How can i download lion from 10.6.8 because I can not find the download on the app store?
How can i download lion from 10.6.8 because I can not find the download on the app store?
The only way you could get Lion for free was if you had purchased a new Mac within a certain number of days before Lion's release. Buyers could then get a free upgrade to Lion. That offer is long gone. Otherwise, it's never been free.
Mavericks, 10.9.x is the first OS Apple has ever released for free to everyone (who's Mac can run it).
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Hi, i just got this Macbook Pro last October and recently i wanted to have a clean install of Mac Os Lion so i erased my harddisk in disc utilities, and found myself unable to install back Mac Os Lion from the internet.. It says 'Coudnt get installation information on this machine', I don't think my internet is the issue as ive tried installating it in both of my houses :/. Tried asking my friend.. he ended up screwing things up in Disc Utilities. If i recall carefully.. My Disc utilities used to look like this
500GB Toshiba Harddisk
-Macintosh HD
-Disk1
Mac OX Base System
but now its just
500gb Toshiba Harddisk
-Mac OX Base System
Sorry if i don't know what i'm talking about as i'm quite new to using a Mac and any help would be appreciated, thanks!The fix is to use Disk Utiilty to make the Lion Partition a tiny bit smaller.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS3926
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents -
How can I download lion from Mac app store in recovery mode on an imac?
I bought a mid-2007 imac from a friend, who the computer was working perfectly for. When I went to start up it wouldn't start up (past the gray screen) from the regular HD no matter how many tricks I tried (resetting SMC, PRAM, etc), so I went in to recovery mode. I verified and repaired the disc more than once (even though it said it was fine), and tried to reinstall lion from the online recovery function but it said "item temporarily unavailable." I basically tried every combo of things possible before erasing the HD but nothing worked, so then I decided to erase the HD.
SO that happened, and now I can still boot up in recovery mode and it -seems- like if I can find a way to reinstall lion (which was the last os running), I may be back in business.
however, see the problem with "item temporarily unavailable."
I decided to purchase it from the Mac store online on a different device and it says it will email me a link in 1-3 business days (really??! That long to save me with an EMAIL LINK???), and my thought is that maybe I can log in to my email from the safari window and download it that way. I'm just afraid that I won't be able to access the Mac app store if that is where it downloads from.
Ultimately, I'm trying to avoid a trip to the Apple Store because this thing will be a nightmare to lug on public transportation. My questions for you are as follows:
- how likely do you think it is that I'll be able to successfully download lion from the email link in recovery mode?
- Do actual discs with lion exist anywhere in the wide world? If so, how can I get one?
- would it be worth it to grab an old lion usb stick from amazon?
- is there ANY other way to reinstall lion or install a new os on this thing without physically taking the computer anywhere?What a silly company , i have the same exact problem with my macbook pro and i've checked every topic that mention this problem and they didn't solve it .
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How can I keep lion from generating .DS_Store files on windows network partitions, but not disable it for all network partitions? I am fimilar with changing the setting for all network partitions(defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true), but that is undesirable when I connect my laptop to my home network. A preferable solution would be where I could control the writing of these files based on disk format (NTFS vs HFS+).
Go to MacUpdate or CNET Downloads and search for ds_store. There are numerous utilities for preventing them from being transferred to Windows systems.
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How to re-download Lion from AppStore
Hi,
I just clicked download Lion from AppStore, however, due to internet connection, it didn't finish with downloading the correct size and aborted. When I tried to install, it says download file is damaged. How can I re-download it ??
Thanks,Hi, Thanks for the clarification.
I also intended to burn OSX "Lion" to DVD, however like many others found that the install package had vanished after installing "Lion".
I managed to re-download "Lion" after installing by opening the "App Store", then holding down "Option" key and clicking on purchased items (Keep holding down "Option" key). From purchached apps, "Lion" had now changed from "Installed" to "Install". While still holding down the "Option" key, I clicked "Install" and Lion is now downloading as we speak.
Again, thanks for the clarification. I had seen that you could download "Lion" again from the App store on other forums, however the process wasn't explianed very well and I couldn't quite get it to work.
I hope this helps others who are stuck. -
How can I delete apps from the app store? There seems to be every app I have ever downloaded and deleted since I got my phone in 2007. When I go to app store and select update apps there's a menu at the top that says purchased and when I select it it shows every app I've ever had! I would like to delete the history please.
Many thanksYou cannot.
The entire point of this is that you can redownload any and all of your past purchases. -
I installed lion on my MB '08. Since then, the machine stocks form time to time. sometimes three or four times a day. Due Lion is an app as well I would like to uninstall it to try how the machine works. How can I uninstall Lion from my MacBook '08 ?
Restore the backup you took before the upgrade.
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M Fazal Ur RehmanFirst, you need to be able to boot from the Recovery HD:
Boot Using Command+R keys:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
"COMMAND" and the "R" keys together.
3. Release the keys when the Utilities Menu appears.
Once at the Utilities Menu select Terminal from the Utilities menu in the screen's menubar. Now, you need to know where these new files are located. You move to any location using the 'cd' command such as cd /Users/user_name/Documents, then press RETURN. Replace user_name with your actual username. Next you need to do a directory listing to see if your files are in that location, Documents. Use ls -al to do a directory listing of the files and folders in Documents. If you find your new files there, then connect an external drive or flash drive. You will need to know the name you have assigned to this drive. It needs to be already formatted. Copy your files using cp /Documents/filename /Volumes/volname/filename. Replace volname and filename with those that apply. Press RETURN.
Or take it to your local Apple Store and see if they can do the chore for you. -
I have a MacBook Pro with Snow leopard (10.6.8). Downloaded Lion from Aplle store and got a bill but no upgrade. Bad hearing can't use telephone to support. Apple store can't help. CASE NUMBER: 19*****63.
I am hard or hearing and can't use the telepohne support and live on an island and can't get to a shot to buy the Lion.
<Case Number Edited by Host>Try d/ling again. In the App Store, option-click the tab
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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've downloaded Lion to my iMac and want to also have on my Mac Air - the installer has disappeared from Mac, can i download from app store for free to my Air?
Yes but use the same account. Then follow:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110803234424130#lsrc.nl_mwhints_h -
I installed elements 12 on a Win 8.1 computer and moved all my photos from my old XP machine. I updated to elements 12.1. Now, many/most of my photos will not open because I do not have "permission" to open the files. How do I fix this so I can work with MY photos?
Yes, the Old Master file has a folder for each year where I find all photos from that specific year. I am attaching a screen shot of the file.
In the meantime i have managed to download all photos (it did not download any video files though in mpg, avi, 3gp, m4v,mp4 and mov format) to a new iphoto library. Unfortunately the photos are quite mixed and often doubled up. I ma considering to purchase iphoto library which checks all duplicates in iphoto. this will save me a lot of time. What do you think? -
I currently have Mac OSx and looking to upgrade to Lion (sounds like I need to go through Snow Leopard upgrade first). Is there an easy way to simply download these upgrades rather than order via the mail? Any way to avoid updgrading two separate times and have the ability to go direct to the Lion upgrade?
Thanks!You cannot download Snow Leopard. You have to buy it on disk.
Once you've installed that, and updated it to 10.6.8, you can download Lion from the App Store.
Apple also sells Lion on a USB stick, but I don't know if it is possible to install that on a disk with just Leopard.
Also, make sure your MacBook can run Lion: http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html -
All,
I'm trying to download Lion from the App Store to make a bootable external hard drive. My concern is that the app store gives me a warning: "OS X 10.8 is already installed on this computer. Are you sure you want to download OS X 10.7?"
I'm not sure what this means and I would prefer not to risk erasing my current operating system. Does anyone have an idea?
Thank you in advance.Futhermore, I can't believe that the App Store allows you to download OS X Lion while you are in OS X Mountain Lion, because normally the App Store gives an error because you are running a newer Mac OS X.
If you just download OS X Lion, you won't lose OS X Mountain Lion, because just the installer will be downloaded onto the Applications folder. When the download finishes, the installer will show up, so close it, and use Lion Diskmaker to create an external drive with OS X Lion > http://liondiskmaker.com
As you are running OS X Mountain Lion, I recommend you to make an external drive with OS X Mountain Lion instead, if you can. That's because probably you will want to reinstall OS X Mountain Lion and not Lion -
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What is it then? How and what exactly do i use it for? My i pad says there is not enough storage available so i have purchased more in i cloud. I now want to save some TV programmes and films to i cloud to free up some space but don't know how to... When you are told there is not enough space to download you are prompted to go to settings and to purchase more storage - so it is not unreasonable to assume that this will solve the problem - or am I missing something here? Or is this just a way for apple to get money out of me?
If this is not what it is meant for then what is it meant for? Is it just space to back up files to? If so then surely what i need is stored there - so i can delete the TV programmes from my i pad and grab them from i cloud later?
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