How to make a copy of OSX Lion

Posted by in Tips on Jul 21st, 2011 | 2 comments

Backup Lion before you Upgrade

ATTENTION DON’T UPGRADE BEFORE MAKING A COPY OF LION AS IT DELETES ITSELF

If you’d like to make a copy of Lion you’ll need to download it with the App Store as normal BUT don’t upgrade just yet why not make a backup of it first?

Take a look over at http://lifehacker.com/5823096/how-to-burn-your-own-lion-install-dvd-or-flash-drive

Of course I didn’t know this before and won’t be downloading it again though I’d like to have a copy of it.



2 Responses to “ “How to make a copy of OSX Lion”

  1. owen says:
    July 21, 2011 at 17:39

    you can re-download the package after – from the app store, hold down option when clicking the “purchases” button. Instead of an inactive “Installed”, there’ll be an active “install” button.

  2. James says:
    July 21, 2011 at 18:02

    Cheers Owen handy tip :) it’s 3.4?GBs I don’t want to download right now though ah well I’ll know for again .. wait a day before upgrading :D or grab a copy from one of the lads next time I’m in Carlow.

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