Are macbook apps transferable from one system to another?

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Are macbook apps transferable from one system to another?

If I install iworks in macbook pro now; and tommorow if i buy a new macbook pro, is it possible to transfer the i works app from the existing one to the new one?

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 13, 2012 1:51 AM

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AnaMusic

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Aug 13, 2012 1:53 AM in response to loginprakash

Yes... just as long as you use the same Apple ID that Purchased it Originally...

Download Past Purchases

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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Aug 13, 2012 2:19 AM in response to AnaMusic

Thank you for the answer. You mean if i use the same ID (which purchased the iworks) in to my new computer, then will i get all the apps in the new one ?

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AnaMusic

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Aug 13, 2012 2:21 AM in response to loginprakash

loginprakash wrote:

.. if i use the same ID (which purchased the iworks) in to my new computer, then will i get all the apps in the new one ?

Correct...

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The hatter

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Aug 13, 2012 2:39 AM in response to loginprakash

http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/

https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro

To install OS X Lion or Mountain Lion on another Mac, open the Mac App Store, sign in to your account, and re-download the OS by selecting it in the Purchases list. Follow these steps:

Download Lion or Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store on one of your personal authorized Macs. The download is approximately 4 GB in size.
Install the OS.
Log in to another computer that you wish to install it on.
Open the Mac App Store. Enter your Apple ID and password that was used to download either Lion or Mountain Lion on the first computer.
Click the Purchased icon, then click the download link for the appropriate OS.
Run the Installer once it has finished downloading to the new Mac.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4854

https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion?view=discussio ns

I suggest you download it once, save the installer ESD package first before installing, and keep that to use again. You can copy it to flash drive and make an OS X installer too.

Create a bootable install drive for OS X Mountain Lion, make one manually with a USB drive or use the LionDiskMaker tool to automate the process with a USB or DVD
With the boot installer drive connected to the Mac, reboot and hold down the Option key
Choose the “Mac OS X Installer” startup volume from the boot menu
Select “Disk Utility” and choose the hard drive you wish to format, click the “Erase” tab, and then pull down the “Format” menu and select “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” as the type, name the drive if you wish
Click the “Erase” button and let the drive format – this is the point of no return
When finished, quit out of Disk Utility and now select the “Install Mac OS X” option from the menu
Choose your freshly formatted hard drive and install Mountain Lion

When the Mac reboots you will have a clean installation of Mac OS X 10.8 to work with.

Another reliable method:

After you’ve downloaded the OS X Mountain Lion installer from the Mac App Store, launch LionDiskMaker and it will locate the installer app, extract the disk image, and then make the boot disk. It’s about as simple as it gets.

For USB install drives or SD cards the drive needs at least 8GB of space available. LionDiskMaker formats the drive you point it at, remember that when you are picking a disk to make bootable for the installer.

Get the newest version of LinoDiskMaker free from the developer

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