When trying to reinstall Lion OS on new mid 2011 Macbook Air, error msg 'This version of Mac OS X 10.7 cannot be installed on this computer' comes up. What should I do to reinstall?

Did some drive swapping with OWC drives over the last two days and was able to do an internet restore 3 times with no problem - and not with the zippiest internet connection either. I don't doubt some folks are having problems, just reporting my situaiton.

hi idroid84, are you able to redownload Lion via app store after restoring your macbook air 2011? just wondering if that is possible, then you may be able to create an offline image and share to us. thanks

Not possible im afraid, the app store can't be used has to be the OTA version. I have tried to get links from logs but to me they are deleted after install. Make sure you people go to apple.com/feedback to let Apple know we need an offline solution.

Hi idroid84, Just wondering again if it is possible you clone your fresh install of lion into a dmg and share it to me? I just talked to Applecare a while ago and they have not yet started processing my offline image in a thumb drive. this is just unacceptable customer service from Apple!

I want to thank those who are here to help

and i complained to Apple It does not matter to customers problems

my new macbook air, now only have white screen

cannot boot

cannot download os x from the internet recovery

I am using Mac in five years And to have a good knowledge of Mac computers

Now I have 3 Mac computers: macbook 2.1 2007, iMac 27" 2011, Macbook air (new mid 2011)

Dear mr steve jobs

You have committed a mistake about macbook air (new 2011)

new macbook air don't have usb stick for reinstalling os offline

plz Tell me where I can make it or download it (OS X Lion build 11a2063)

best regards

I may have a solution. There is an application called Carbon Copy Cloner. I may be able to download a fresh image of the OS (at the setup screen). I then hopefully can clone the drive to create it into a DMG to share. This will be the full SSD drive but not sure how big the file will be. I will test and try to get back to everyone.

Thanks a lot

I'm waiting for os x lion (build 11a2063)

Bad news CCC won't work without it been booted and at the desktop so I won't be able to clone it at the setup OS X screen. 😟 I will keep looking for answers.

Your "letter" to Steve Jobs must have worked!

My initial goal was to install DiskWarrior 4.3 on a USB drive that could boot MBA 2011. No luck creating a bootable USB drive. Even holding down comand-Option-R would apparently download the older build, which isn't what the new MBA needed. Then, for some reason, the Recovery mode would no longer work.

After resetting the PRAM, the Recovery partition worked again and I installed Lion on an (properly formatted--see below) external hard drive...but it installed the older build! It started other Macs OK, but not the new Air...this was two days ago.

Today, I tried once again, but this time using a journaled, extended format GUID 16 GB flash drive. FINALLY, it worked. My only guess is that either Apple has updated its servers with the latest build (11A2063) today or having an older build on the USB Hard drive prevented it from installing the newer build over it (unlikely) two days ago.

I was finally able to run DiskWarrior 4.3 and repair the directory damage on the internal SSD of the newest MacBook Air. And, as a bonus, 11A2063 works on other Macs.

I don't think the letter has had an effect

because it is not important for him

anyway, thank you for your help

and diskwarrior 4.3 can't help me

because i don't have os xxx in my macbook air

I was just thinking that maybe using disk utilities to make an image of the drive, just testing it now.

Dear idroid84

i'm looking for os x lion build 11a2063

can u help me ?!

You only need build 11A2063 if you have a new MacBook Air; otherwise, the older version of Lion released to the App store will work (except for the Mac Mini). If you have a new MacBook Air, it is installed when you buy it. You can make a bootable disk (11A2063 as of yesterday) by booting into the Recovery partition (holding down Command-R during startup) and selecting install Lion to a properly formatted external USB disk or flash drive (needs more than 8 GB).

hi idroid84, thanks for helping out!

I think I have a solution. I restored my MacBook Air but before I started the setup I took an image .dmg of my OSX Boot partition.

I totally erased my SSD disk and restored if from the .dmg I made using Disk Image. Boom! it worked! I have a Mac OS X .dmg image, which can be used to restore the MacBook Air offline.