4 Mac Lion upgrades -1 Appstore account?

ajf · 19 Jan 2012 at 14:33

There are four Macs at work - 2 iMacs and 2 Pros.
I want to upgrade them to Lion. Now as this is primarily intended as an online purchase is there any way of upgrading all four using just one Apple account?

I don't really want to have to create four different accounts in the users name just for this and there is only one credit card I can use anyway.

I know I can purchase the USB install but considering that is nearly 3x more expensive it's not what I want to do.

Any help?

Andrew

ic1male · 20 Jan 2012 at 22:56

Try contacting Apple on 0800 058 2222 and tell them. It seems volume licenses are a minimum purchase of 20 copies though.

Alpherah · 21 Jan 2012 at 00:24

Don't you get 8 activations with a single Lion purchase anyway?

ajf · 21 Jan 2012 at 03:17

Thanks, I was looking at the volume licensing thing today too so maybe they can sort out something, even if it is a small amount.

Not aware that you can activate each licence more than once, but if anyone can confirm that, it would certainly be helpful!

QwaF · 21 Jan 2012 at 03:39

App store purchases can be used on 5 Macs, including Lion.

ic1male · 21 Jan 2012 at 10:39

Yes you can activate purchases on multiple computers but I don't think the license allows you to use them simultaneously. That's a bit naughty in a business environment.

MagicBoy · 21 Jan 2012 at 10:40

QwaF said:
App store purchases can be used on 5 Macs, including Lion.

For personal use only. Business users need to purchase 1 copy of Lion per machine.

Business licensing is a pain in the bum for anything less than 20 units. Then again it's only about £400 to buy 20. That's less than three licences for Windows 7!