How do I reinstall Lion since I downloaded the software online?
Would like to do a clean/erase install of lion to give my MBPro to a colleague at work. I purchased the Lion upgrade online so I don't believe I have any discs. Not sure how I would accomplish this? A first for me ...
Any help???
Thanks!
If you do that, your colleague will need to have your AppleID to reinstall. You can't transfer your Lion installer to him. Wipe the machine with the Snow Leopard disc, reinstall it, quit the setup parches, give it to his, along with all the previous discs that shipped with the machine, and let him use his AppleID to download and install Lion after setting it up with his username and password.
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