Sharing Mt Lion with multiple Macs
I just purchased a Mac Book Pro with Mountain Lion already installed. Can I use this software to download Mt Lion to my other Macs?
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion
I just purchased a Mac Book Pro with Mountain Lion already installed. Can I use this software to download Mt Lion to my other Macs?
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion
No. But you can purchase a separate copy of Mountain Lion from the App Store that you can install on your other computers that did not come with Lion/Mountain Lion pre-installed.
Make Your Own Mountain/Lion Installer
1. After downloading Mountain/Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Mountain/Lion application. After Mountain/Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Mountain/Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
3. Locate the saved Mountain/Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the content of the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable installer that you can use without having to re-download Mountain/Lion.
Note: The term Mountain/Lion used above means Lion or Mountain Lion.
As an alternative to the above you can try using Lion DiskMaker 2.0 that automates the process.
Not if it is a computer that came with ML. To do the others you have to purchase ML upgrade but can use that on multiple computers you own.
Mountain Lion multi-computer installation license discussion - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4142823
http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/26/install-upgrade-os-x-mountain-lion-multiple-macs/
Sharing Mt Lion with multiple Macs