Ilife 06 Dmg Cracked Up To

As I have documented elsewhere, Internet Recovery, although cool, isnt all its cracked up to be.

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But Im super-annoyed that this dumb thing was even allowed by the system.

Ilife 06 Dmg Install Of OS

First thing I did out-of-the-box was grab the InstallESD.DMG file from Apple for my new computer, so that I could do an off-line reinstall of OS X if I ever needed to ( ).

Once I had this, I decided that since I havent really done anything to this computer yet (install software, move over data, etc.), now would be the ideal time to test a reinstall using this DMG.

So I reinstalled Mountain Lion from the DMG I downloaded, which worked perfectly.

Heres the thing: the original, factory install of Mountain Lion also included the latest version of iLife.

Now, before anybody gets on my case about it, I already have read and the section in it entitled Restoring iLife applications after Internet Restore of OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion.

I never launched the App Store after booting the original factory install; I went straight to the wipe and reinstall of the OS.

So the App Store is not showing me any of the iLife apps under my Purchases, nor is it giving me an opportunity to accept this so-called bundle.

I suspect that the only time you can accept the bundle is when iLife is already on your computer; thus, you need to have done this before reinstalling.

In any case, even if I had been able to reinstall iLife via the App Store, that still doesnt answer the question regarding why the Apple is not providing meus with the original factory install image that obviously includes iLife in it already without the silly requirement that you go off and download it again.

Has anybody figured out a way to obtain such an image for your particular model of computer I dont know for sure, but Id guess that when theyre assembling these computers, someone has to load the OS on it at some point, and theyre probably doing so with OS X Internet Recovery onto a blank drive.

For some reason, the factory is being served up a DMG that includes iLife while us mere mortals (a.k.a the actual customer) are getting one that has it omitted, and then we are expected to go to the App Store after install.

Not exactly seamless, not to mention that if the process breaks down (as in my case.App Store insists I re-buy all of the iLife apps), youre hosed.

Nathan.

I just assumed they were placed there by Apple after I downloaded ML.

But, looking at the date of purchase, they coincide with my purchase of Lion when I upgraded my iMac.

Hmmmm. Luckily, I didnt have to call Apple to get my stuff back, but it looks like you need to in order to set things straight.

Im with the OP though, computer manufacturers have provided their users with the ability to reset their computers to factory preset for a looooong time.

Things should be no different in the age of assumed global broadband coverage.

What is this obsession people seem to have with wiping their clean factory installs as soon as they get home.

I also realized that I had an old iLife 11 install disc from a Mac Box Set.

Installed that and Im good to go, although software updates are not coming through the App Store proper.

Oh well.

I simply wanted to download the DMG so that in the event I ever NEEDED to reinstall, I wouldnt have to wait around for a 5GB download to finish.