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Introduction |
On the 20th of July 2011, Apple released Mac OS X 10.7
to the public and it became available on the App Store
for only 29.99 $ . If it happens that you bought a new
Mac machine between the 6th of June 2011 and the 21st of July, then you are entitled to have MAC OS X Lion for free , as your computer was shipped with OSX Snow Leopard.
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To upgrade/ Install OS X Lion, you should
have the following prerequisites:
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Intel Core 2 Duo,
Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon
processor
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2GB of RAM
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Latest version of
Snow Leopard ( 10.6.6 or later )
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At least 4GB of
additional disk space to accommodate the
download, but more is obviously
recommended
- If you bought a new
Mac between June 6, 2011 and July 20,
2011, don’t buy Lion from the App
Store yet, because you qualify for a
free download of Mac OS X Lion, directly
from Apple. All you need to do is visit
Apple’s Up-To-Date page to claim your
copy, just be sure you have your Macs
Serial Number, date of purchase, and
place & location of purchase ready.
Visit :
OS X Lion
Up to Date Program
Once you are done, an email will be sent
to you that contains Mac OS X Lion
Content Code, which will be used in the
App Store to download OS X Lion for
free.
- To Redeem OS X
Lion , open Apple Store.


- click on the
Redeem option from the
right side, under Quick Links

- on the Redeem Code page, type or paste the
Mac OS X Lion Content Code, which
you received previously by email from
Apple,
inside the code Textbox and then click on the Redeem
button

- You will be requested to enter your
Apple ID
and password, if you don't have a
username and password, then click Create Account, once
your credentials are typed, click on the Redeem Code
Button

- A Thank you message will appear and MAC OSX Lion will
start downloading and will appear in the Dock

- To view how much time remaining till the download is
completed, click on the Purchased option inside the
App Stores

or using the Menu bar, and while the App
Store window is active, click on
Store , then click on
Check for Unfinished Downloads

- When the download
is completed, the Install Mac
OSX page is automatically
opened, click Continue

- On the software
license agreement page, click on
Agree

- A confirmation page
that you have read the license agreement
terms will pop up, Click Agree

- If you have
multiple hard disks inside your Apple
workstation, then you will be asked on
which hard disk you want to install OS X
Lion, if you have only a single hard
disk, like in my case I’m installing
Lion on a MacBook Pro Laptop and there
is only a single hard disk inside it,
then the installation wizard will select
that hard disk by default, click
Install

- You will be asked
to type administrative credentials. If
your account is an administrator
account, then type your password and
click OK

- The machine will be
prepared for installation, once its
ready you will be asked to Restart the
machine, click on Restart


- You will be asked
to close all other apps, click on
Close Other Applications…
All opened application will be closed
and the machine will be restarted

- After installation
is completed, your machine will be
rebooted.
- After startup,
Mac OS X Setup Assistant
will be launched, close it if you want,
or swipe with your two fingers as
illustrated and click on Start
Using Mac OS X Lion

As you will notice , your Mac now has a
new background

and to confirm that this is Lion, click
the Apple Logo and then click on
About This Mac, you will see
now you have Version 10.7


Enjoy it .
Summary
Installation of Mac OS X Lion is
straightforward, the upgrade process from OS X Snow
Leopard to OS X Lion is easy.
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