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May 8, 2014 5:28 AM in response to SilverSkyRatby FroggieGardner,Sorry i didnt reply sooner,
I need to download it to my Mac and then put it onto Macbook Pro which will be used by someone else.....would that mean they would have to use my Apple ID on the MBP if they have the Mavericks I downloaded (thats if i can get it downloaded_)
The MBP has been used by various different people in the office but has only been wiped once.
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May 8, 2014 5:31 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby Csound1,FroggieGardner wrote:
Sorry i didnt reply sooner,
I need to download it to my Mac and then put it onto Macbook Pro which will be used by someone else.....would that mean they would have to use my Apple ID on the MBP
Yes, the OSX download is linked to the account holder, not the machine.
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May 8, 2014 5:32 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby SilverSkyRat,Hi Froggie, if indeed your boss no longer owns the 2008 mac in question, you can, on your Mac, complete the verification of your Apple ID by supplying the details, downloading mavericks (you will not be charged for it) and proceed with making the bootable USB install disk.
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May 8, 2014 5:34 AM in response to SilverSkyRatby FroggieGardner,Right okay, as long as Im not billed by a load of different things then I will put my own details into it
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May 8, 2014 5:35 AM in response to SilverSkyRatby SilverSkyRat,Just saw your Csound1's latest reply; to clear it up, who actually will own the mac in question: the business or the other person?
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May 8, 2014 5:41 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby Csound1,who actually will own the mac in question: the business or the other person?
FroggieGardner wrote:
another employee
Then they must use their own Apple account.
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May 8, 2014 5:44 AM in response to Csound1by FroggieGardner,arghh okay,
We just needed the laptop with everything installed ready for when he started - but havent actually got a single thing on it because it got wiped. so cant even log in
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May 8, 2014 5:46 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby Csound1,I told you how to fix that, buy a copy of Snow Leopard, then update to whatever version of OSX you (they?) need.
That way it will work, and not be a licensing violation.
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May 8, 2014 5:54 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby SilverSkyRat,Ok, so if the mac in question will be owned or under the exclusive control of that other employee (in other words you are not responsible for re-installing it should the need arise) then it is the other employee who can sign into the Mac App Store on another Mac and download Mavericks (as the download is tied to the Apple ID account, not the machine). Once the other employee has performed the download, copy "Install OS X Mavericks.app" out of the Applications folder and either we build the bootable USB Install disk on that Mac or copy it off to your (or even yet another) Mac to do the build.
FYI, later on, when Mavericks is installed on the mac in question, having a full time machine backup and having the bootable USB Install disk will mean that the other employee will not require the Internet Recovery way of restoring the machine.
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May 8, 2014 5:57 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby SilverSkyRat,If they haven't started at your business yet, contact them and ask them to download it and send it to you or bring it in on a USB stick.
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May 8, 2014 6:01 AM in response to SilverSkyRatby FroggieGardner,Can the other employee download it onto my mac using his apple id? ... it wil have to be on my mac or someone else Mac because nothing can be accessed on the MBP
If they downloaded at home would they have to have a mac to be able to download it? Might sound like a silly question but before I would here I never used a Mac let alone download things for it
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May 8, 2014 6:06 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby SilverSkyRat,★HelpfulThey can use your mac to download mavericks as long as they sign in to the Mac App Store using their own Apple ID. Make sure the also sign out when done.
They do need a mac to download it. If they have one at home they can do it there and give it to you on a stick.
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May 8, 2014 6:08 AM in response to SilverSkyRatby FroggieGardner,Okay, Thank you
Ill try either of these
Thank you!
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May 8, 2014 6:13 AM in response to FroggieGardnerby SilverSkyRat,You're welcome Don't forget what I said above about copying "Install OS X Mavericks.app" out of the Applications folder. Reply back with any hassles or when you're ready to go ahead with making the bootable USB install disk.