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Interesting question. If you could get the app-store on your computer, you could just redownload the OS (buy once, install on any number of computers). But ho
by rauljara 15y ago
Interesting question. If you could get the app-store on your computer, you could just redownload the OS (buy once, install on any number of computers). But how do you get the app store on your fresh hard drive? A time machine restore would work, but what if you had no time machine... I wonder if apple will let you burn a dvd with the os once you purchase it. I am worried they might force you to go to an apple store (which would suck if you weren't near one), but who knows. If they don't offer a reasonable solution right now, I suspect they will have to offer one in the near future by force of customer outrage.
- furyg3 15y agoAFAIK you can't boot from a TimeMachine backup... in order to restore from TimeMachine in the event of an HDD crash, you need OS media. :/
- rauljara 15y agoOh yeah. You are correct. I forgot because I included a partition on my time machine disk that is an OSX dvd, and so have restored from nothing but my time machine drive. Hmm.. it wouldn't be too hard for them to include a bootable set of disk utilities with your time machine back up. But did they? I hate having to wait for answers.