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Also, I used the DVD I created below to install on another Mac and it worked fine.

#Apple store mac os x lion download how to#

UPDATED 7/22/11 вЂ“ There is now a VIDEO that explains all of the items below as well as steps on how to create a bootable USB Thumb Drive on THIS POST.

#Apple store mac os x lion download download#

So, how the heck do you download it again since in the App Store, it shows as вЂњInstalledвЂќ and there is no way to re-download it? That is the issue that I ran into and I had to re-download the Lion installer to create the bootable DVD. The interesting thing about the 3.76 GB installer that is downloaded from the App Store is that after you install it, it magically deletes itself after the install is complete. (See the Apple Resource link below for details.) For all Macs produced AFTER the launch of Lion, you can re-install Lion via the Internet. You can re-install Lion via an Internet Connection вЂ“ this is a really cool option.Similarly, to go directly to the recovery program, just hold COMMAND R when you start. You simply choose the вЂњRecovery HDвЂќ one and it will launch the Recovery program. When you do that, you will see all of your Mac partitions. You can launch this by holding down OPTION when you start. Once you install Lion, it creates a small hidden partition on your Mac. Lion already has a recovery partition вЂ“ this is actually very useful to use should you need to do some disk repairs.(Note to вЂњfile sharersвЂќ вЂ“ you might NOT want to distribute the вЂњInstallESD.dmgвЂќ file on sharing sites as it may contain your Apple ID or may prevent you from getting updates.) However, if you are going to create a Bootable DVD so that you can install it on other computers that are tied with different Apple IDs, you might want to reconsider doing this. Assuming that you have the same Apple ID on all of your computers and you simply want to create an installer for those computers, this is a good solution. The Lion Installer is tied to your Apple ID (unconfirmed) вЂ“ many App Store purchases вЂњsignвЂќ their apps to your Apple ID when you purchase/download via the App Store.There are some important things to remember, though, before you embark on this effort.

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Note: if you are looking for instructions for Mac OS X 10.8 вЂ“ Mountain Lion вЂ“ please see this post. You will also be able to order a USB stick from Apple but that will be a bit of costly option, especially when you can do it yourself. But if you follow this procedure you should find the Lion Installer within your Applications folder.In my excitement yesterday about the release of the new Macintosh operating system called вЂњ LionвЂњ, I downloaded and installed the new OS without thinking about creating a bootable DVD since Lion is the first Apple OS to NOT come on DVD but rather be distributed via the App Store. You also can't navigate to Lion directly, you need to open it from the purchases page. Once on the Purchased page, once on the Lion page. It's important to hold down the Option key twice.

Hold down the Option key again and click on 'Installed.' If you don't hold the option key it will tell you there's already a newer version installed. It should say 'Installed,' but that button is clickable.

Hold down the Option key on your keyboard and click on your 'OS X Lion' purchase link (not on the 'installed' button).

It seems to be the official method, although I found no description of this in any of Apple's documentation. There's an easy method to force a download within the Mac App Store without any tinkering. Many missed doing that before installation, me included.Д«ut actually this hint will work to force download any purchase on the Mac App Store. The main purpose of this may be to get the Installer dmg to create a bootable Installer disk, as described elsewhere.

There's been a lot of talk lately how to get the OS X Lion Installer after you installed Lion.