Is OS X Lion available on cd?

No. You can create an installer DVD yourself once you have Lion, but it is only available from Apple as a download from the Mac App Store or in some countries from the Apple Online Store on a USB thumb drive (at a significantly higher price)
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Is Mountain Lion available?

Is Mountain Lion Available? I have snow Leopard and need 10.8 at least to run photoshop elements.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion

Well if apple put's this on there site! Mac OS X Lion Available in July from Mac App Store...why not also comming in june final cut pro x..

...well if apple put's this on there site! Mac OS X Lion Available in July from Mac App Store...why not also comming in june final cut pro x..and tell us a little more about it...

Because FCPX effects a small percentage of the Mac user base.

Osx lion: available space on my HD has increased significantly since the iCloud and recovery disc updates for Mac.

osx lion: available space on my HD has increased significantly (doubled!) since the iCloud and recovery disc updates for Mac. I am guessing OSX Lion now recalculates what is 'available' as I have not deleted anything major. I have two MacBook Air's (1 core 2 duo and 1 i5), both with 256 drives. I am also running win 7 on Parallels 7. Any thoughts?

you can't necessarily download the Mountain Lion installer via the App Store since it came already installed on your computer.
Not true. You can go to the Mac App Store and download the installer
(from the link that WALTER-MILANO-ITALY posted above)
Install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion
If you completed your installation of OS X, your installer may have been removed after your successful first login to OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion. Mac App Store's Purchases page should show Install OS X as being "Installed", and disallow its download, when viewed from a computer running OS X.
To redownload the installer on a computer running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion, press and hold the Option key while you click the Purchases tab. If the button to the right of the Install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion item doesn't change to "Install" and allow you to download OS X, use Spotlight to search for "Install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion" on your computer.

When will osx lion available in malaysia?

When will osx lion available in malaysia?

In order to please maxis,digi, and celcom Apple cant launch iphone 5 so soon. These companies still has a lot iphone 4 and 4S in stock, THEY FAILED TO SELL IPHONES THRU CONTRACT! Just imagine thailand and singapore has been selling iphone 5 and ipad mini for a while. I bet Apple will start selling Iphone 5 right from the store, right from the beginning for Malaysia market, no more thru telcos company!

Photoshop CS5.5 + Lion: Available RAM Actual RAM

Hi all,
Here's my issue:
I have 24 GIGs of RAM in my machine [Mac Pro 3,1— 2.8Ghz "octo-core" (early-2008)]. I noticed recently that Photoshop was only showing 18 GIGs as available ("18544 MB" is how it's displayed in the "Performance" section of my PS Preferences)—rather than the full 24 GIGs.
I'm not positive that it is a function of my "upgrade" to Lion, but I have a strong suspicion that it is, since I am intimately familiar with my Photoshop preference settings and never noticed this issue prior to switching from Snow Leopard.
All my Adobe apps are up to date—as is my system software. I have confirmed (via System Profiler) that my system is indeed recognizing all 24 GIGs of installed RAM. I have had this much RAM in my machine for a long time, and under Snow Leopard, it was all recognized by Photoshop.
Questions:
- has anyone else experienced this?
- is it a bug of some sort, or a purposeful function of the OS (i.e. does Lion sequester a portion of the RAM or otherwise disallow PS to access all of it)?
Any input would be much appreciated.
-Jason

Chris Cox wrote:
So far we haven't seen any such difference on Lion.
This should help then...
I realized I had a hard drive with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) still on it, so I booted up my Mac Pro using that drive, opened CS5 and took a look at the preferences.
Sure enough, the "Available RAM" readout is within 1 GB of the total RAM in my machine (24 GB)—which is consistent with my recollection. I took a screen-cap of the prefs (seen on the left side of the attached image), rebooted using my current system (Lion), and fired up Photoshop CS5.5.
If you take a look at the right side of the attached image, you'll notice two things:
Right off the bat, the Available RAM in Lion is ~3 GB less than on the Snow Leopard system
The Available RAM fluctuates over time in Lion—mostly decreasing, and at one point, moving back up slightly.
I didn't spend any time in Snow Leopard to test whether the Available RAM fluctuated or not. My recollection is that it did not—and that's based upon many months of using CS5 in Snow Leopard. If it did fluctuate, it wasn't enough to ever catch my eye. The fluctuation did catch my eye in Lion because of the larger and more relevant issue—the drastic decrease to the actual value(s) of Available RAM.
Losing 3 GB of RAM on a 24GB system might seem insignificant at first glance, but it's not, and here's why:
it grows to a loss of ~6GB almost immediately.
I lose another ~6GB for setting the RAM % no higher than 69% (recommended to avoid a reported memory bug)
When I spend $2,500 on software (or $10, for that matter), I have every right to expect that it won't negate several hundred dollars worth of investment into the hardware I bought to use it, unless it is advertised as such.
Wade's suggestion (faulty or incorrectly-seated RAM) crossed my mind too—even though System Profiler recognized all 24 GB with a status of "OK." Now, it's clear that this isn't the issue. It's also (hopefully) clear that this is a real issue, with real implications.
I have invested a lot of time, energy and money into building a high-powered system for one primary purpose—maximizing my computing power for Photoshop and Illustrator. I have done that based upon the official documentation and recommendations of Adobe. I run the OS and CS5.5 from a high-quality SSD, have a large, fast and dedicated scratch drive, and save my files to yet another drive. I've been using Photoshop for 16 years, and as you may note from the scarcity of my posts, I come to this forum only as a last resort—not to waste your time or mine on frivolous issues, or to waste your time asking for explanations about issues that I can otherwise resolve on my own.
If there is an avenue other than this forum by which I can more easily achieve resolution to issues like this—by all means, please tell me where that is so I can save us all some time. If not, then to the extent that I must come here to resolve those issues—please respect the fact that I would much rather be using the product for which I paid good money than documenting its flaws or trying to convince the company that sold it to me to listen.
Please forgive me if I sound frustrated—I am. It's nearly 4am; I've lost a full night's work reporting this issue; and I've lost far too many additional days and nights over the last year experiencing, troubleshooting, documenting and discussing defects and quirks in CS5 (/.5)—often while feeling like I was the one on trial instead of the buggy product that I purchased. I don't expect perfection with such robust and technical software—but I think it's reasonable to expect a supportive and attentive attitude, as well as a serious effort by the developers to fix the bugs and correct the oversights that I and others identify.
Thanks for your time. I'm sure I'll be more cheerful on the other side of this long night.
-J

Is Lion available on disk?

In a perfect world, we'd all have super wideband DSL or cable interenet. Unfortunately, I live in the real world where that is not a fact. I would like to download Lion and upgrade my iMac, but at approx 4Gigs, we're talking about a download of over an hour. I've found from past experience, that downloads that take this long are open to corruption that doesn't seem to happen in shorter, smaller downloads. A few friends have had major problems due to bad downloads of Lion and have spent many hours in getting it straightened out. A couple have given up and gone back to S.L.
I've searched, but can't find anything about Lion being available anywhere on a disk that can be ordered.
Does anyone know for sure that's it's available only by download?
Thanks,
Rich

You can purchase an Apple USB Lion Installer flash drive for $69.00 at most Apple Stores or from Apple Online.

Family upgrade for mountain lion available?

Hello, im wanting to upgrade from Lion to mountain lion but i was wondering if i buy it can i upgrade all the mac's in my house? or do i need to purchase an upgrade for each? i remember with snow leopard there was a family upgrade. or can i just upgrade them with my sign in info?
Thanks!
OK UPDATE:!
sorry i just found this
http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/26/install-upgrade-os-x-mountain-lion-multiple-macs/
basically says you can install it on as many macs as you own.
for anyone else that comes across this.

Yes once you buy Mt Lion from the MAS you can install it on all Mac's YOU Own.

Is lion available any more?

Is OSX Lion still available

You can purchase Lion contact Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download.

When is mountain lion available?

I need to install lion to get icloud running but am hesitant and would like to wait for mountain lion, anyone have any idea when it should be here?

sorry
july, august sometime.

I currently have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I want to upgrade to Lion 7.4. I see no upgrades available to get there. Can someone help me?

I currently have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I want to upgrade to Lion 7.4. I see no upgrades available to get there. Can someone help me?

WZZZ wrote:
Maybe they've pulled Lion temporarily in order to clear server bandwidth for the expected feeding frenzy over ML?
There's always that possibility but I suspect that any Lion purchases today will be just a drop in the bucket. Still, there really ought to be some provision for those whose Macs can't go beyond Lion to upgrade since continued Snow Leopard support is now in question (the reason I finally moved to Lion).
There are a lot of people complaining that their free upgrade redeem codes for ML aren't working so I bet keeping Lion available is way down on Apple's to-do list.

Lion no longer available on Mac App store....

So what do we do if we need to download Lion again?
If we have Mac's which do not support Mountain Lion, but are currently running Snow Leopard, then how do we get Lion?
If we need to reinstall Lion, or create a bootable USB Key for Lion, then how can we do so, since it is no longer available on the store?
What if we need to reinstall Lion? What do we do then?
This is ridiculous. Is it going to be like this for other apps like Xcode as well?

I just called the number PDilla gave; they took my credit card info, and will send a download code and instructions later. I was a little surprised it wasn't immediate, but I'll report back when I get the mail (or when I don't :-) ).
Apple hardware runs a long time (this is an early 2008 Macbook); you'd think they'd keep software such as Lion available for those of us that have hardware that cannot upgrade to Mountain Lion.
Update: In the time since I began typing the info, above I have received an acknowledgement of the order. The email implies that it will be a physical shipment, but the Apple store representative said it would be a code for download. It has not yet shown up in the Purchases section of the Appstore.
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All future MacBook with 10.7 Lion will be set to 64bit kernel by default always ?

Dear Apple and Mac Expert,
Actually I hope Apple can answer this if possible or someone can redirect me to any Apple post ?
I learned that right from 10.7 Lion available, the default kernel mode is always set to 64bit no matter installed in MacBook White or Pro. I am wondering is it same for all future MacBook Air and Pro that come with 10.7 Lion will be set to 64bit kernel by default??
I really need a confirmation on this to support my future plan.
Appreciate Apple can answer this or someone can help.
Thanks in advanced!

Apple typically does not answer questions here. Further, your question invites speculation about future product releases, which is specifically forbidden in the Terms of Use for these forums.
That having been said, Apple usually looks forward, not back. Once they remove something it is usually gone forever. Witness the floppy drive disappearing in the late 1990s.
Best of luck.

I need to have both Snow leopard and Lion...Mountain lion running on my iMac. How do I install Lion or Mountain lion on an Ext H D and boot from it?

My software is obsolete (and now dead) in 10.7 so I need to keep Snow leopard alive to run that- but now things like TurboTax are dropping support for 10.6 or lower and I have to have lion or Mountain Lion available. I actually downloaded Lion onto a thumb drive but never installed it when I found out that it would immedaitely render all my FreeHand files inaccessible (years of work!), Now that I am forced to have an OS above 10.6 I was hoping I could install whichever--Lion or Mountain Lion onto an external hard drive and figure out how to boot from that (found something in archives I think, but I need words of one syllable or less). This way I could, ideally, boot from either the External hard drive in the higher OS when needed, or from the internal hard drive when I need to use Snow leopard. There is a long story here, but I think this is the gist. I wasn not sure if this should be asked here or in either Lion or Mountain Lion (both of which I have, essentially, ignored since I would not be moving up until I could figure out how to access those old files of forms and drawings00but now I have no choice. I am panicking now that I HAVE to make the move anbd cannot afford to buy another Mac just to keep two separately running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. i asked Apple when Lion came out and they said there was no way to partition (even if I KNEW how to do that) the haaard drive and install both on my iMac-- but I "think" this is a bit different and possible??? Thanks (once/if I figure this out, I need to figure out how to back-up but that is another matter)

You need to move to Windows 7, because Apple is now releasing a new OS X version annually and it's playing havoc with people's hardware and software.
Windows 7 will get support until 2020, that's 8 years of software stability, however you do need to make System Restore disks, boot disk and another on a hard drive to self restore (like TimeMachine is for OS X)
Apple has no plans to change their currrent behavior as all they care about is selling new hardware with a shiny new OS X verison on it.
If you wait to move, what will happen is you'll lose that full 8 years and will have to swtich to a newer Windows sooner
Windows 7 machines are still widely avaialble, despite Windows 8 (a failure) being pushed currently.
Running three OS X operating systems on one machine is quite a chore reserved for only seasoned computer geeks, then it's only going to last X months as the next OS X version will be released, then the next a year after that.
Another method would be to get a virtual machine software (virtualbox is free) and install Windows 7 into that to ease your transitition if you cant' spring for a Windows 7 machine, preferablly a tower that will last a long time.
Here is a method to run Snow Leopard in Parallels, however it's a unapproced hack and not for the comptuer newbie.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
We have no control over Apple's OS X release cycle, nor the third party developers who make their own decisions what to support.
Our only choice as users to stop using both products and seek software/hardware stability.

HT1338 Purchased a used macbook pro with Mountain Lion. My old Mac runs Snow Leopard is backed up to Time machine. How do I register the operating system to me and how do I use Time Machine to move my files to the new used computer?

Purchased a used macbook pro with Mountain Lion. My old Mac runs Snow Leopard is backed up to Time machine. How do I register the operating system to me and how do I use Time Machine to move my files to the new used computer?

If you look at the User Tips tab, you will find a write up on just this subject:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4053
The subject of buying/selling a Mac is quite complicated. Here is a guide to the steps involved. It is from the Seller's point of view, but easily read the other way too:
SELLING A MAC A
Internet Recovery, and Transferability of OS & iLife Apps
Selling an Old Mac:
• When selling an old Mac, the only OS that is legally transferable is the one that came preinstalled when the Mac was new. Selling a Mac with an upgraded OS isn't doing the new owner any favors. Attempting to do so will only result in headaches since the upgraded OS can't be registered by the new owner. If a clean install becomes necessary, they won't be able to do so and will be forced to install the original OS via Internet Recovery. Best to simply erase the drive and revert back to the original OS prior to selling any Mac.
• Additionally, upgrading the OS on a Mac you intend to sell means that you are leaving personally identifiable information on the Mac since the only way to upgrade the OS involves using your own AppleID to download the upgrade from the App Store. So there will be traces of your info and user account left behind. Again, best to erase the drive and revert to the original OS via Internet Recovery.
Internet Recovery:
• In the event that the OS has been upgraded to a newer version (i.e. Lion to Mountain Lion), Internet Recovery will offer the version of the OS that originally came with the Mac. So while booting to the Recovery Disk will show Mountain Lion as available for reinstall since that is the current version running, Internet Recovery, on the other hand, will only show Lion available since that was the OS shipped with that particular Mac.
• Though the Mac came with a particular version of Mac OS X, it appears that, when Internet Recovery is invoked, the most recent update of that version may be applied. (i.e. if the Mac originally came with 10.7.3, Internet Recovery may install a more recent update like 10.7.5)
iLife Apps:
• When the App Store is launched for the first time it will report that the iLife apps are available for the user to Accept under the Purchases section. The user will be required to enter their AppleID during the Acceptance process. From that point on the iLife apps will be tied to the AppleID used to Accept them. The user will be allowed to download the apps to other Macs they own if they wish using the same AppleID used to Accept them.
• Once Accepted on the new Mac, the iLife apps can not be transferred to any future owner when the Mac is sold. Attempting to use an AppleID after the apps have already been accepted using a different AppleID will result in the App Store reporting "These apps were already assigned to another Apple ID".
• It appears, however, that the iLife Apps do not automatically go to the first owner of the Mac. It's quite possible that the original owner, either by choice or neglect, never Accepted the iLife apps in the App Store. As a result, a future owner of the Mac may be able to successfully Accept the apps and retain them for themselves using their own AppleID. Bottom Line: Whoever Accepts the iLife apps first gets to keep them.
SELLING A MAC B
Follow these instructions step by step to prepare a Mac for sale:
Step One - Back up your data:
A. If you have any Virtual PCs shut them down. They cannot be in their "fast saved" state. They must be shut down from inside Windows.
B. Clone to an external drive using using Carbon Copy Cloner.
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the Select a source drop down menu on the left side.
3. Select the Destination volume from the Select a destination drop down menu on the right
side.
4. Click on the Clone button. If you are prompted about creating a clone of the Recovery HD be
sure to opt for that.
Destination means a freshly erased external backup drive. Source means the internal
startup drive.
Step Two - Prepare the machine for the new buyer:
1. De-authorize the computer in iTunes! De-authorize both iTunes and Audible accounts.
2, Remove any Open Firmware passwords or Firmware passwords.
3. Turn the brightness full up and volume nearly so.
4. Turn off File Vault, if enabled.
5. Disable iCloud, if enabled: See.What to do with iCloud before selling your computer
Step Three - Install a fresh OS:
A. Snow Leopard and earlier versions of OS X
1. Insert the original OS X install CD/DVD that came with your computer.
2. Restart the computer while holding down the C key to boot from the CD/DVD.
3. Select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu; repartition and reformat the internal hard drive.
Optionally, click on the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
4. Install OS X.
5. Upon completion DO NOT restart the computer.
6. Shutdown the computer.
B. Lion and Mountain Lion (if pre-installed on the computer at purchase*)
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because
it is three times faster than wireless.
1. Restart the computer while holding down the COMMAND and R keys until the Mac OS X
Utilities window appears.
2. Select Disk Utility from the Mac OS X Utilities window and click on the Continue button.
3. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click
on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
4. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on the Security button
and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
5. Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
6. Quit DU and return to the Mac OS X Utilities window.
7. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
8. Upon completion shutdown the computer.
*If your computer came with Lion or Mountain Lion pre-installed then you are entitled to transfer your license once. If you purchased Lion or Mountain Lion from the App Store then you cannot transfer your license to another party. In the case of the latter you should install the original version of OS X that came with your computer. You need to repartition the hard drive as well as reformat it; this will assure that the Recovery HD partition is removed. See Step Three above. You may verify these requirements by reviewing your OS X Software License.

Is OS X Lion available on cd?

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