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Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store

By | July 20, 2011, 6:07am PDT

Summary: Apple’s Store is back up and Mac OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’ is now available for purchase and from the Mac App Store.

Apple’s Store is back up and Mac OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’ is now available for purchase and from the Mac App Store.

Mac OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’ costs $29.99, but it can be run on up to five machines as long as they share the same Apple ID.

The download is 4GB so if you’re downloading, be patient! If this is too big for you, Mac OS X 10.7 will be available on a USB flash drive come August, or you can go into an Apple Store and use internal WiFi to carry out the download.

Minimum spec for Lion is a Mac with an Core 2 Duo, Core-i series or Xeon processor (no Core Duo or PowerPC support)and 2GB of RAM.

I really should have hooked the Mac up via Gigabit Ethernet rather than rely on WiFi for the download … d’oh!

Apple warns you about the paradigm shift after installation!

Here’s the new desktop wallpaper:

And here’s Launchpad, which kinda feels like Program Manager in Windows 3.1 …

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See also:

CNET: Mac OS X Lion review: A worthy upgrade for the price

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or digital camera.

Adrian has authored/co-authored technical books on a variety of topics, ranging from programming to building and maintaining PCs. His most recent books include "Build the Ultimate Custom PC", "Beginning Programming" and "The PC Doctor's Fix It Yourself Guide". He has also written training manuals that have been used by a number of Fortune 500 companies.

Adrian also runs a popular blog under the name The PC Doctor, where he covers a range of computer-related topics -- from security to repairing and upgrading.

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RE: Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store
iceberg34 15th Sep
The hunt for his replacement will be led by ex-Hull and Salford coach Shaun McRae, who is returning to the club next month as director of rugby.
"I consider it an honour to have worked with the players and staff of this great club," said Agar.
"It has been a fantastic experience to jigolo medyum web tasarim duvar kagidi ofis mobilyalari buro mobilyalari Hava Perdeleri Hava Perdesi Fiyatlari Hava Perdesi Hava Perdesi Fiyatlari Hava Perdesi Hava Perdeleri sosyal medya bez canta work for Hull FC over the last seven years.
"I leave with pride and we have built a quality squad and culture. I have numerous happy memories and the two Challenge Cup finals and the Grand Final are obvious highlights."
Agar has been strongly linked with a move to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, but only last month
previously coached the Black and Whites from 2000-2004.
He will officially rejoin the club on 1 October, and it is believed one of Hull's targets to be their new coach will be Australian
ingilterede dil egitimi ingilterede ingilizce ingilterede dil okullari Londra dil okullari ingilterede sertifika programlari
ingilterede master ingilterede yuksek lisans ingilterede egitim ingilterede universite ingilterede mba ingilterede sertifika programlari
Peter Gentle, who is currently assistant to Tim Sheens with both Wests Tigers and Australia.
McRae said: "I am delighted to be returning to Hull FC and I am honoured to be part of the exciting times that lie ahead.
"I look forward to working with Adam Pearson and all the staff and players and also reacquainting myself with the 'old faithful'
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RE: Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store
doh123 20th Jul
Anyone can take the dmg image inside the installer and make their own bootable DVD or USB flash boot disks... but if you want to do that, make sure you do it before running the Installer you downloaded... or it'll delete the installer and you lose the image and you'll have to download it all over again.
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The installation deletes the installer?
toddybottom 20th Jul
@doh123
Thanks very much for that information. I can't imagine why Apple would code the installation to do that. I've never heard of any other installation program doing that.
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RE: Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store
superwj5 21st Jul
"And here?s Launchpad, which kinda feels like Program Manager in Windows 3.1 ?"
lol!
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Disappointed
MichaelWells 21st Jul
This is the second straight OS from Apple that I have upgraded to and been disappointed with. Launchpad is ok, but Orbiter (which I was using) was much more customizable and easy to use. Mission control is an absolute mess, spaces was much better. Unless I am missing something (and I could be); in order to change the background on all of your desktops, you have to drag System Preferences to each individual Window and change it manually. Like Snow Leopard did before, Lion has slightly increased my boot time and shut down while still quick is a little quirky. Leopard was by far the fastest booting up and shutting down and did not have that annoying grey screen before shutdown like Snow Leopard did. Lion give you the grey screen, plus some weird dimmer greyish screen. Lion feels "too" much like iOS and not enough like Mac. Hopefully Apple will fix some of these bugs or I can always go back to Leopard. I won't even get into the scrolling and horrible look of the new Finder.
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RE: Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store
ssaha 21st Jul
@MichaelWells Strange. My experience with Snow Leopard was that boot times and shutdowns were a little faster than Leopard (not much faster but still noticeable), unless of course you're running with minimal RAM. I've never seen a grey screen before shutdown.
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RE: Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store
MichaelWells 22nd Jul
@ssaha
I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2.93 Core2Duo, 4GB Ram, 320GB 7200RPM HD, and I had killed all start up items. Have you upgraded to Lion yet? Did you system come with Snow Leopard, or did you upgrade to it?
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RE: Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' available from the Mac App Store
iceberg34 15th Sep
The hunt for his replacement will be led by ex-Hull and Salford coach Shaun McRae, who is returning to the club next month as director of rugby.
"I consider it an honour to have worked with the players and staff of this great club," said Agar.
"It has been a fantastic experience to jigolo medyum web tasarim duvar kagidi ofis mobilyalari buro mobilyalari Hava Perdeleri Hava Perdesi Fiyatlari Hava Perdesi Hava Perdesi Fiyatlari Hava Perdesi Hava Perdeleri sosyal medya bez canta work for Hull FC over the last seven years.
"I leave with pride and we have built a quality squad and culture. I have numerous happy memories and the two Challenge Cup finals and the Grand Final are obvious highlights."
Agar has been strongly linked with a move to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, but only last month
previously coached the Black and Whites from 2000-2004.
He will officially rejoin the club on 1 October, and it is believed one of Hull's targets to be their new coach will be Australian
ingilterede dil egitimi ingilterede ingilizce ingilterede dil okullari Londra dil okullari ingilterede sertifika programlari
ingilterede master ingilterede yuksek lisans ingilterede egitim ingilterede universite ingilterede mba ingilterede sertifika programlari
Peter Gentle, who is currently assistant to Tim Sheens with both Wests Tigers and Australia.
McRae said: "I am delighted to be returning to Hull FC and I am honoured to be part of the exciting times that lie ahead.
"I look forward to working with Adam Pearson and all the staff and players and also reacquainting myself with the 'old faithful'

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