I upgraded directly to OS X Lion and now dont have a copy to do a clean install. What do i do?

I upgraded to Lion from Snow Leopard directly and didn't burn a copy of the installer. I want to do a clean install now. How do i do it?

You'll have to backup user file folders to a external drive (not TimeMachine), disconnect.
Go to the MacAppStore, log in and hold option key while clicking Purchases, supposedly you can redownload Lion installer which you can make a Lion boot DVD (of the complete OS) with.
(If not c boot off the 10.6.x disks and Disk Uitliy Erase/format your whole hard drive HFS+ journaled and quit, install 10.6.x and Software Update.)
Once it's downloaded you can make a couple of bootable DVDs here. (right click on the installer icon in the Dock and "show in finder")
http://www.eggfreckles.net/notes/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/
Now install Lion again fresh and you'll have both a new Lion machine and the hold c bootable disks.
Once your up on Lion, then transfer the CONTENTS of the User file folders back into their respective folders on your new configuration. If you use the same user and hard drive name as before, your iTunes playlists and song pathnames will be preserved.
If you don't want to make boot disks, then simply Command R boot Lion and the Lion Recovery Partition you can erase and reinstall Lion that way as it will download it from the Internet (slow and glitchy)
Having the Lion boot disks has it's advantages, as you can reinstall Lion on a new hard drive you replace as well as other machines without needing the Internet.

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I have upgraded my OS into Mountain Lion and now I cannot see any net storage disks. may someone help me? thanks

Hi kiwirudy,
I've had the same problem more than once since I started trying to download my 14 April purchase of OS X Mountain Lion.
I found a property list called manifest.plist in my ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore folder which had a Boolean property called failed checked. I unchecked it and afterwards I was able to resume my download.
Here are some steps I've found useful:
Close the Mac App Store.
make a copy of the ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore folder. For some strange reason the Mac App Store likes to just delete it in some circumstances, which will mean that one has to start one's download again from the very beginning.
Double click on the manifest.plist in one's ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore folder.
This should open it in Property List Editor.
Expand all the nodes (holding down the alt key and clicking on the highest collapsed node should do it.
Find a key called failed of type Boolean and uncheck it.
Save the manifest.plist and close it.
Open the Mac App Store.
The red message "an error has occured" should now be gone and one should be able to resume one's download.
In the event that the ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore folder gets deleted:
start the download again (it will start from the beginning), pause it and close the Mac App Store.
copy your backup copy of the pkg file back to its sub-folder (it's a numbered folder in the ~/Library/Application Support/AppStore folder).
Open the Mac App Store and resume your download.
It should continue from where it left off.
This has worked for me so far. I'm holding my breath. Don't know if I'll still be alive when it's finished.
Regards
Nic
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Hi, I upgraded to OX X Mountain Lion, and now I can't upload any pictures from iphoto/desktop to email, etc. After I choose my file and hit "attach file" to upload, it says: "Invalid File Specified". I am using jpg, so I'm confused. Any suggestions?

Hi, I recently upgraded to OX X Mountain Lion, and now I cannot upload any of my pictures from iphoto or even my desktop to email, etc. After I choose my file and hit "attach file" to upload, it says: "Invalid File Specified". I am using jpg, so I'm confused. Any suggestions?

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Have you verified that the applications you are trying to install are supported by your current wireless provider? Unlocked devices from one provider may not have full functionality on another network.
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You need to update your printer driver:
Printer and Scanner software available for download:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669?viewlocale=en_US

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However, I really would appreciate it if anyone here can confirm that a DRM controlled book does actually become associated with a particular Adobe ID account at the time of first download to Digital Editions on that PC/device.
Two large book stores have said using my account with them to download books to our two separate Adobe IDs is OK, but I don't want to find my husband is unable to open his downloaded books.
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Installed lion and now I have a locked harddrive and do not have the persmissions, how do I fix this?

installed lion and now I have a locked harddrive and do not have the persmissions, how do I fix this?

Thanks for the link. It is a wealth of good info. I still haven't been able to determine what caused my crash, but with the link you provided I should be able to track it down. Hopefully it was just a one time thing. After using the power button and rebooting all seems ok now. Thanks again.

I just downloaded Lion and now my computer just shuts down for no reason. What is its problem?

I just downloaded Lion and now my computer just shuts down for no reason. What is its problem?

I recently made the same mistake. The thing to do is download the new Quicken Essentials for MAC. After you install the new version follow the instructions on how to transfer your old files. There is a way, it just takes a little time and, if I remember correctly, it takes the info from your quicken backup files. Hopefully you had auto back up on and your files are intact. I didn't and reconstruction was a bear but entirely possible. The new Quicken is quite different but seems to work quite well. Good luck.

Some emails gets to my phone and i dont have a copy on my gmail

Hi Again.my mail on my phone is synced from google exchange. i dont know what i have done but i've noticed that there are mails that
that i see only on my phone and i dont have a copy on the internet gmail. i still want them to be synced. but always have a copy in
gmail.com....

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I upgraded to Mt. Lion and now I have duplicates in notes and contacts on my iPhone 3gs. Is this a sync issue? I have 4 e-mail accounts and the iCloud is one of them.

Maybe my title says to much. I have multple contacts, notes, sometimes just two, sometimes 14. I upgraded to Mt. Lion and that may be an issue or maybe syncing is the issue. It is making me crazy/er! I have 4 e-mail contact lists and that may be part of the issue with e-mail but why duplicate notes? I am stumped. Please give your thoughts for a solution. I have deleted the duplicates from iPhone (3gs, iMac, and iPad2).
Thanks,
Jim

I forgot to say that the duplicate entries return after I have deleted them. Strange to me is why do some contacts show up as many as 14 times. I am suspecting that there could be an issue with iCloud or iTunes. Truly a mystery to me for now.
Jim

HT204085 I recently upgraded to maverick and now I have pop ups asking for keychain passwords. What is a keychain password?

I recently upgraded my Mac to maverick and now I receive pop ups I can not get rid of that ask me for my "keychain password". What is a keychain and where can I find my password. I can not get past these pops ups to use my Mac

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My freind tried to get os x lion and i dont hav eit now im stuck on the mac osx utillites thing and i dont have osx lion and it wont reconize my hdd so im stuck on it

can someone help me please

Yet another example of why it's a VERY BAD IDEA to do a clean install of Lion unless you are already VERY familiar with how to tweak the Mac OS. There's a reason Apple engineers removed it as an option. To accomplish it you have to erase your disk; not for the faint hearted.
Do you have a backup? PLEASE don't tell us you did this without a robust backup.
You erased the operating machine, so your computer went to the only place it could find one, the Recovery partition. And it's minimal, so it has to download everything in small chunks to reinstall itself. So yeah, it could take 10 hours.
Here's another option. Do you still have the original disks that came with your machine? Put one in and restart from it. You can reinstall your old system much faster. Then go to the Mac App Store and your purchase history and see if you can redownload Lion (I think that still works).
And this time just do yourself a favor and install per Apple's instructions. When the machine starts into Lion, use Setup ***'t (the first thing that fires up) to migrate from your backup.
Rob

Can't download mountain lion because i dont have at least 2 GB in memory. What do i do ?

it says i have 1 Gb. can i free space or what?

There is no Mid-2008 iMac, only Early 2008.
RAM or Random Access Memory is what enables the computer to run applications and the computer's operating system.
See Random-access memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and HowStuffWorks "How RAM Works".

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what if your iphone 4 does not turn on and u have no way to get the serial number what do u do

If you eject the SIM card tray the serial number is also there. It's tiny, but there.
When my iPhone won't turn on I first charge it with a known good cable for a few hours. If nothing after that I begin a warranty lookup for repair.

I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion and now some CDs I use for school do not work. Can I create a partition to run both Snow Leopard and LIon or does it only work to run windows? How do I do this?

Getting a new CD from publisher is not an option as they would want me to pay for a new one and they are pricey. If possible I would prefer to keep my upgrade to lion but would go back to leopard if there's no other option.

You can add another partition on which you can install Snow Leopard. If you do, however, you cannot use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows. Just so you know.
To resize the drive do the following:
1. 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.
After the main menu appears select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the hard drive's main entry then click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
2. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed. (Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)
4. Click on the [+] button below the sizing window to add a new partition in the gray space you freed up. Give the new volume a name, if you wish, then click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
You should now have a new volume on the drive.
It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss. Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.
Boot from your Snow Leopard DVD and install on the volume you just created. Be sure you set the new partition as the target for your Snow Leopard system.

I upgraded directly to OS X Lion and now dont have a copy to do a clean install. What do i do?

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