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Im going to walk through the process of making a bootable Mac OS X 10.7 Lion installation drive out of any USB ash drive key. This is similar to the process of making a bootable Lion installer DVD, but I prefer a USB ash drive because its faster, smaller, and I have a MacBook Air so an installation DVD isnt too useful for me. This is pretty easy to do, but I have made the walkthrough as simple as possible with plenty of screenshots, so just follow along the instructions. Requirements: A Mac with Mac OS X 10.6.8 so you can download and access Lion 8GB+ USB ash key drive, these are cheap and ubiquitous on Amazon.com Download Mac OS X Lion from the Mac App Store ($29.99) Got all that? Good, lets proceed.
How to Create a Bootable Mac OS X Lion Installation USB Drive

Were going to assume you already have Mac OS X Lion downloaded from the App Store, if you dont, do that rst. If you have anything stored on the USB ash drive youre going to lose it, so be prepared for that and back it up. First we are going to locate the Lion InstallESD.dmg le and mount it: Navigate to your applications folder Right-click (or control-click) on the Install Mac OS X Lion.app and select Show Package Contents Open the Contents directory and then go into SharedSupport
Double-click on InstallESD.dmg to mount the Lion disk image onto your Mac desktop, it will show up like the image below
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Joseph says:
July 8, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Can I do this for Snow Leopard instead?

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Angga says:
July 8, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Yes you can, Ive been doing this method since Snow Leopard.
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Andrey says:
July 8, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Can you burn me a copy of (both) Snow Leopard and Lion? Im about to get a Mac soon and I cant afford both for Parallels Desktop. Why do I need Snow Lepoard? Snow leopard for Lions Parallel Desktop (in case if I wont like Lion)
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AJ says:
July 8, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Youre in luck because new Macs get Lion for free.

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d0ta2008 says:
July 10, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Dude its $30, if you can buy a Mac you can spend $30 to buy the OS. Dont be a turd.
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Dan says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:16 am
Skip Parallels and get VirtualBox, its free and works great.
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AJ says:
July 8, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Yup, you can do this with all versions of OS X as long as you have a dmg to restore from.
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PsychoX says:
July 9, 2011 at 7:29 am
You would need a larger ashdrive however, I believe at least an 8gb.

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Ho says:
August 24, 2011 at 8:44 am
you can also partition a 32 GB USB stick into 4 parts and make each a bootable partition. Just be sure you use Journaled and GUID partition table
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David B. Haun says:

July 9, 2011 at 2:19 pm
What Partition Map did you use?

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Strawberry says:
July 21, 2011 at 4:01 pm
GUID is what you should use for any partition you want to be bootable (Intel) but I think it will just completely wipe the space and install it from the disk image.
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Brian says:
July 8, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Did this work on the Gold Master that was released last week since it was suppose to be the last update to OSX Lion before they let us download next week. Hopefully!
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AJ says:
July 8, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Yes, this guide was written using Lion GM from the App Store
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Yousif Anwar says:

July 10, 2011 at 8:40 am
Hi there, I cant nd the SharedSupport folder in GM, help please!

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M says:
July 10, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Right-click on Install Mac OS X Lion.app > Show Package Contents > Contents > SharedSupport
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Tricky Business says:

July 21, 2011 at 10:41 am
Is it perhaps possible that the installer / installESD.dmg was deleted after installation? Ive searched my disk but i cant nd the le in question?!
tokyojerry says:
July 8, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Alternatively you can use an inexpensive 8 or 16GB SD or MicroSD card to do the same thing. Just choose the SD card in lieu of the USB drive stick in the instructions here and follow accordingly. I usually buy / use only memory cards these days because they have performance ratings (i.e., Class 2, 4, 6, 10) and you know the quality of speed performance you are getting. With a USB stick. you usually dont have a clue as to the quality and speed of the memory incorporated into the stick. The SD memory card can be used in a cheap SD to USB converter adaptor, thus, becoming a USB stick if that is preferred. (i.e., 13
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Macbook Airs have SD slots whereas the smaller one does not. The SD memory card then has greater utility. It can be used as a USB stick, it can be used in a camera, and if MicroSD then in mobile phones in the case a phone supports MicroSD. And, knowing that I have a class 6 or class 10 SD card, I also have the reassurance I can capture HD video on the camera without any problems when used to capture HD video. Just an alternative idea.
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BP says:
July 8, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Great tip man. I liked the one on the DVD and this is even better.
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AJ says:
July 8, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Thanks! Glad to hear it.

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haymoose says:
July 8, 2011 at 6:59 pm
I have done this for Snow Leopard. If you are impatient and live near best buy, I use the EasyStore 4 GB USB drive, it is very low prole, not as thin as the Apple unit, but nice and cased in metal! $7.99 where I live: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Easystore+-+4GB+USB+2.0+Flash+Drive /2023439.p?id=1218305995143
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Brian says:
July 9, 2011 at 3:36 pm
How do you do it for Snow Leopard on a USB Drive?

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AJ says:
July 10, 2011 at 12:38 pm
The same way as this guide, however you can just clone directly from the Snow Leopard DVD to a USB drive using Disk Utility or a third party utility like Carbon Copy Cloner.
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Marcus says:
July 8, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Partitioning an external USB hard drive (Firewire and Thunderbolt too) and restoring the Lion.dmg to that partition works as well.
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wdf says:
July 9, 2011 at 1:14 am
thanks
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Josh says:
July 9, 2011 at 6:17 am
A much easier way to do this is by using Carbon Copy Cloner. 1. Mount the InstallESB.dmg le. 2. Plug in the USB drive; format it to HFS+ Journaled with Disk Utility 3. Open Carbon Copy Cloner and select the InstallESB mount as the source and the USB mount as the destination. 10x easier and always works!
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Carl says:
July 22, 2011 at 9:16 pm
As in, exactly as many steps as above? Just because he spelled it out, doesnt mean its slower than CCC. Herere your directions reworked using the above:
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1. Mount the InstallESB.dmg le. 2. Plug in the USB drive; format it to HFS+ Journaled with Disk Utility 3. Select restore in Disk Itility and select the InstallESB mount as the source and the USB mount as the destination. Just as easy* and always works! *Your method is actually harder because it requires downloading and/or opening CCC.
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Rue says:
August 4, 2011 at 6:03 pm
But your way doesnt work for 4GB USB drives. Please try it rst and respond back.
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July 9, 2011 at 9:50 am
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PsychoX says:
July 9, 2011 at 10:33 am
When I did my Snow Leopard upgrade I had a separate partition on the same hard drive setup as a bootable disk. It worked perfectly and I was able to keep all my existing les.
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David B. Haun says:

July 9, 2011 at 5:37 pm
The image needs to be scanned rst.

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AJ says:
July 10, 2011 at 12:33 pm
I skipped that process, but yes the default behavior is to scan and verify the image.
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Cam says:
July 11, 2011 at 4:21 am
Is this bootable Lion image something that you can use as an emergency repair disk by adding things like DiskWarrior and TechTools Pro (when they are lion certied)? Or is this bootable image only capable of booting and installing Lion? On the same topic, if my assumption is incorrect, would my solution be to wait for DasBoot to be lion certied or to install of SL on a new partition, put on lion, slim it all down, and clone it to a thumb drive?
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Nick says:
July 11, 2011 at 7:16 am
This works well, only the Recovery Partition is not created this way (this makes it impossible to use FileVault 2 for example) Youll have to reinstall over the Lion installation with the ofcial Installer
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Stef says:
July 25, 2011 at 4:50 am
I am looking to install lion as a fresh install , one of the main reasons is levault 2. What happens when i
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reinstall over the top how does that work? does that mean its no longer a clean install? Appreciate the time for the reply.
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dvkch says:
July 11, 2011 at 10:01 am
Just a lil question : why is there some way to connect to a wireless network in your EFI ? is that available on new iMacs or what ? Thx
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Kapilan says:
July 16, 2011 at 11:34 pm
This is an option on MacBook Airs. It was done because these machines dont have a cd drive. U can install apps wirelessly using another computers cd drive as well.
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dvkch says:
July 17, 2011 at 7:26 am
Thanks ! Never heard about it, pretty useful information indeed !

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jeremy says:
its actually used so that you may connect to a wireless network and then net-boot. This is usually used for connecting to a server and/or remote imaging of your computerits not for installing apps. You can use another macs disc drive over the network, but that is done from within the OS.the screen shown above is at the rmware level..no OS.
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Hvard says:
July 12, 2011 at 9:29 am
Hi. Do I have to do this BEFORE i install Lion on my Mac?

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OSXDaily says:
July 12, 2011 at 10:15 am
No, absolutely not. This is for people who want to create their own bootable USB install drive.
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mark says:
July 21, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Hi there, I just installed lion from the app store on my air, but now cannot nd that lion install dmg in the applications folder. Is it a hidden le? Spotlight cant nd it for me either
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Bubba says:
July 22, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Yes, you have to do this BEFORE you install Lion. The last thing the installer does is DELETE the installer. You wont be able to nd the InstallESD.dmg after you install because it doesnt exist anymore after you nish the install.
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Carl says:
July 22, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Only partly true. Yes, Lion deletes the installer when nished, but you can always option-click Purchases and then option-click the Lion installer to download it again. Not ideal, but a helpful option if youve come to this tutorial post-install.
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Nicholas says:
July 27, 2011 at 10:54 am
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If you have the foresight to let Time Machine perform a full backup of your Mac before running the Lion installer (but after it has downloaded from the App Store) then you can skip re-downloading the 4Gb le. Just go to Time Machine, visit your Applications folder, nd the TM backup with the Lion installer (Install Mac OS X Lion) and restore it. Ta-da!
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Mike says:
July 12, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Followed your instruction and it worked like a charm. BTW, I used a usb hdd instead of the stick. Thanx a lot.
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Curious says:
July 13, 2011 at 12:37 am
Is it possible to use this method and do it to an External Hard Drive as well? Is it also possible to do this method and use it as a Hackintosh?
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Mark says:
July 13, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Hi guys, Will this allow me to do an upgrade on all my machines instead of a clean install? Thanks a lot, Mark.
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July 14, 2011 at 3:01 am
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Paul Skeldon says:

July 14, 2011 at 3:20 am
Great instructions. Not tried it yet BUT just to be clear: if I pay my 20 for Lion on my macbook pro, I can put Lion OS on a USB and then install Lion again for free on my MacBook Air from it and it will just replace snow leopard on the air and turn the air into a Lion machine?
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AJ says:
July 14, 2011 at 10:24 am
Yes that is correct, you can choose to either upgrade Snow Leopard or perform a clean Lion install by using the USB drive method.
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beachballofdeath says:
July 14, 2011 at 9:17 am
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Do you live in the future osxdaily? how do you know this will work from the OSX lion release on the Mac Appstore? Are we assuming it will work like it has worked for other OSX releases? I guess it is a correct guess
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AJ says:
July 14, 2011 at 9:52 am
LOL, these walkthroughs were created with the Lion GM build, GM by its very nature is the shipping version.
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Carl says:
July 22, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Not entirely true. The build downloaded from the App Store is 11A494 to support older Macs. Extra updates are downloaded to make it 11A511. The GM is 11A511. Also, Apple released a second GM build on either Leopard or Snow Leopard if I remember correctly. In that case, the rst GM was not the shipping version. Just goes to show that a GM is not guaranteed to be the nal release version, especially now that Gold Master (which refers to burning an install disc) isnt exactly applicable. Generally speaking, however, youre absolutely correct.
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Robby says:
July 16, 2011 at 3:25 am
I lost my OSX SL CD. Can I buy and download Lion on my MacBook Air, make a usb-stick like this, and then do a clean install with it on my iMac? Or will this usb stick only be useable on the machine I made it?
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christ says:
July 16, 2011 at 1:02 pm
is this possible to make that installer open in other mac device and install the Mac OS X Lion for free?
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Matt says:
July 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm
I dont understand your question. The generous personal license of OS X Lion allows for you to install Lion on all of your personal machines, so one $30 purchase gets your other personal Macs free access to Lion as part of that license. Is that what you are asking?
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christ says:
July 20, 2011 at 10:04 am
thats what i mean. is that possible to do that? if its can happen, its possible to install the other Macs (not mine) with that usb stick?
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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 10:29 am
You can use the USB drive to install Lion on your other personal Macs, yes
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Neal says:
August 24, 2011 at 12:01 am
That is not what christ asked. He was asking if he could make a bootable USB stick and then install Lion onto any Mac His friends, family, bloke down the road. You know, its called piracy, Matt.
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Eric says:
July 18, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Could this be used to do a clean install of Lion onto a Lion-compatible Mac even if the Mac didnt have Snow Leopard on it? In other words, is the Snow Leopard requirement solely because you need the Mac App Store to download Lion in the rst place? So download Lion onto a Snow Leopard Mac, make the bootable install disk, then install on a Mac currently running Leopard?
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M says:
July 18, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Yes, you can use this method to perform a clean install on a blank hard drive.
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John H says:
July 20, 2011 at 4:11 am
Thank you for the helpful tip, i will be doing that for my mac mini. However it has only 1 GB of ram ( its running on 10.6.8 now ) so will Lion be working on 1GB of ram or i have to upgrade to 2GBs ? Thank you
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mafmmx says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:14 am
These directions do NOT work.. there is no such le.. Might want to update you info.
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Jon says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:42 am
Are you saying there is no DMG in the installer?

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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 8:02 am
Yes, it does work. Read the instructions. The le is in /Applications/ after it is nished downloading from the Mac App Store
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Walter says:
July 20, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I just installed OS X Lion, but in Applications there has no le Install Mac OS X Lion.app been created. I dont know where it could be hidden.
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CK says:
July 20, 2011 at 10:23 pm
When you buy Lion from the App Store, Install Mac OS X Lion.app is downloaded to your /Applications directory. You need to save a copy of that le somewhere, like to an external drive, because if you go ahead with the upgrade to Lion then the downloaded le will get deleted for some reason.
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Darren says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:28 am
Awesome little article/thread. Bookmarked for when I eventually update (about 6 months from now when the hardware/software that performs part of my music computer rig are all compatible)
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Mark says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:30 am
This does not work for the version released through the app store as 10.7.0, there is no such install le left around. Maybe Apple adjusted the installer to prevent this? I am looking for a way to do this to install to my other machines as this iMac will be going back to Snow Leopard for the time being.
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Jon says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:42 am
You mean there is no DMG in the installer?

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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:55 am
Yes it does, look in /Applications/ right after you download from the Mac App Store
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Dave B says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:17 am
This DOES work with the ofcial release that is downloaded from the app store. You HAVE to extract the dmg from the installer BEFORE you install. It is in the applications folder. Install MAC OS X Lion.app It is 3.76 GB on disk. You can copy it to an external drive for safe keeping if you want. I now have a bootable 8GB USB drive with the Lion install on it.
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brian says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:42 am
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I heard that you have to copy the installer BEFORE you install it because once you install it, youre going to lose that le. I just messed this up myself. Im trying to re-download lion on my account but I get a weird message that says I have a NEWER version of this app already installed. What???
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Carl says:
July 22, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Just hold option when you clock on Purchased and option when you click on install.
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NRS says:
August 28, 2011 at 8:31 am
Perfect! Now it is downloading again the Lion OS. Followed your instructions and it worked. Thanks!
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lugesm says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:51 am
Correct, brian . . . DANG ! DANG ! DANG !

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lugesm says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:52 am
brian says: July 20, 2011 at 7:42 am I heard that you have to copy the installer BEFORE you install it because once you install it, youre going to lose that le. I just messed this up myself. Im trying to re-download lion on my account but I get a weird message that says I have a NEWER version of this app already installed. What??? SAD, BUT TRUE.
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brian says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:54 am
But the message doesnt make sense. How can I have a newer version on my computer? I have Lion and Im trying to re-download Lion.
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Carl says:
July 22, 2011 at 9:31 pm
You have 11A511. The App Store version is 11A494. Slightly older version for the older Macs. 11A511 components are downloaded during the install process. See my comment to your other post about option-clicking.
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Jeff says:
July 20, 2011 at 8:07 am
I could not get it to work with a 4GB stick, says not enough space. I then looked at the Mac OS X Install ESD le size while in Disk Utility and it says it is 4.18GB (even though in nder it says it is 3.74GB). I guess I need an 8GB stick instead.
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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 8:08 am
Good to know, thanks and the post has been updated!

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mischa says:
July 24, 2011 at 4:28 am
hey, it is possible to restore the DMG on a 4gb ash drive. I bought an imation 4gb stick, because I ew over the instructions, but as I read on a german site, it still
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is possible to get it on if you uncheck the box erase destination. at least it worked in my case, whereas it didnt before when Ive left it checked.
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ben says:
July 26, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Thanks Mischa for the tip, I was able to make it work with a 4GB Kingston ash drive (DT 101) by turning off the erase option.
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Rue says:
As I asked mischa, can you please use it to install Lion rst, then tell us if it actually works?
Rue says:
Can you please use it to install Lion rst? Please respond back and tell us if it actually works.
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WebTrickz says:
July 20, 2011 at 9:14 am
How to Install OS X Lion using a Bootable DVD or a USB Flash drive [Mac] OS X Lion (v10.7) has been nally released, the upgrade is now available for download at Mac App Store for $29.99. The Lion upgrade has a pretty hefty size of 3.49 GB which can be downloaded only through Mac App Store. Although, you have the option to
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Jon says:
July 20, 2011 at 10:52 am
If I follow the above but do it to DVD can I copy the DVD contents straight to a USB stick? I need to buy a USB stick but have a DVD handy!
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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:10 am
You can burn the DMG le directly to a DVD, yes

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Jon says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:31 am
I know but once I have a USB can I copy the DVD contents straight to USB?
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alex says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:16 am
so I didnt save the le and installed 10.7. now i cant nd the installer anywhere. anyone know if the le is still there or how I can redownload it from the appstore
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andres says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
CAN I ASK SOMETHING? Why is it necessary to make this whole mess? Is it to have a copy of the Lion software? Why is the reason.
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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:57 am
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For most users this is not necessary, it just makes it easy to install on your other local Macs, allows for a clean install, and prevents redownloading.
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Left Clicker says:

July 20, 2011 at 11:23 am
Dear Author, one thing I hated about Windows Freaks is that they always told people to use right clicks in Situations where it was unnecessary. No the same happens with Mac people as well. To restore an image to a medium, you dont need to right click. Seriously, you dont. When you select the medium in the list on the left (which you have), all you need to do is the tab that says Restore, and Disk Utility will offer you the same interface to restore the image to your medium. Judging by your screenshot, you had that tab *right before your eyes* but right-clicked anyway. Remember: there was a reason that Apple shipped one-button-mice until 5 years ago: right-clicks often complicate things in an unnecessary way and confuse people, especially beginners. Not everyone is a power user! Thats why I used to loath those Windows freaks. Thats why I still loath people who tell others to use right-clicks, when theres a much simpler, less confusing way to do the same thing.
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Jon says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:32 am
Chill out dude. Nothing wrong in right clicks no matter what OS

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BofD says:
July 21, 2011 at 11:47 pm
Well I think he has a valid point, especially since there is NO Restore menu item on the right click menu in Disk Utility for Lion..
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Rich says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:29 am
Im installing this way on my laptop (30 min left) and it seems to be working. However, if you dont need/want a bootable drive for recovery etc, couldnt you just copy the entire install package to the other computers application folder and double click to install? I almost tried that, because it would seem easier, but I would rather have the bootable thumb drive anyways. Thanks!
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niclas says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:54 am
I have the same question!

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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 11:59 am
Yes, that works as well if you just want to upgrade local machines.
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Rudy says:
July 20, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Hi, would I have trouble for updates in the future? or it will be just as normal as a purchased it? is this kind of illegal?
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Matt says:
July 20, 2011 at 12:13 pm
No, as long as you are installing Lion on your own personal Macs, this is ne. Mac OS X Lion comes with a very generous personal license that allows you to install the OS on all of your personal Macs. This method just allows you to avoid downloading the entire package again.
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DaveC951 says:
July 20, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Great post. I did try with a 4.18 Gb ash. The Mac OS X Install ESD shows as 3.8 used of 4.18 Gb if you do a get info. Sadly, however, it will not restore to a 4.18 Gb ash drive. Sigh = off to the store for a 8 Gb ash.
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DaveC951 says:
July 20, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Very sorry for the post above. I now see you have updated the instructions to be an 8Gb ash. Sorry read it this morning and didnt see the update.
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OSXDaily says:
July 20, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Dont worry about it, thanks for the feedback.

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Geoff says:
July 20, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Why is this procedure necessary to accomplish the objective (installing Lion on all of my computers without several downloads). The download process apparently puts a le in my /Applications folder. Why cant I just copy this le to the /Applications folder of my other computers, and proceed from there as if the other computers had downloaded the le?
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OSXDaily says:
July 20, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Yes you can do exactly that if all you want to do is upgrade those machines from Snow Leopard.
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Joe says:
July 20, 2011 at 8:13 pm
A related Question: If you do the method in the original post, putting it on a USB ash drive, will this not require the mac app store user account to verify it and get future updates, as if it was bought on a disc in the rst place? or will it still act as if it was downloaded from mac app store, and require that account to be signed in to authenticate it/update it? thanks
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Alexandre de Oliveira says:

July 20, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Hey, the le Install Mac OS X Lion.app doesnt exists. It existed before installing Lion. Now its gone.
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So? Should I have gone through this process before installing Lion? Thank you.
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July 20, 2011 at 7:38 pm
[...] Once it was downloaded, I made sure to copy the install application to a thumb drive, so that I can install it on the desktop later without another hefty download. Youll want to grab that before you actually install, as it appears to be gone afterwards. While I havent tried it yet, theres plenty of instructions out there for installing from physical media such as this one. [...]
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ash_johnny says:
July 20, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Thanks fantastic walk-thro will try this forf my new vertex 3 max iops
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osterw says:
July 20, 2011 at 8:56 pm
hey guys, I just downloaded Lion and installed on my rst macbook. Then I found this article. However, I cannot nd Install Mac OS X Lion.app. Any help? Thanks
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Joe says:
July 20, 2011 at 10:13 pm
you were supposed to do it BEFORE you actually install it

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Jay says:
July 20, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Does this mean that I can reformat my computer in the future using only the USB drive, or would I still have to reformat using Snow Leopard rst, then use the USB drive?
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Joe says:
July 20, 2011 at 10:12 pm
If you do the method in the original post, putting it on a USB ash drive, will this not require the mac app store user account to verify it and get future updates, as if it was bought on a disc in the rst place? or will it still act as if it was downloaded from mac app store, and require that account to be signed in to authenticate it/update it? thanks
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Adam says:
July 21, 2011 at 2:39 am
Ok Ive done a DVD already, and have 16gb Flash drive I carry around most of the time so though why the hell not, might as well make this bootable version too. Only one question, can I make this work and still keep my Flash drive for holding my crap on? In other words Id like to have the OSX Lion backup, but I still want to use my Flash drive for what I bought it for. Or do I need to make a partition in the rst place? Will I have to wipe the whole thing to start with? Help.
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Don says:
July 21, 2011 at 3:54 am
ditto here on the missing .app le. I tried looking for it after the install and its nowhere to be seen. You should update the post to mention this sigh off to download it on another Mac and blow some bandwidth.
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Det frste dgn med OSX Lion | Edtwodth.dk says:

July 21, 2011 at 5:38 am
[...] er at lave en bootable disk (enten dvd eller usb-stik). S behver man heller ikke at downloade/kopiere Lion p hver [...]
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Nigel K Taylor says:

July 21, 2011 at 6:38 am
I think you need to update the instructions to tell people that they need to save the installer le after download but BEFORE installing it.
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July 21, 2011 at 10:48 am
Is it perhaps possible that the installer / installESD.dmg was deleted after installation? Ive searched my disk but i cant nd the le in question?!
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Matt says:
July 21, 2011 at 11:48 am
Yes it gets removed after Lion has been upgraded, that is why you must copy or move the le prior to upgrading the primary source Mac.
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July 21, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Thank you Matt for answering my question. Too bad than, from my perspective the process was pretty automated never knowing i would have to boot into single user mode to be able to copy the le to another location.
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July 21, 2011 at 1:18 pm
One more question though, is there another way to get a hold of the installESD.dmg?
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OSXDaily says:
July 21, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Its contained within the Install Mac OS X.app, that is the only way.
Matt says:
July 21, 2011 at 1:31 pm
You dont have to use single user mode for anything pertaining to Lion installation
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Don says:
July 22, 2011 at 7:39 am
I also installed before copying the installESD.dmg le to a USB Drive. Unfortuantely you cannot just reinstall Lion because the Apple website shows youve already installed. I found that if you hold down the Option key and click on the installed button you can actually redownload. However, attempting to nd the installESD.dmg le in the APPLICATION folder after downloading but before installing was still unsuccessful as the installer just starts to crank.
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Carl says:
July 22, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Exit the installer. Fixed.

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Peter says:
July 21, 2011 at 11:05 am
I own a 16 GB USB stick. How big does the partition have to be for the Lion installer? Someone in the comments said the DMG actually contains 4.18GB so will a 4.5 GB partition be enough? I want to use the other partition for recovery tools and installers.
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Matt says:
July 21, 2011 at 11:46 am
Yes 4.5GB is sufcient for the Lion installer partition.

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doj says:
July 21, 2011 at 3:15 pm
super informative guide, very precise, well done and thanks, BUT REMEMBER NOT TO INSTALL LION BEFORE USING THIS GUIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Graig says:
July 22, 2011 at 6:44 am
Can you tell me why you should mount the dmg before the restore? There are a number of other articles on how to do this but they dont say anything about mounting, just to copy InstallESD.dmg to the desktop.
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Matt says:
July 22, 2011 at 8:22 am
The walkthrough explains why, it just makes it easier. You are welcome to copy the DMG le as well.
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July 22, 2011 at 7:28 am
[...] day, so I had to wait until the evening to download my copy of Lion. After I did, I followed these instructions and I copied Lion to a ash drive so that I could perform a clean install on my MacBook instead of [...]
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Jan says:
July 23, 2011 at 2:39 am
Am I the only having this error when I try to start the install? It says: This copy of Install Mac OS X Lion application is damaged
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Dave says:
July 23, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Hmm Im trying to implement the usb drive instructions and cannot restore the esd le from the desktop to the erased usb drive. I have the mac osx install esd mounted, erased the usb drive & formatted to mac os extended (journaled). Its an 8gb drive, but when I get to the restore window from disk utility, the restore button isnt available. Any ideas?
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Dave says:
July 23, 2011 at 12:35 pm
I should add I have not upgraded or installed yet. Ive only downloaded from the app store & started with the instructions here.
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Dave says:
July 23, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Never mind. Heres what I did. After the above steps I used right click / restore on the thumb drive image. The information option conrmed it was the right format. I ejected, remounted, re-erased/formatted all to no avail. What worked? In disk utility there is a restore BUTTON. Using THAT option, dragging source from desktop, destination (the thumb drive) to destination it started restoring. Im on an Imac of late 09 vintage running 10.6.8.
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Brian says:
July 23, 2011 at 4:54 pm
The funny thing is that Apple is going to release Lion on a USB drive this fall for $59! And yet thanks to you, we all can do this for a whole lot cheaper!!!!! Thanks A Million!!!!!
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Al says:
July 24, 2011 at 5:23 am
If you download Lion to create USB installer will you be charged twice by Apple?
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Gene says:
July 24, 2011 at 10:00 am
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How do you create a copy of lion after you have already installed it? The installed.dmg isnt visible in applications folder.
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Praful says:
July 24, 2011 at 10:59 am
Can I use this to do a clean install after I have upgraded to Lion because when i try this the system just hangs. Have waited for as long as an hour for this to move. It does not.
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Matt says:
July 24, 2011 at 11:01 am
Yes you can perform a clean install from the bootable USB drive. Just format the disk rst using the built in Disk Utility and then install as usual.
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Praful says:
July 24, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Tried this and now i am in the middle of no where. Just lost os and now it just goes straight to recovery and that also does not re install lion any ways working on it should be able to nd a solution
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Ross says:
July 24, 2011 at 9:08 pm
A variant on the question. I have a copy of the dmg le on a DVD made before install. After install I accidently removed the Recovery HD partition while sorting Bootcamp. All is working well now except Id like to recreate the Recovery HD. Could I create a small partition on the disk, format as above and copy the dmg le to create a Recovery HD partition again? Thanks
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July 25, 2011 at 4:34 pm
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Fritz Krefeld says:

July 25, 2011 at 11:31 pm
SO what if I just bought a shiny new Macbook Air with Lion already installed? I want to create a bootable installer from the existing system. I want to be able to reinstall the OS clean, from scratch, somewhat like if Id bought the previous generation MBA and got a nice USB stick installer.
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Anveshi says:
Can we erase that pen drive once we done with installation of Mac OS X Lion
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Kourosh says:
Thanks for the tip, I just downloaded the app from torrent. I wana know about the registration or serial number! is that work with out them? best
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Joe says:
August 11, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Note that this does not work for MacBook Air (2011 models) which come with MAC OS X Lion already.
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tomwilson says:
August 12, 2011 at 11:41 am
Note that this will not be possible if you buy Lion from the App Store when you click to buy it immediately starts downloaded (if you already have an App Store account with a designated credit card). When the download is nished, 3-4 hours later (!) the installation Wizard pops up and tells you that it is closing applications before installing. YOU NEED TO INTERRUPT THE PROCESS AT THIS POINT! Why? Because if the installation does ahead, the .dmg le is automatically wiped at the end of the process and you wont be able to create the bootable USB drive or anything else. As a result, I am having to download the OS a second time for another machine instead of doing it the easy way!
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Craig Givant says:

August 12, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Worked like a charm As others have stated you MUST exit the installer after the app downloads. Simply go to the upper left menu and QUIT it. Also, for those still questioning it.YES, you can use this method to perform an upgrade. Be advised however that this is not a choice when running the installer. The only choice I saw was install Lion but upon completion my entire system was intact and running a shiny new OS. To perform a fresh install if another version of OsX exists I imagine you would need to go into disk utility and erase the partition rst. Now .. onto upgrading three more machines.. Ill get use to this backward scrolling later.. lol
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ErinsMatthew says:
August 14, 2011 at 8:12 am
This worked great. Thank you!

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ed says:
August 16, 2011 at 8:45 pm
if i do this can i install lion on a macbook pro running 10.5.8 ? Also without doing a clean install,. Im really scared that all of my pics,songs etc get deleted!
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Matt says:
August 17, 2011 at 9:53 am
You cant upgrade from 10.5.8, but you can format and do a clean install. Backup your songs and pictures beforehand, of course.
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Samantha says:
August 17, 2011 at 11:08 am
Now one can download RecoveryDiskAssistant from Apples websites & all you have to do is plug in the device & click next.
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Paul says:
August 17, 2011 at 11:55 am
Yes if all you want is a Recovery Disk, but this method shows you how to create an installer USB drive, which allows you to perform a fresh OS X Lion installation without accessing the internet.
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iPeter says:
August 19, 2011 at 8:41 am
Maybe a stupid question, but before I make one; Is it also possible to perform an upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion with this bootable USB drive? Or will you only be able to perform A clean install with this? Dont wanna lose all my data *lol*. Thanks!
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iPeter says:
August 19, 2011 at 8:44 am
Sorry! Already saw the answer to my question =)

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Richard says:
August 23, 2011 at 7:01 am
Does anyone know if I can use the same key with both computer (iMac & Mac Air) or do I have a different one for each?
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Callum Burns says:

August 26, 2011 at 7:15 am
I have made my lion sd card but when I boot it it says lion cannot be installed please try an reinstall. Just an endless loop. Help!
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August 27, 2011 at 3:31 am
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rasoul says:
August 29, 2011 at 1:13 am
I have been trying to download Lion and after 11 hours and nearly 50% complete, it stopped unexpectedly. Is there a way to resume from where I left off or I have start all over again! I think this is the absolute worst way to distribute a software of 3.7GB size what a mess!!!
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Can I do this for Snow Leopard instead?

Youre in luck because new Macs get Lion for free.

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You would need a larger ashdrive however, I believe at least an 8gb.

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What Partition Map did you use?

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Hi there, I cant nd the SharedSupport folder in GM, help please!

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Thanks! Glad to hear it.

How do you do it for Snow Leopard on a USB Drive?

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The image needs to be scanned rst.

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Thanks ! Never heard about it, pretty useful information indeed !

Hi. Do I have to do this BEFORE i install Lion on my Mac?

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Are you saying there is no DMG in the installer?

You mean there is no DMG in the installer?

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Correct, brian . . . DANG ! DANG ! DANG !

Good to know, thanks and the post has been updated!

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You can burn the DMG le directly to a DVD, yes

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Left Clicker says:

Chill out dude. Nothing wrong in right clicks no matter what OS

I have the same question!

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Dont worry about it, thanks for the feedback.

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