Re: [Avid-L2] Lion install

I built mine off the 10.7 installer I purchased on a thumb drive - hopefully you have disc around somewhere - then run the updater -

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484

You could do one system, then clone it. I recommend using SSD drives, even on a Mac. You can put them in the extra optical slot.

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On Jun 19, 2012, at 2:06 PM, RT wrote:

> On the subject - 10.7.4 is the flavor of the day at Apple store now.
>
> Is there any way to get 10.7.3 downloaded? I have a couple Symphonies
> to build.
>
> RT
>
>
> RT wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I concur w/ DD. You need SL in order to "officially" purchase Lion at
> > the App store.
> >
> > To make that easier, Apple sent me a FREE SL installer disk recently, in
> > the hopes that I'll use it to log on and purchase Lion.
> >
> > Real nice of them.
> >
> > RT
> >
> > Dennis Degan wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I previously wrote:
> > >
> > > > You can do this IF you have Snow Leopard installed. The 10.7
> > > installer requires SL for the Lion upgrade to run.
> > >
> > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Job ter Burg (L2B) wrote:
> > >
> > > > No, it does not require Snow Leopard per se. The point of the
> > > clean install is that you don't build on the previous OS.
> > > > There's a trick that lets you create a bootable Lion install DVD.
> > > >
> > >
> > http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/qt/Create-A-Bootable-Copy-Of-Os-X-Lion.htm
> > >
> > > I say:
> > >
> > > Oh, yeah. I forgot about that bootable DVD. I even have one. ;)
> > > However, if you try to run the Lion installer APPLICATION, Snow
> > > Leopard is required. You could still be doing a clean install; it's
> > > just that the Lion installer application looks for SL before it will
> > > run:
> > >
> > <http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/qt/Mac-Os-X-Lion-Preview-Mac-Os-X-Lion-Minimum-Requirements.htm
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > Near the bottom of the page:
> > > "Because the Lion OS can only be purchased from the Mac App Store,
> > > you'll need to have Snow Leopard running on your Mac. Snow Leopard is
> > > the minimum requirement for running the Mac App Store application. If
> > > you haven't upgraded to Snow Leopard, you should do so now, while the
> > > product is still readily available."
> > >
> > > Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> > > NBC Today Show, New York
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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>



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