Comments on: Install Lion Final Release Over Lion GM

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 12:29:51 +0000

What the hell means GM? General Motors???

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:32:53 +0000

how did you reinstall over the existing beta version of lion?

By: Bob ThE AArdvark

Bob ThE AArdvark — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:28:09 +0000

Great job works like a charm with lion already installed

By: blah

blah — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:02:14 +0000

Clarification: While holding option, you need to click on Top Charts and then click on Lion to enable the purchase. If click on Lion from the Featured page, holding option does nothing and it still will not work. Bizarre.

By: JaccoH

JaccoH — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:06:10 +0000

Yes.

By: Spicoli

Spicoli — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:32:31 +0000

You have to place your original installer in the trash before doing the Option click on the App store. Go to Spotlight, type “Lion”, click “Open in Finder”, select “install Mac OS Lion”, CMD delete. Now you can Option Click on the App Store, then Option Click on Purchases and you can pay for, download Lion.

By: Re-Download Mac OS X Lion from the App Store

Re-Download Mac OS X Lion from the App Store — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:06:16 +0000

[...] is the same trick you use to install Lion final over the GM build (they are the same build number unless you have a 2011 MacBook Air or Mini), and really the primary [...]

By: André

André — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:16:47 +0000

Thanks a lot mate…i was even thinking on downgrading my MacBook Pro to Leopard, installing aging Snow Leopard and then downloading Lion….
Saved my life!
Already downloading it!

By: imran

imran — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:11:37 +0000

Thanks a lot it worked for me,
guys plz hold alt before clicking the appstore on ur dock then click install to download….

By: Will

Will — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:28:52 +0000

You downloaded the app but you haven’t run the installer yet, it’s in your Applications folder

By: Frei

Frei — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:12:35 +0000

Mac App Store page show “Installed” on the button under the Lion image but my system says it is still 10.6.8. What’s the deal?

By: Quimoune

Quimoune — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:43:00 +0000

Thanks a lot !! It was realy helpful..!!

By: Turiion

Turiion — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:04:13 +0000

Great .. thx guys works fine for me and my friend. Pressing Option (alt) key during starting app and purchasing Lion.

By: Grot

Grot — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:47:34 +0000

I went around in circles looking for how to download Lion again after it said “Installed” and no option/alt click was working for me…. but then I checked the Application folder again… there it was hiding under “I” for “Install MAC OS X Lion” .
Clicked that and away I go… obvious really , but not obvious enough!

By: jimpace

jimpace — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:33:40 +0000

For those that just purchased a new Mac Mini it comes installed with Lion 11A2061. No matter what you do you an not install Lion from the App store. Holding the option key does not matter. I have a copy of the GM Developer Lion that I downloaded July 1st and was using on my old Mac Mini and I can not install that on the new Mac Mini. Either thru a DVD or a USB drive.
Basically the new Macs that were just released have to use the pre installed build of Lion