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ilfe on macbook air 2012

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reemas

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does ilife come with the 2012 macbook air?

i just bought a macbook from amazon.com and it came with lion. i downloaded and installed mountain lion, but don't see iPhoto or iMovie.

i checked the app store but these programs don't show up. i thought ilife was a part of mountain lion on the 2012 macbook air. how do i install them?
 
reemas said:
does ilife come with the 2012 macbook air?

i just bought a macbook from amazon.com and it came with lion. i downloaded and installed mountain lion, but don't see iPhoto or iMovie.

i checked the app store but these programs don't show up. i thought ilife was a part of mountain lion on the 2012 macbook air. how do i install them?
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You didn't erase Lion did you? You just updated your Mac right?

Open the "Purchased" pane in the Mac App Store.
 
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reemas said:
does ilife come with the 2012 macbook air?

i just bought a macbook from amazon.com and it came with lion. i downloaded and installed mountain lion, but don't see iPhoto or iMovie.

i checked the app store but these programs don't show up. i thought ilife was a part of mountain lion on the 2012 macbook air. how do i install them?
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iLife is not part of Mountain Lion or Lion or Snow Leopard.

If you did a clean install, you lost iLife.
 
old-wiz said:
iLife is not part of Mountain Lion or Lion or Snow Leopard.

If you did a clean install, you lost iLife.
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I thought it was tied to your Apple Account. I don't remember exactly, but I clean installed Lion on my SSD for MBP 13" and iLife was still there tied to my account.

Perhaps this thread from few days ago will help [link]
 
korbearus10 said:
I thought it was tied to your Apple Account. I don't remember exactly, but I clean installed Lion on my SSD for MBP 13" and iLife was still there tied to my account.

Perhaps this thread from few days ago will help [link]
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It is, but simply doing a clean install of Lion or mountain Lion will not have iLife on it when completed. You have to re-download ilife separately.
 
When you first sign on with your Apple ID after booting up the system, it activates the iLife apps on your App Store account. You can then download them at will on any Mac using that Apple ID.

I'm not sure how you managed to avoid this. I'd assume Apple made it foolproof somehow.
 
I agree. My 2012 Air already had the full iLife installed on it.

It sounds like he did a clean install, for some reason. That, or he bought a used MacBook.
 
dcorban said:
I'd assume Apple made it foolproof somehow.
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One would think, as I have a similar issue with the iLife apps. My 2011 MBA is a hand-me-down from my wife, I wiped the drive and re-installed Lion. I then set it up with my Apple ID and all is golden.

However, when I go to the MAS to try and buy the iLife apps (I'm not expecting, nor trying to get a free copy), the MAS won't let me buy them. It tells me that the apps were already set up on another Apple ID, in this case, my wife's, and it won't let me buy them. A few phone calls to Applecare have turned up nada and I haven't had a chance to get to an Apple Store as the nearest one is over an hour away.

My issue isn't dire but an annoying one to say the least.
 
stchman said:
Funny, my 2012 MBA with Lion had iLife installed (iPhoto, iMovie, and Garage Band) when I first powered it on. I got my MBA from Best Buy.
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If you buy an Mac with the OS installed, then iLife is of course included.

The question was about doing a clean install and then re-installing Mountain Lion or Lion and finding that iLife is gone.

buying the OS itself via retail does NOT include iLife - it is a separately priced product. A retail Snow Leopard disk does not include iLife.

people were known to decide to upgrade to Lion, decided on clean install, installed Lion, then found out there was no iLife there.

In the past iLife was included in the restore DVDs that went with the computer when it was sold.

Nowdays they have to do it differently via tha Apple tore.
 
madsci954 said:
One would think, as I have a similar issue with the iLife apps. My 2011 MBA is a hand-me-down from my wife, I wiped the drive and re-installed Lion. I then set it up with my Apple ID and all is golden.

However, when I go to the MAS to try and buy the iLife apps (I'm not expecting, nor trying to get a free copy), the MAS won't let me buy them. It tells me that the apps were already set up on another Apple ID, in this case, my wife's, and it won't let me buy them. A few phone calls to Applecare have turned up nada and I haven't had a chance to get to an Apple Store as the nearest one is over an hour away.

My issue isn't dire but an annoying one to say the least.
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Why don't you login under your wife's Apple ID and download it from her apps?
 
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