Downloading my preexisting copy of Lion on MacBookAir

I own Lion. It came with my 2011 MacBook Air.
I therefore have the right to a copy of Lion, to e.g. install on other Machines owned by me.
However when I on the same Machine go to Mac App Store,
I find I am not able to download the OS (see Fig. 1).
I don’t even see it in my Purchases List (=„Einkaufe“).
The Solution People typically pose is:
“check out Purchases and it should be there” — Not in my Case.
“attempt to Purchase it and it will give you the Option to download it again.” — Not in my Experience.
How can I obtain a Copy of what I already own?
Figure 1. What I see in App Store, when Lion is searched for.

I am not positive that the license that came with the OS on your new computer allows you to install it on every computer you own. If you purchased the OS through the App Store, then you might be allowed that.
In any case, you probably want the Lion USB Recovery app, which will allow you to build a USB boot stick to re-install Lion on your machine assuming the drive totally fails and you put in a replacement drive. That would allow you to then install Lion on more machines.

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http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/uptodate/
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When you download Lion it will put the installer in your Applications folder and present you with an 'install Lion window'. Before clicking on the install screen copy the Lion installer to the USB drive (USB drive needs to have at least 4gb of available space). Eject the USB stick and continue with the installation. Once the Lion install is finished the installer in the applications folder will disappear so you are wise to copy it first.
Edit: As a side note, from your description it sounds as though you don't have an external back-up of all the important data on your Mac. I'd really recommend getting an external and at least keep a Time Machine backup.
Legend has it that there are two types of disk drive - one that has failed and one that hasn't failed yet. Having a backup in place will save you a world of pain. I know this for a fact .

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Here you go:
OS X: About Recovery Disk Assistant
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Sorry but that makes no sense.
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If at one time you saved the Lion install files, secifically the InstallESD.DMG, and created your own Lion Install USB thumb drive and that is what you are booting from then this same type of thing has happened to me.
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chris meredith

When you say "Authorized" you mean in the sense of Itunes Store Authorized? if so the system in Question is authorized it is my primary Workstation and was waiting until iCloud came out to update to Lion. My MBP , and 2006 MP are all running Lion and are part of the 5 systems "authorized". I did not run into this issue with either the MBP or the MP when i installed and I bought two copies at the same time on my the first day Lion was available.
Do you know the mechanism with which the App Store tracks purchases on different computers prior to iCloud coming out?
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chris meredith

I need a copy of Lion

So it's like this. I bought an IPad. To use it for digital photography I need a computer to download the pictures to from the ICloud. This computer must run Lion. Fair enough. My late 2006 Macbook can, according to the documentation, run this with a 2 GByte memory. So I upgrade it the memory and then try and download it to do the upgrade. However it is no longer downloadable because it has been replaced by Mountain Lion, which, alas, my elderly Macbook will not run. So I really need to get a copy of Lion from somewhere. Can anyone give me a clue as to where. I would like it to be a legal copy.
Whilst I abandonded Microsoft software for serious use some while back it is notable that their policy of selling and supporting previous versions is more customer friendly than Apple's appears to be.
TIA
Steve

Try here > http://www.apple.com/uk/contact/
But I presume you are telling me I can still buy a copy from Apple.
Lion can be purchased from Apple in the U.S. Not sure about the UK. Try the contact numbers at that link.

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Hi there
I bought Max OS X 10.7 Lion from the App Store. However, I have found Lion to be quite sluggish on my 4+ year old iMac. As such I have reverted back to Snow Leopard.
My question, can I install my copy of Lion on my wife's iMac?
Thanks in advance.

I believe I have the most RAM it can accept, 4GB. Apart from an external Time Machine/backup drive, I have another external drive with software downloads and media from friends - both USB 2 drives.
Ninety-nine percent of the things I use are stored on the built-in iMac drive.
I suspect some of the new Lion features are slowing it down (such as the ability to save versions of documents and the ability to save an application's state). Performance was fine previously on Snow Leopard and earlier.
For the record my iMac was bought in November 2007; specs are:
Mac OS X 10.6.8
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
iMac drive: 316GB (135GB available)
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Downloading my preexisting copy of Lion on MacBookAir

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