[OSX-Users] Re: Lion...

[mc schraefel]

Thanks Jules - great info

also, rumour has it that lion and new Airs are coming out tomorrow, with
mac pros and new lcd in the coming weeks 

mc

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:39:28 +0100, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 19/07/2011 11:02, Tim Chown wrote:
>> So,
>>
>> What's the deal with Lion?
> We have a site licence for Apple OS's, so I'll get a copy from the App 
> Store and put it on the software server cifs://software/software so that 
> you can just drag and drop the app onto your desktop and then run it.
> 
> If you want to do a complete fresh install (despite Apple saying it's 
> not possible), do this:
> 1. Right-click on the app
> 2. Choose "Show package contents"
> 3. Go into the "Shared Support" directory
> 4. Take InstallESD.dmg and either burn it onto a DVD or restore it 
> (using Disk Utility) onto a 4GB USB stick (yes, it's a lot smaller than 
> Snow Leopard)
> 5. Power on your Mac with Alt/Option held down
> 6. Choose the DVD or USB device to boot off
> 7. Partition and format your disk
> 8. Install Lion.
> 
> As for when it will be released, it's when they are ready to. Original 
> release date was planned for last Thursday, but that didn't happen. We 
> sit and wait. :)
> 
> Jules