Hi Chris Quick reply as just racing into a job. Yes, Yosemite itself is free, and I'm imagine the service centre/shop aren't charing you for the software, but for their overheads/time (And the "service"). Yes an install on a USB drive would work for both machines.
I'll drop you an email off list a bit later today with a bit more info… Unfortunately yes, with limited or slow downloads it does make it difficult. And I think also why some of the places wont' just give you an installer, over them doing it, is to just cover themselves a bit more I'm guessing (incase something "goes wrong")……..among other reasons. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 6 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. On 02/02/2015, at 12:47 PM, Chris Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Daniel > > I have finally decided to instal Yosemite on my MBPro (currently running > 10.6.8) and upgrade my newish imac 27' that is running Mavericks. After using > Mavericks for a few months I really like it and feel Im ready for Yosemite! > > I have checked on the apple download site and Yosemite is huge at 5.2gb. > Unfortunately, I have both a terrible wireless internet connection here in > the bush near Dunsborough and a very limiting 8gb/month of download total. > > I rang and spoke with the local computerwest store in Busselton, who are > apple agents, to see if I can bring in a USB for the download, and they said > no, but they can do my install and a 'service' on my MBPro for about $90! I > understand Yosemite is free? > > I then rang Garden City Apple store and they cant give me an 'installer' and > also want me to bring my MBPro in to do the install! > > Not sure what to do about this now, and after reading your link to 'macworld' > I need a download with which I can make an installer to do a clean instal on > my MBPro and then an update to my imac? Would those work Daniel? > > Many thanks for any advice > > Chris > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hi Stephen > > Yes, you can make an installer. You need to download Yosemite, but make sure > not to run it or delete it from Applications. > > You can read how to make an installer here - > http://www.macworld.com/article/2367748/how-to-make-a-bootable-os-x-10-10-yosemite-install-drive.html > > Apple's "less informative" info,… - http://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201372 > > Hope that helps > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 6 > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > > On 17/12/2014, at 2:28 AM, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > Is it possible to download Yosemite to my iMac without installing it ? > > Then copy to a thumb drive so I can install on another iMac from the thumb > > drive ? > > > > My step daughter’s internet speed is just too slow to download something > > this large ! > > > > Regards, > > Stephen Chape > > > > Mac by choice > > Windows because my employer knew no better > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > Settings & Unsubscribe - > > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
