|
 | Apple today released OS X Lion, the latest version of OS X, through the Mac App Store. If you don't have a high-speed Internet connection, or you're worried about blowing past any data cap you may have, Apple has said that Lion installer images will also be available from Apple retail stores. Purchasing and downloading the Lion installer is just the first step. Now that you have Lion on your Mac, it's time to decide how you'll install it. To give you a hand with the decision, this week's newsletter focuses on your Lion installation options. With these guides, you should have Lion up and purring in no time. | |
OS X Lion Installation Guides
OS X Lion uses a new distribution method for OS X, the Mac App Store, where you purchase and download the OS X Lion installer. This new distribution system has many people worried that traditional install methods, such as erase and install, or a bootable copy of OS X Lion, are history. Well, those worries are unfounded. While Apple may not be supplying instructions for creating bootable copies of Lion or performing clean installs, here at About: Macs, we have all the guides you need to install Lion the way you want to... Read more
| Create a Bootable DVD Copy of OS X Lion Installer
OS X Lion will be sold through the Mac App Store, which makes acquiring and installing the new Lion OS a pretty simple task. But what happens if something goes wrong with your Mac, and you need to boot from an install disk? There is no install disk with OS X Lion. Creating a bootable version of OS X Lion isn't that difficult. When you download the OS, the Lion installer is placed in your Applications folder. When you run the Lion installer, it restarts your Mac using the embedded Lion disk image that's buried in the download file. With a little fiddling, you can use the disk image to create your own bootable copy of Lion... Read more
| Create a Bootable Flash Drive With OS X Lion Installer
OS X Lion and its downloadable installer create a conundrum for Mac users who would like to have bootable media from which to install Lion. The reason many people want to have a bootable Lion installer is to create clean installs, that is, install Lion on a freshly formatted hard drive that doesn't contain any previous OS. The other major reason to want a bootable Lion installer is for emergency booting and repair of your Mac's hard drive. It's true that Lion creates a bootable Recovery Partition that you can use for troubleshooting. But the Recovery Partition is only usable if your drive is in basic working order. If your drive has a corrupt partition table, or you've replaced the hard drive, then the Recovery Partition is downright useless... Read more
| Making Room for Lion
If you're thinking about upgrading to Lion, you may be scratching your head, wondering how you're going to make room for the big cat. Most Mac users who upgrade like to keep a working version of their existing OS, just in case they decide they don't like the new OS, or because they have one or more must-have applications that won't run under the new OS... Read more
| |
| | Macs Ads
| | | | Featured Articles | |
| |
| | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Macs newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here.
About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy
Contact Information:
249 West 17th Street
New York, NY, 10011
© 2011 About.com | | | | |
Mac News & Events | | | | Follow me on: | | | |
Advertisement
 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment