Q: All my computers are running Mountain Lion. My refurbished purchase has Yosemite in it. Can I go to Apple store and install Mountain Lion instead?
All my computers are running Mountain Lion. My refurbished purchase has Yosemite in it. Can I go to Apple store and install Mountain Lion instead?
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Posted on Apr 23, 2015 7:50 PM
You might want to check with MegaMacs; Yosemite is only available as a download from the app store and the license is not transferable. When a Mac is sold, you are supposed to remove any OS downloaded from the app store and sell it with the original OS installed and in this case that should be Snow Leopard. I would question them as to what Apple ID they used to download/install Yosemite. You may wind up with a problem of not being able to update apps or reinstall the OS. The easiest way around that would be to completely erase the Mac and start over - that might involve the original install DVD (Snow leopard).
Now, since it did have Snow Leopard initially, you may be able to install Mountain Lion, but I do not know if that will work - you'd have to erase your drive completely and then download ML (which you say you have on your other computers and is perfectly legal for you to use on any computer you own). Before trying it, I'd definitely back up the new Mac just to make sure you can revert back if necessary.
Posted on Apr 23, 2015 11:28 PM