24 hours so far downloading Lion and no end in sight. Is this really the way forward?

Here in the UK a lot of us have fairly pathetic download speeds, so I ask Apple is this really the way forward?

Same for me - started 20.July about 7pm in germany with VDSL capable of 2.5MB/s
Download Started well soon but dropped to about 300KB/s. Stopped and went to bed at about 10pm.
Resumed at 21. July at 7am - between 100KB/s and 300 KB/s for about 90min. Stopped and got to work.
Resumed now at about 2:30p.m. lying between 50KB/s and 100KB/s :-(

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I downloaded Lion and have attempted to 'updat' it from apps to my imac... after 3 hours of uploading it show mw an error message saying there's something wrong with my internet connection... which there is not. Anyone else experience this?

I downloaded Lion and have attempted to 'update' it from apps to my imac... after 3 hours of uploading it show me an error message saying there's something wrong with my internet connection... which there is not. Anyone else experience this?

What type of Internet connection do you have? How fast is it?

TS2986 I installed Snow Leopard, upgraded it to OS X 10.6.8, paid for and spent the hours necessary to download Lion, but Lion will not install. Even though it says the requirements are 10.6.6 or greater, when I try to install, it says I need 10.7.

I installed Snow Leopard, upgraded it to OS X 10.6.8, paid for and spent the hours necessary to download Lion, but Lion will not install. Even though it says the requirements are 10.6.6 or greater, when I try to install, I get a message saying I need 10.7. to install Lion. What should I do?

Hi..
Make sure your Mac meets Lion's requirements.
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
2GB of memory
OSX v10.6.6 or later (V10.6.8 recommended)
7GB of available spare
From here > Apple - OS X Lion - Technical specifications
If your Mac meets the requirements, installing the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo reinstalls the App Store for you which may help.
Restart your Mac after instaling the combo installed. It's ok to do this even though you are already running v10.6.8.
If you have anti virus software installed, you may need to disable that in order to install Lion.

How do I download LION and do a clean install on a new disk?

I have a brand new HD which has not yet been formatted. I would like to download Lion and instead of updating my Snow Leopard OS disk I would like to do a clean install on this new drive.
Do I first do a journaled format on the new drive...? And if so how do I download LION from the APP store and pointn the install at the new target drive?

How to Install Lion Successfully
A. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions:
Boot from your current Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
B. Make a Bootable Backup Using Restore Option of Disk Utility:
Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
C. Important - Please read before installing:
If you have a FireWire hard drive connected, disconnect it before installing the update unless you will boot from this drive and install the update on it. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is complete and you've restarted.
You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-party system software modifications, or if you have modified the operating system through other means. (This does not apply to normal application software installation.)
The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update. While the installation is in progress do not use the computer.
D. To upgrade:
Purchase and Download Lion from the App Store.
E. If you want to make a bootable USB flash drive:
Make Your Own Lion Installer
1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
3. Locate the saved Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
Open Disk Utility.
Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Drag the InstallESD.dmg disc image file into the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable Lion installer that you can use without having to re-download Lion. You can also use it to erase your hard drive and do a clean Lion installation.

Last week I downloaded Lion and iCloud on y iMac that I bought new in May. When I plug in my 3gs iPhone and iPad 1 I get the message "the iphone software update server could not be contacted'. Can anyone help me? I am VERY ignorant when it comes to Macs

I downloaded Lion and icloud last week on my iMac that I purchased in May. When I plug in my iphone 3gs or ipad 1 I get the message "the iphone (ipad) software server could not be contacted." Can anyone advise me what to do? I am very ignorant when it comes to using my my Mac and don't know how to do much of anything and not familiar with the lingo do please be patient with me! I bought my mac when I began a second career as a teacher and have not had any spare time to become familiar with it. Thanks, Melindakm

I downloaded Lion and icloud last week on my iMac that I purchased in May. When I plug in my iphone 3gs or ipad 1 I get the message "the iphone (ipad) software server could not be contacted." Can anyone advise me what to do? I am very ignorant when it comes to using my my Mac and don't know how to do much of anything and not familiar with the lingo do please be patient with me! I bought my mac when I began a second career as a teacher and have not had any spare time to become familiar with it. Thanks, Melindakm

Just downloaded Lion and now iMovie won't respond when I try to open it. Even tried deleting the program (since it was an older version) and bought it new from the app store, but still won't respond.

Just downloaded Lion and now iMovie won't respond when I try to open it. Even tried deleting the program (since it was an older version) and bought it new from the app store, but still won't respond.

Thanks for this mha007 - I can now open FF with a new profile. Can I copy my settings from the old profile or will this bring over the same problem, maybe a corrupt file. If it would bring the same problem, is there any way I can check which file is corrupt, apart from taking them over one by one?

I have just downloaded Lion and my AverTv Molar will not work, just comes up can not find device can anybody help please

Hi, I have just downloaded Lion, and my AverTV Volar M will not work, just come up can not find device can anybody help please.

Contact the manufacturer's tech support for help. Most likely it needs a compatible driver.

I downloaded lion and cloud does not show up in my system preferences. Not sure how to get started without finding icloud., I downloaded lion and cloud does not show up in my system preferences. Not sure how to get started without finding icloud.

I just downloaded lion and cloud does not show up in my system preferences. Where is it hiding so I can set up icloud and see what lion is offering that is different from snow leopard.

I purchased Lion on the app program but that did not seem to update my software or my operating system. Curious. It showed up on my menu bar saying it was downloading then disappeared. I can't seem to find it anywhere. Suggestions where I should look to make sure it is installed (which clearly it isn't)
Thanks Roger

I downloaded Lion and now 3 of my mail addresses are offline and I cannot access or send messages. Any ideas?

I downloaded Lion and now 3 of my mail addresses are offline and I cannot access or send messages. Any ideas?

If it's because you were using Office 2004, the eight year old version of Office that was written when Intel processors were not used in Macs, then there will be no fix. Lion dropped support for PowerPC applications, as has been widely reported since Lion's release last August.
You can upgrade Office 2004 to Office 2008 or Office 2011. You can use iWorks 2009 that can open Microsoft files. You can use a number of free applications that are also capable of working with Microsoft documents. You can go back to Snow Leopard, if you have a backup. Or, if you have an external drive or room to add a partition to your current drive, you can install Snow Leopard on it.
Search these forums for more information. If this is your issue, it's been posted and answered several times a day since August 2011.

After downloading Lion and restarting my harddrive was wiped?

I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen but after restarting it came up with a weird screen that had some startup icons like recover time machine and reinstall lion
None of my stuff is on my computer anymore and the screen doesn't have a dock, I'm not sure what to do and I'm scared everything on my computer is completely gone. The only things I am able to do is "Select Macintosh HD to start up your computer" and "Restart"
If I restart what will happen? I'm scared to touch anything. I talked with a friend who downloaded Lion and he said this didn't happen for him. My computer is up to the requirements stated on the Lion page but I didn't refer to it before installing.
I'm not very good with computers either so this might just be something that happens that I didn't know how to deal with

Hi PG1892,
If your Mac is starting up to a white or grey screen after upgrading to Yosemite, you may find the troubleshooting steps outlined in the following article helpful:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
Regards,
- Brenden

Do you have to download Lion and also lion server , or just lion server ?

Do you have to download Lion and also lion server , or just lion server ?
And also will you have all the features of snow leopard server ?

Yeah it is a bunch of apps that you will download from the App store WWDC Keynote by Phil Schiller. "Server isn’t another operating system. It’s just a bunch of applications you can purchase to run on top of Lion. " And in terms of upgrading to Lion server, i read an article that explains the process as this:
"Snow Leopard Server - You can not upgrade to Lion directly. If you try to run the Lion installer on Snow Leopard Server, it will first look for the Server.app in the “Application” folder of the Mac. When you have that in place, the installer will first install Lion. Then, when it restarts, it will walk you thru some very minimal steps for the Server.app (hostname confirmation, admin email, etc). At that point, the Server.app will take your Snow Leopard Server settings and upgrade them. This will include migrating OD to 10.7, updating LDAP, importing data, etc. This can take some time. "
That is for snow leapard server specifically. If you come from a basic snow leapard installation, that is when you updrage to Lion and then download and install the server apps.

I need to re-download Lion and install it. Holding the Option key while clicking on "purchases" does not work.

I need to re-download Lion and install it, after re-formatting my hard-drive to "journaled" as requested. Holding the Option key while clicking on "purchases" does not work.

Thanks Smokemonster. I found that the Lion install app was in in my applications folder already. Worked fine.

I did download Lion and everything is fine, but why in app store still stated DOWNLOAD and not INSTALLED, I already did 3 times and it still in DOWNLOAD label

I did download Lion and everything is fine, but why in app store still stated DOWNLOAD and not INSTALLED, I already did 3 times and it still in DOWNLOAD label

My guess is they changed that to Download for all the people who wanted to or needed to download it again. It's kind of a subset of Installed, now. I don't think it is a great solution, but that is what it is.

I have paid and downloaded LION and want to update my IMAC, can i just run install and it keep photos settings etc from Snow Leopard or is a full reinstall with wiped hard drive, anyone have any experience of this and do i need to run a backup beforehand?

I have paid and downloaded LION and want to update my IMAC, can i just run install and it keep photos settings etc from Snow Leopard or is a full reinstall with wiped hard drive, anyone have any experience of this and do i need to run a backup beforehand?

Always backup your important data before upgrading to a new Mac OS X.
Lion doesn't erase the drive but better to be safe than sorry.
And run Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities). Verify and if necessary repair the startup disk before upgrading.
Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
Before upgrading read here > Lion upgrade questions and answers: Apple Support Communities
And here > What applications are not compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion"? What upgrade or substitute options are available for common incompatible applications? @ EveryMac.com

I have had nothing but problems after downloading Lion and turning on ICloud. Can anyone tell if I can delete photos from Photostream and if not why not! it is infuriating

I have had nothing but problems after downloading Lion and turning on ICloud. Can anyone tell if I can delete photos from Photostream and if not why not! it is infuriating

PhotoStream is purely a conduit for transferring pictures added to or taken on one device onto all the others seamlessly. Photos are held there only for 30 days. There is no way of accessing, viewing or deleting individual photos; you can reset the entire Photostream, erasing everything.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4890

24 hours so far downloading Lion and no end in sight. Is this really the way forward?

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