~Beginning builder: tricking my App Store, tricking my Mac

I wish to take the first step and download the Mountain Lion installer from the App Store.

I have an older MacBook, version MacBook4,1. When I try to buy the Mountain Lion installer in the App Store, it returns the warning "We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer."

I have read that App Store will only download the Mountain Lion installer to MacBooks version 5,1 or later. How can I trick my App Store or trick my Mac into believing that I have a version 5,1 MacBook?

It would really be nice to put my computer together tomorrow.

Try Google...

I have tried Google. I have not found any information about how to trick the App Store into believing I have a later computer model than I actually have. Presumably the App Store reads a file somewhere with the Mac model identifier in it, but I cannot find any information about such a file.

I've never seen the info you're looking here...

Well, thanks at least for helping me keep this thread near the top of the board so others might put forth suggestions.

LMGTFY: http://bit.ly/RrrbCd

Perry

Hey—don't patronize me. I just said I already Googled that.

I am not trying to spoof my operating system version. I am trying to spoof my Mac model identifier. The App Store does not care about my operating system version. It cares about my model identifier, which I want to change from MacBook4,1 to MacBook5,1. Where is that information stored?

You can't. Mountain Lion runs only in 64-bit models. Yours I believe, is 32-bit.

Of course, I'm not trying to install Mountain Lion on my old MacBook; I just want to get the installer so that I can use this method on a newly built computer.

Hey Ofidian, did you ever figure this out?