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1. #How to download yosemite from app store reddit mac os x
2. #How to download yosemite from app store reddit install
3. #How to download yosemite from app store reddit free

#How to download yosemite from app store reddit mac os x

in Recovery OS, in Mac OS X Utilities, Reinstall Mac OS X.Īfter download completes, after the next start of the virtual machine, at the root of the virtual disk that you targeted for reinstallation you'll find a directory:.use the vdi in a VirtualBoxVM without EFI.use VBoxManage convertfromraw to convert the first image to a virtual disk image.

#How to download yosemite from app store reddit install

maybe also install something to make the virtual machine acceptable for reinstallation of Lion (see below).install to that volume a bootloader that does not require EFI.change the Apple_Boot slice of the image to Apple_HFS.Use Disk Utility to image all partitions/slices of the Lion Recovery disk.If you ran Apple's Recovery Disk Assistant with Lion, and if you kept that separate disk: Try VirtualBox, and a third party bootloader

Without hacking or otherwise disturbing Mountain Lion Now, you are ready to make a bootable Lion install drive. Grab the "Install Mac OS X Lion" installer from the Applications folder a.k.a /Applications. Note: This is what you will see if you attempt to run the Lion Installer from Mountain Lion. Ignore the message from the Lion Installer that runs on OS X Mountain Lion after the Lion installer has finished downloading as pictured below. You can do this while you are waiting for Lion to finish downloading in the Mac App Store.įor vim use :wq! to force save the file and exit the editor. In your open editor window change your OS version number back to "10.8" in the ist file. Open the Mac App Store and click download for "OS X Lion" in your purchases. $ sudo vim /System/Library/CoreServices/istĮdit the file changing 10.8 to 10.7 for the following linesįind the lines in the file that look like this. So to avoid nonsense like the following Duplicate message below, use an editor thats less aware of OS X file versioning.

#How to download yosemite from app store reddit free

Open the ist file with sudo privileges I used vim but feel free to use your favorite command line text editor, some GUI program like TextEdit seem to complain of locked files, etc a.k.a ".a bag of hurt." Here is what we are you are going to do Temporarily trick OS X Mountain Lion into thinking it is Lion. Super User Hack: Yes its possible to download Lion from Mountain Lion if you perform the following hack, as usual proceed at your own risk. Once you meet the requirements for OS X Lion the Mac App Store will allow you to download an already purchased version of OS X Lion. This limits downloading OS X Lion to a Mac running OS X Lion 10.7, or OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later. The Lion re-download started immediately on a Mac running OS X Lion 10.7.4Ĭonfirming, you will need to download the "OS X Lion" Installer from a computer not running Mountain Lion. I Attempted to Download OS X Lion from a Mountain Lion Mac but no amount of option key tricks could get it to work.

I would like to be proved wrong, but the results around the web such as Apple Support Communities - How do I download Lion if I'm running Mountain Lion? kind of confim you can no longer just download 10.7 from a Mac running 10.8. Unfortunately, it is not possible to download OS X Lion 10.7 from a computer currently running OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 unless you want to do a little hacking see below for more on that.