Apple-branded computer
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Device
- Aliases
- single Apple-branded computer; Mac
- Definition
- macOS Tahoe 26 SLA §2A: “you are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at any one time.”
- Counting rules
- Preinstalled and single-copy licences: one copy per Apple-branded computer at any one time (§2A). Only one user at a time, and no network availability to multiple computers at the same time, unless otherwise licensed (§2J). Never on non-Apple hardware (§2J).
- Floors / minimums
- One copy per computer; up to two additional virtualized instances per computer under §2B(iii).
- Applies to products
- macOS
- Product category