unable to download free version of lion
I purchased a new MacBook Air and was unable to download Lion
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I purchased a new MacBook Air and was unable to download Lion
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Maybe you are not prat of the free upgrade to lion program?
You cannot download Lion if you have a new MBA. New Macs use internet recovery:
OS X Lion- About Lion Recovery
Using Lion Recovery when no DHCP service is available
If you want to create your own bootable USB flash drive see the following:
Downloading Hardware Specific Lion Installers. This will get the Lion installer application.
Make Your Own Lion Installer
1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
3. Locate the saved Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable Lion installer that you can use without having to re-download Lion.
unable to download free version of lion