Macbook pro will not upgrade to lion
I am trying to uprade my MacBook Pro to Lion. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and am running it on 3 other computers in our home. I am struggling to get this computer to load lion. When I go to the App store, and click on install I get the grey circle that just keeps going like it is trying to load, but no progress is ever made.
Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.
No, I only have 1GB. I missed that on the specs - that would have been helpful. I might have to add some memory...
Thanks!
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