Have purchased Mac OS X Lion and now I want to download it again (10.7) without updates! Where can I get it?

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Have purchased Mac OS X Lion and now I want to download it again (10.7) without updates! Where can I get it?

Dear all,

I was a happy user of Lion 10.7.3 and decided to upgrade to 10.7.4 this weekend. The problem is that my MacBook Pro 13" (Mid 2010) crashes ALL the time with this version! I have tried to erase my SSD and installed SL 10.6.8 and reinstalled 10.7.4 but it crashes even installing! Now I am stucked with 10.6.8 (no crashes) but I realy need to upgrade to 10.7.3 because I develop with Xcode and the last Xcode version requires Lion 10.7.3+ !!!

As I have downloaded Lion from Mac Store, I have no CD and there is no Option to download the 10.7 version again!!! I realy need to reinstall 10.7 so then I can install 10.7.3 upgrade!

If anyone knows another way, please help me!

Thanks and regards,

Fabio

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 10.7.4 Crashes all the time

Posted on Jun 4, 2012 11:47 AM

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Answer 1

mende1

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Jun 4, 2012 11:49 AM in response to fasnis

You can't download an old version. I recommend you to try a clean installation (boot from recovery pressing Command and R buttons during boot, format the hard drive and install Lion) and not upgrade

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keg55

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Jun 4, 2012 11:53 AM in response to fasnis

As mende1 mentioned, the older versions of Lion are not available to download. Only the current version (10.7.4) is on Apple's download servers. I assume you didn't make a Time Machine backup or a clone using Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper cloner prior to updating to 10.7.4? If you did, you can restore back to the version of Lion you had prior to 10.7.4.

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