac today unless it was a macbook air it should only have Snow leopard installed on it and they should give you a code to redeem a copy of Lion.
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i bought macbook pro 17" with lion and installed win7 64bit on it.but i don't have language bar and when i changed my keyboard it doesn't changed?what should i do?
Are you talking about changing the keyboard layout when you are working in Windows? If so, you need to tell people how you are running it (bootcamp, parallels, other) and whether you have already done stuff like
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/The-Language-bar-overview -
Hey guys,
This is the problem. My father just got an iPhone 5. He has a Macbook Pro 2009 with OS X 10.5.8. The iPhone is not compatible with this version since the iTunes is an older version as well. At our local Apple store in my home country, they told him he needs to upgrade (which I agree of) but that the memory of this computer is not enough to hold the newer OS.
Please help, he does not really agree with buying a new computer just because of the versions.
Thank you, I appreciate your help.This is what I have. Thank you so much rdr4lfe.
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Why didn't my macbook pro come with iLife?
I purchased a 13' pro from Best Buy a month ago and iLife was not included. I thought all macs came with iLife??? Do I really have to pay for the programs after just purchasing my mac a few weeks ago???
iLife is included with all new Mac's just like before, that's iPhoto, iMove and Garageband.
https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/built-in-apps/13-and-15-inch/
iWork is Pages, Numbers and some other junk.
What has occured is you bought a open box computer, which iLife comes preinstalled from the factory, but because Best Baboons erased the drive, they only could install OS X, not iLife because it requires a AppleID/password and they can't use theirs as it has to be updated and that requires their AppleID and password to be given to you.
If you didn't know you bought a open box, then you need to talk to Best Baboons for a refund as it's a used machine.
So if you want iLife you can certainly place it back on for free, here are the instructions
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 -
Can I install Mavericks on a Mac that came with Yosemite pre installed?
I just bought a brand new Mac with the following specs:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
It came with OS X Yosemite installed. Though I love all the new features, this new OS doesn't support some important Apps I need to install. Could I say, install Mavericks on a partition of my HDD? I've looked on several forums and haven't found any good answers. Some folks say it's tricky. Others say it can't be done. Could anyone help?
-ChrisIt cannot be done.
For details: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201686
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Why didnt my recently bought open box macbook pro come with ilife?
I bought an open box macbook pro, and for some wierd reason it didnt come with ilife...can someone help me out? Thanks in advance.
I would take it back to Best Buy - 'open box' or not, the machine should have come with the iLife applications. They likley just reinstalled to OS, which does not install the iLife applications. Return it and tell them that you need iLife - it's up to the reseller to prepare the machine correctly for resale.
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Also, when upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard, will I lose all the data that is currently on my hard drive?
No, that SL disk is meant for the computer it came with only.
Upgrading to SL generally will not cause data loss, but you should have a backup of your important files in any case.
You can get a Snow Leopard disk by calling Apple - in the USA it's 800-MY-APPLE.
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My new Mac Book Pro came with someone elses CD in already in the Drive
Just received my new Mac Book Pro just yesterday.
I purchased it online via the apple store.
When I was playing around with it just before, I tried inserting an installation disk for Office Mac when I realised the CD wouldn't go into the drive.
After a while I realise a CD was already in there - it was someone elses scratched up blank CD with a bunch of Asian songs on it.
How does this happen?? Makes me wonder if i've been given some second hand computer!!
Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do or maybe this has happened before to someone??"MADE IN CHINA"
But what isn't these days. My Mac Pro 3,1 was constructed in Cupertino, but it cost 19k. I guess Apple thought they should put that one together, for some reason.
However, that being said, if you did get a Mac made in USA now... you might have found a Sex Pistols cd in the tray... LOLOL... -
My new MacBook Pro can't get an update of iPhoto at the app store
I bought a new MacBook Pro last week and see that the App Store has an update of iPhoto. However there is an error message that says"You can not update this software since you have not owned the major version of this software". I assumed that by purchasing the macbook that I DO own the major version. Any ideas? This must be an error. I have registered my MacBook with Apple with a valid Apple ID. Thanks for your help.
iPhoto updates through 'software update', not the App Store.
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I bought a 13" MacBook Pro for our college bound granddaughter. She cannot access the app store as she
gets security questions to answer that she never set up, and of course it won't let her purchase anything. She has
a redeemable balance, but can't get past the security questions and can't seem to find another way to circumvent this.
What can she do?If she has trouble with the first advisor, she can always ask to speak to a senior advisor. However, AppleCare isn't really needed in cases like this, as the iTunes Store is quite familiar with accounts of this nature, and it's more of their speciality. Your daughter may want to contact them next time, but it's only email support at the moment (soon to change).
iTunes Store Support
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html -
MacBook Pro with Lion pre-installed. How to get installer?
Ok, so I purchased a shiny new MacBook Pro 15" yesterday, which came with Lion pre-installed.
I am planning to downgrade to Snow Leopard. Don't ask me why, I just don't want Lion at this time.
My question is: how do I get a Lion installer, which I can put away somewhere safe until I'm ready to upgrade to Lion again? My MBP came with a Lion license, so I shouldn't have to buy it again, right?
Any suggestions greatly appreciated!No need to buy another license, all you have to do is create a Lion Recovery USB (perhaps 2 for safety)
1: USB 1+ GB formatted GUID OS X Extended Journaled in Disk Utility
2: Lion Recovery Disk Assistant > USB
https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1433
3: Optional: Carbon Copy Cloner your present Lion OS X partition to a external GUID OS X Extended drive, it's hold the option key bootable.
(hold option to boot from USB if you need it)
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3264421?start=0&tstart=0 -
I've just bought a new MacBook Pro Retina which comes pre installed with pages, keynote and numbers. If i want to get them on my iMac will i have to pay for them?
No, sign into the Mac App Store on your new computer with the same Apple ID and the Mac App Store should offer you the download at no cost in your Purchased apps section.
I guess the rub would be if you didn't have the apps pre-installed to the correct Apple ID account.
Jerry -
I currently have two macs. A 2008 macbook which is running Snow Leopard, can run Lion, and cannot run Mountain Lion. I also have a mac mini which came with Lion pre-installed. I plan on upgrading my mini to Mountain Lion when it's available. After I upgrade, it seems like I should be able to install Lion on my macbook using the license that came with my mini.
I have found many articles about making a DVD or bootable USB drive to recover, or install Lion onto other macs. So, I am not tied to the mac app store. And I am not worried about how to install Lion onto the macbook.
I have also read a few discussions about upgrading using pre-installed Lion license. From what I've read, if someone buys Lion through the app store, they can install it on all of their macs. But, if they have a machine the came with Lion pre-installed they can only use Lion on one machine. However it is unclear if that license can be transferred to another machine.
Another common answer that I have seen is, "Don't be cheap! Just buy Lion throught the app store." This is not about money, I'm interested in the technical challange, and the leagal question.
Does anyone have experience with this, or opinions?If your machine came with Lion preinstalled, you cannot use it on another machine. It is tied to the machine it came with. You are allowed to make a one time transfer of the OS when you sell the machine as long as it remains with that machine.
If you purchase Lion from the app store, you are free to install it on as many Macs as you own - however, if/when you sell one of those Macs, you are required to uninstall Lion as the license is not transferable and you need to reinstall the original OS.
You can read the SLA for yourself - the link to the downloads to all licenses is here:
http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/
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