HT4461 How to load a copy of Lion on to disk to boot from and install OS onto MacBook after replacing HD with SSD?
Hello, All.
I am replacing the Hard Drive (HD) in my MacBook with a Solid State Drive (SSD) to improve reliability and speed. How do I go about getting the Lion OS, which only came as a web download, onto a disk to boot from and load onto the SSD?
http://www.macworld.com/article/1161069/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
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