OS X Lion unavailable on line in APP store, please advise!

Question

Hi,there:
To perform a clean installation, I followed the instruction and erased my HD and try to reinstall OS X Lion. After log in my app account, it showed "This item is temporary unavailable.Try again later." It had been like this for 2 days already. Please advise.Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
I did exactly what you described, but it said" the item is temporary unable".My Macbook pro  did not shipped with Lion installed. I upgraded to Lion later.
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OS X Lion unavailable on line in APP store, please advise!
Hi .. In order to reinstall Lion, you need to use internet recovery, not re download from the App Store. Startup your Mac while holding down the Command + R keys. From there you should be able to access the built in utilities to reinstall OS X (Lion) using OS X Recovery
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