[OSX-Users] Re: Lion...

[Jules]

On 19/07/2011 12:10, mc schraefel wrote:
> 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
:-) LOL. There's been a rumour like that nearly every day for the past 2 
weeks. You may be lucky though!
>
> 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

Jules

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