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Can I load mountain lion on _all_ my Macs for $19.99?

Two Mountain Lion reviews (Pogue, NYTimes, 25Jul12 & Huffington Post, 25Jul12) say that ML upgrade for $19.99 allows upgrading all my Macs.

From Pogue:

"...For OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, which came out Wednesday, Apple wants $20 — and you can install one copy on as many Macs as you have, without having to type in serial numbers or deal with copy protection hurdles."


Apple's website does not say either way.


What's the truth on this?


Tnx, Tony

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2), Time Capsule, 2TB late 2011

Posted on Oct 25, 2012 8:54 AM

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Oct 25, 2012 9:00 AM in response to ad6id

Yes, it is correct. You are allowed to install the one purchase of Mountain Lion on all computers in your household. It's not an "all you can share" thing. Meaning, you can't install it on all of your friend's computers, too.


You either login with the same App Store ID on each computer and download/install ML separately, or you can download it once, stop the installer as soon as it starts, and then copy the 4+GB installer to the Applications folder of each Mac you own, then run it.

Can I load mountain lion on _all_ my Macs for $19.99?

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