How to Download Lion 10.7 from the apple store I am currently running Snow. An email containing a content code to download OS X Lion via the Mac App Store.' [Editor's note: This article is part of our. We also have a.] For over a decade, installing the latest major version of Mac OS X meant buying a disc and slipping it into your Mac’s optical drive. Mac OS X 10.7—better known as Lion—is available for direct download. In fact, it’s available only as a download from Apple’s Mac App Store. In many ways, this new method of distribution is easier and more convenient. But it also raises a number of questions and presents significant upgrade obstacles for some users. Here’s a look at the details of installing Apple’s first-ever download-only OS. Fair warning: If you install Lion now, keep in mind that you’re installing the very first release. It could be fully baked and bug-free, but if previous debuts of major versions of Mac OS X are any indication, we’ll see the first update, containing a number of bug fixes, within a few weeks. If your Mac is mission-critical—in other words, if downtime is not an option for you—you might consider holding off for the inevitable Mac OS X 10.7.1. Finally, before proceeding, be sure to read my article on, which covers system requirements and recommendations, as well as a number of preparatory tasks that will help make the upgrade go smoothly. For example, you should update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and install the. Purchasing and downloading Lion Assuming you, getting Lion is easy—with a few caveats, noted below. You simply launch the Mac App Store application, click the Lion banner on the store’s main page (or search for Lion, or click ), click the $29.99 button at the top of the screen, then click the Buy App button that appears. After providing your Apple ID and password, the Lion installer icon will be added to the Dock, and Lion will begin downloading. Specifically, the 3.8 GB installer application, called Install Mac OS X Lion.app, will be saved to your main Applications folder ( /Applications). On my cable-model connection the morning of Lion's release, the download took approximately 39 minutes. You purchase Lion through the Mac App Store app. (Three quick notes here. First, if you purchased a Mac on or after June 6, 2011, but it didn’t come with Lion pre-installed, you’re entitled to a free copy of Lion.
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