Buy two OS-Software licences for upgrading to Lion?

if I like to upgrade to Lion - do I really have to buy Leopard as well as Lion - only to install Lion?
I bought Leopard already and thought I could upgrade easily and free to Lion.
Actually I have installed Leopard 10.6.8 and now it seams that I have to buy Lion to be able to upgrade.
Is anybody there who can help me?

10 6 8 is Snow Leopard NOT Leopard...
The Upgrade to Lion is Not Free...
To Purchase and Install Lion...
http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/
Check that your current Mac meets the System Requirements for Lion...
Lion Specs:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html
Would Also Recommend that you do a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive Before attempting any Major Upgrade...
By far the easiest way to make a Backup, is to use something like
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com/
Also... For Lion... Check the Compatibility of Third Party Applications you may be using...
See Here:
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

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I want to know if I can get a refund for upgrading to lion. I have been really frustrated with this upgrade. Ever since the upgrade, I have not been able to start up normally. It always freezes at start up. I don't want to waste my time on fixing this issue any more.

No refunds that I know of.
Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.
After seeing what you have to do to return to Snow Leopard you might rethink your position of not wanting to fix the problem you have with Lion which probably arose from existing problems with your Snow Leopard system. The fix is pretty easy. Back up your data, erase the drive, reinstall Lion, restore your files.
Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
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 Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You can also re-download the Lion installer by opening the App Store application. Hold down the OPTION key and click on the Purchases icon in the toolbar. You should now see an active Install button to the right of your Lion purchase entry. There are situations in which this will not work. For example, if you are already booted into the Lion you originally purchased with your Apple ID or if an instance of the Lion installer is located anywhere on your computer.

Have I to buy two versions of PSE8 for my two computers?

I bought PSE8 (99 €) for my PC computer three months ago. Last week I bought an iMac computer and I would like install PSE8 also on this new computer. I don't want buy a new PSE8 version for Mac and I would like use my licence for the both. Is it possible? Adobe refuse to accept my code. Have I really to buy 2 licences?
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I am in a similar situation, but reversed! I have a Mac and I run a virtual pc . I downloaded the drivers from the Canon site for my i9900. but come to find out after spending about 1 hour with a Canon techie that he cannot get the Mac to communicate with the i9900, yet I can print from the virtual pc side to the i9900. when I found they had drivers for the Mac at canon I purchased the pse 8 for the Mac. Now I need to sell Mac pse 8, I did open the package, but never downloaded the software, I purchased for 54. with a $20.00 so hopefully someone will want to purchase then I can purchase pse8 for the pc side. I can understand you dilemma about having a different os but I also don't know of anyone allowing you license for both os without purchasing another package.
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Here is my plan for upgrading to Lion

I assumed that there was going to end up being a huge thread about problems with upgrading to Lion. And I have too much at stake (Adobe, Microsoft products, etc) to be helping beta test such a major upgrade.
And I am really amazed out how many people are desperate to go back a version...back to Snow Leopard in order to restore their working applications. So if it was so critical that Lion work the first time with your installed apps, why did you have such terrible backup plans in place?
So here is my foolproof (hopefully) solution to protecting against an upgrade meltdown.
It's VERY simple.
Purchase another hard drive for your Macbook Pro (Sorry, won't work with Air,...I know.)
Clone it and then install it into your Mac, or restore from your Time Machine. (Or just verify that it boots and works ok)
Go to the online Mac store and purchase and install your Lion upgrade. If it works for you....fine. If not re-install the other drive and wait a few months for the bug updates to arrive.... and then try again.
Before you complain about purchasing another hard drive. Don't be so cheap. If you can afford a Mac, you can afford $60 for a new hard drive. Isn't your sanity worth it? Then buy an enclosure and and use it as a backup drive.
Is this concept so tough?

You don't even have to buy an internal drive, an external works just as well and then there's no fuss about installing it.
You can use SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner and make the external bootable to test it.
Well, that's what I did before upgrading

Is there a software update for Apple's Lion OS and my Officejet 6500A Plus?

Has HP released a software update for Apple's new Lion OS (10.7.2)? My HP OfficeJet 6500A Plus can't find my computer most of the time. scan to computer no longer works since I installed Lion. Now the printer is not recognizing an HP-brand yellow ink cartridge--I've installed TWO new ones already! What a waste. HELP!
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After having a problem with my software update service for some time now, I thought I would implement the fix at
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3867
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Do you really have to buy snow leopard in store to upgrade to Lion?

I have heard that you DO NOT need to purchase a retail version of Snow Leopard (at the store) to upgrade to Lion. Do you know if this is true? I am on OS 10.5 Leopard. Thanks so much!!!!

You cant upgrade straight from 10.5 to 10.7.
Anyway you have to upgrade to 10.6.8 first.
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I'm trying to upgrade to Lion but not sure how long take the download complete?

Trooper, hi. I'm downloading Lion. When I clicked on "buy" or whatever it was in the App Store, an icon appeared in the Dock. Because it takes a while, unless you're very sharp-eyed, it's not obvious at first that there is a small progress bar at the bottom of the Dock icon. (It becomes more obvious later, when it starts to show some progress.) On my 2010 MBP on ADSL this is about 40% at a guess ... just looking at Console see if I can see a start time ... some App Store messages around 14:24, it's now 15:38, say 74 minutes to do 40% so at this rate will take 185 minutes to do it all, = 3 hours. Don'r know if that's just the download phase though. (Funny, I regularly download a 1.2 Gb file on an older machine, a 2.4 ghz Core 2 Duo iMac and ISTR it only takes 20 minutes or so.) Of course there is the Apple server load to consider maybe. I do not know if the progress bar relates to the total install or just the download phase.
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Need help for upgrading to lion OS i India without going to istore

i want to know the steps by which i can upgrade to lion os without going to istore. currently using OS 10.6

Find and purchase a Mac OS X 10.7 USB install thumbdrive; these are hard to locate and much more expensive than the downloadable version.
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Software necessary for upgrade?

I am curious about software is necessary in order to uprade to Snow Leopard. I am running software version 10.4.11 I believe.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html
System Requirements are here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html

Erased backup for imac and can not retrieve purchases thru apple for upgrades of lion, leopard

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Spinland wrote:
Then what CSound1 said: use CCC to clone your drive to another disk for safekeeping, then install Lion and enjoy. All of your apps will still be there after the upgrade.
Have you checked to make sure your apps are Lion compatible? This guide can help you find out:
http://fairerplatform.com/2011/07/are-your-apps-lion-compatible-how-to-check/
Hi Spinland
That is not what I said exactly ......
1 Clone the SL (internal) to the external.
2 Boot from the external and install Lion on it.
3 Run Lion from the clone until you know it works (and you can identify any incompatible apps).
4 Clone the Lion external back to the internal.
5 You're done.

TS1394 my software is up to date but I have only reached the version 10.5.8. .to download other software like the upgrade to lion or Sonos hi-fi system ,10.6 minimum is required . what do I do wrong ?

It seems like I can go further in my updates, each time I check for updates it says I am " up to date '
I would need to download my new version of Sonos hi-fi but a minimum of 10.6 is required. what's going on ?

Hello, you're not doing anything wrong, it's just that 10.5.8 is as far as 10.5 can update.
Next is a paid Upgrade to 10.6.x
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
   * Mac computer with an Intel processor
    * 1GB of memory (I say 4GB at least, more if you can afford it)
    * 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
    * DVD drive for installation
    * Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
    * Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
It looks like they do still have it:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA
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Buy two OS-Software licences for upgrading to Lion?

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