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Mac OS X Lion downgrade

Hi!


I bought my Mac Mini with OS X Lion.

Because I can't install Logic 8 on it, I'm thinking of installing an older OS.


My question


In case I'll install an older OS, will I have the possibility (at a latest date) to reinstall OS X Lion on my Mac (without paying for it)?

As there's no installation CD, where from?


Thank you!

Posted on Apr 10, 2013 7:33 AM

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Apr 10, 2013 7:42 AM in response to Respiro

Respiro wrote:


My question


In case I'll install an older OS, will I have the possibility (at a latest date) to reinstall OS X Lion on my Mac (without paying for it)?

As there's no installation CD, where from?

Assuming you can install Snow Leopard (for example) on your system and you want to go back to Lion, you should be able to by restarting your system into Internet Recovery by pressing/holding the Command+Option+R keys until you see a spinning globe. You can test this before you try to downgrade by restarting using the keys mentioned and let it boot into Internet Recovery which will boot to Apple's Recovery HD on their servers.

Mac OS X Lion downgrade

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