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Reply With Quote1) Yup, but you can pause and resume downloads so you don't have to start over if interrupted.
2) Once you download Lion, burn the install package to a DVD, or keep it on a flash drive or external hard drive. To reinstall, install Snow Leopard first from your Snow Leopard DVD, then apply Lion from the archive you saved.
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- July 1st, 2011, 04:38 AM #1
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Lion via App Store
This seems very convenient - to get a major upgrade via the App Store. I have two concerns ...
(1) I have DSL at a creeping 3 mbit and have heard a rumor that Lion is about 4 gb. This transaction will take a while.
(2) Several times in the past I have had to go back to an "install" DVD to perform an archiving re-install to get my system back to something like normal. How would I do that with Lion?iMac 21.5" 2.7 Ghz Intel Core i5, 8 gb, 1 tb
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- July 1st, 2011, 11:29 PM #2
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- July 1st, 2011, 11:52 PM #3
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If you'll look inside the package, you'll even find a disk image that you'll be able to burn on a single layer DVD.
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- July 2nd, 2011, 09:01 AM #4
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"2) Once you download Lion, burn the install package to a DVD, or keep it on a flash drive or external hard drive. To reinstall, install Snow Leopard first from your Snow Leopard DVD, then apply Lion from the archive you saved."
Then this approach, by Apple, is even more 'bass-ackwards' than just a download. I hereby protest!
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- July 2nd, 2011, 02:03 PM #5
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I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't for the whole having to upgrade from Snow Leopard. I prefer to totally have a clean install and while I guess you can have a clean install of Snow Leopard and then upgrading. This just seems totally weird and I feel like it might create some problems.
- July 2nd, 2011, 02:04 PM #6
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I dunno. If this is the worst thing that happens to me in my life, I'd still be able to say I had a pretty damn good life.
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Then this approach, by Apple, is even more 'bass-ackwards' than just a download. I hereby protest!
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- July 2nd, 2011, 03:34 PM #7
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Please read my post two above yours... Solves your problem perfectly, no? Originally Posted by icemanjc Mac user since 1987. Running Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on a MacBook Air 11" & an iMac 27" and whatever's newest for my iPhone 4s, iPad 3 and AppleTV 2.
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- July 2nd, 2011, 03:51 PM #8
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Well I got that, which made me ask that question. It seems like it's such a small installer compared to even Snow Leopard which makes me wonder even if do burn it to a DVD, do you still need Snow Leopard to install the base of Lion?
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