Yeah. I remember going through Snow L -> Lion. I wanted a clean system so had to make an ISO. Process reminded me a linux install from USB from 10 years back.
And I lost iPhoto. Because suddenly my Macbook Air stopped being eligible for free iPhoto.
And I lost iPhoto. Because suddenly my Macbook Air stopped being eligible for free iPhoto.
I reinstalled Snow L on an older machine and then could no longer reinstall iphoto. I'd paid for it on my app store account but there was no way to install the older version (and I couldn't upgrade to the newer version).
Once again reinforced the danger of the cloud hosted licensing model; software I paid for wasn't actually mine to keep/use.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2604
iPhoto is part of the iLife package, a paid product. It is not part of OS X, but when you get a new Mac the latest version is thrown in for free.
Maybe I've gone through too many OS X installations in my time but this neither surprises nor frustrates me in any way...