![]() ![]() All that information is included in the various SLA's. If you did not accept/install them and never updated them, then yes, they can be transferred. The support article I linked to explained how to re-download iLife (if it originally came with your Mac).Īnd, if you accepted them originally, then no, they cannot be transferred to another owner because their license is not transferable. ![]() Apple has made dramatic changes to the licensing agreements/terms. ![]() The recovery method (whether local or internet) only installs the OS this has been so since Lion and digital only delivery was introduced. doing the command option r on boot up only downloads and installs osx.Īnd, I told told you that the "extra" apps would not be automatically downloaded. It had iLife with the word processor, database, presentation, web site builder, garage band, iMovie etc. It's a shame apple got rid of the disc drive and not including a recovery partition to go back to factory defaults. It also automatically installs a hidden recovery partition - which is hidden you can test to see if you have it by booting up while holding Command + R - if it boots into the Mac OS Utilities screen with a choice of reinstalling the OS or doing a limited number of other things, then you are booted into the recovery partition. Yes, I know it downloads the installer for the OS which is +/- 5 GB. Well, I do know how it works - I've tested it several times. It did not make the Mac exactly the same. They might have been "included", but never were part of the OS itself.Īll this did is reinstall osx and there is no hidden recovery partition. You asked how to reset to factory - that is what recovery does minus any apps which are not an actual part of the OS (which means iLife and iWork). ![]()
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