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Apple Rule

macOS lease minimum 24 consecutive hours with exclusive use

Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited

Kind
Cloud
Statement
macOS Tahoe 26 SLA §3A: macOS may be leased or subleased only for Permitted Developer Services (continuous integration, building, automated testing and supporting developer tools); each lease period must be at least 24 consecutive hours, and the End User Lessee must have sole and exclusive use and control of the software and the Apple hardware, apart from the Lessor’s administrative support.
Applies when
Mac hosting, Mac cloud and CI providers leasing macOS to customers.
Applies to
macOS
Aliases
Mac cloud; EC2 Mac style hosting; 24-hour minimum
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